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<br />(1) Accidental alarms received by the city fire department from <br />automatic alarm systems which are in excess of the maximum <br />allowable number, as set forth in paragraph (3) of this subsection, <br />shall result in an automatic alarm penalty assessment in such <br />amount as shall be set by resolution of the city council. <br /> <br />(2) Alarms from manually activated alarm systems which are in excess <br />of the maximum allowable number of false alarms, as set forth in <br />paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall result in a manually activated <br />alarm penalty assessment in such amount as shall be set by <br />resolution of the city council. <br /> <br />(3) Penalty assessments shall be made for accidental alarms which <br />number more than one (1) in any thirty-day period; or more than <br />two (2) within any 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 continuing until <br />the date six (6) months thereafter, or until there have been three (3) accidental <br />alarms from such new alarm installation, whichever first occurs, subsection (c) of <br />this section shall not apply to accidental alarms from such new alarm installation. <br /> <br />(e) The fire chief reserves the right to discontinue response by fire department <br />personnel to any location of a silent or audible alarm when: <br /> <br />(1) The alarm user has been given written notice and assessed six (6) <br />penalty assessments within a one-year period; or <br /> <br />(2) The alarm user has failed to pay any such penalty assessment. <br /> <br />Reinstatement may occur when the alarm user has taken steps to eliminate or <br />correct the problem(s) and has documented the corrective action in writing to the <br />fire chief. <br /> <br />SECTION 55: That section 14-24 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 14-24. Required markings for fire apparatus access roads (Section 503). <br /> <br />(a) <br />follows: <br /> <br />Subsection 503.3of the California Fire Code is amended to read as <br /> <br />503.3 General (a) Required markings. Any owner or occupant of a private <br />parking area, including, but not limited to, private streets or roadways, driveways, <br />off-street parking facilities, alleys, parking lots and any other nonpublic place <br />where vehicles of any type or kind are intended to be or are often found, must: <br /> <br />(1) Post emergency fire lane signs as directed in subsection (b), or <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2760 <br />Page 25 of 36 <br />