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<br />ORDINANCE NS-2127 <br />PAGE 2 <br /> <br />,357 <br /> <br />(1) Accidental alarms received by the city fire <br />department from automatic alarm systems which are <br />in excess of the maximum allowable number, as set <br />forth in paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall <br />result in an automatic alarm penalty assessment in <br />such amount as shall be set by resolution of the <br />city council. <br /> <br />(2) Alarms from manually activated alarm systems which <br />are in excess of the maximum allowable number of <br />false alarms, as set forth in paragraph (3) of this <br />subsection, shall result in a manually activated <br />alarm penalty assessment in such amount as shall be <br />set by resolution of the city council. <br /> <br />(3) Penalty assessments shall be made for accidental <br />alarms which number more than one (1) in any <br />thirty-day period; or more than two (2) within any <br />ninety-day period; or more than three (3) within <br />anyone-year period. <br /> <br />(d) commencing with the date of a new alarm installation and <br />continuing until the date six (6) months thereafter, or until there <br />have been three accidental alarms from such new alarm installation, <br />whichever first occurs, subsection (c) of this section shall not <br />apply to accidental alarms from such new alarm installation. <br /> <br />(e) The fire chief reserves the right to discontinue response <br />by fire department personnel to any location of a silent or audible <br />alarm when: <br /> <br />(1) The alarm user has been given written notice and <br />assessed six (6) penalty assessments within a <br />one-year period; or <br /> <br />(2) The alarm user has failed to pay any such penalty <br />assessment. <br /> <br />Reinstatement may occur when the alarm user has taken steps to <br />eliminate or correct the problem(s) and has documented the <br />corrective action in writing to the fire chief. <br /> <br />SECTION 2: Until such time as otherwise provided by <br />resolution of the city council, accidental alarm penalty <br />assessments under section 14-38 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as <br />amended by Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be as follows: <br /> <br />The automatic alarm penalty assessment shall be $50.00. <br /> <br />The manually activated alarm penalty assessment shall be <br />$100.00. <br /> <br />2 <br />