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<br /> Sec. 10-280. False alarm penalty assessment. <br /> (a) When any emergency alarms, messages, signals or notices are received by <br /> the police department showing that an alarm user has failed to meet any of the <br /> requirements of this article, the chief of police is authorized to demand that the <br /> user of that alarm system disconnect the system until it is made to comply with <br /> said requirements. <br /> (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any <br /> person having an alarm system which results in a police response in which the <br /> alarm proves to be a false alarm shall pay a penalty assessment fee to the City <br /> of Santa Ana in such amount as shall be established by resolution of the city <br /> council. The penalty assessment for false alarms from alarms designed to be <br /> activated while the business is open and/or occupied and requiring activation by <br /> an employee, or a residential alarm designed to be activated by the tenant from <br /> within the residence, which indicate the commission of a crime defined by <br /> California Penal Code Section 211 (Robbery) may be higher than the penalty <br /> assessment for other false alarms. <br /> (c) Except for robbery and/or panic false alarms for commercial <br /> establishments, which shall be assessed a penalty on the first activation, <br /> penalty assessments shall only be made for false alarms which number: more <br /> than one (1) in a twelve (12) month period; ^r rr,nrc +h,n fie,n <br /> ~~ii+hin n~i nincfii iJ.~.i norinrl• nr mnrc ~h~n ~h roo /`2\ ~~ii~hin ~n~i nnc h~inrlrerl <br /> T.,ti,-rrr,--a,-rTrnr, ~--i <br /> This <br /> twelve (12) month period is determined by the date of the most recent false <br /> alarm. <br /> (1) On the sixth false alarm occurring within a twelve (12) month <br /> period, a written warning will be issued with an invoice stating that two or <br /> more false alarms within the twelve (12) month period will result in <br /> automatic non-response status. <br /> (2) On the eighth false alarm occurring within a twelve (12) month <br /> period, the location will automatically be placed on non-response status <br /> until all fees are paid and written proof of correction (alarm company work <br /> order) and a written request by the user requesting reinstatement is <br /> received by the City. <br /> (d) Commencing with the date of a new alarm installation and for six (6) <br /> months thereafter, there shall be no charge for the first through third false <br /> alarms. <br /> Section 17. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this <br /> ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any <br /> court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining <br /> portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that <br /> it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, <br /> phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, <br /> subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or <br /> unconstitutional. <br /> Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br /> 50A-4 <br /> <br />