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(a) Any person using an alarm system that reports, or causes to report, false alarms shall be assessed a fee based on the number of responses to false fire alarms within a calendar year. Calendar year shall be deemed to be the remainder of 2018 following the effective date of this section and thereafter calendar year shall be from January 1st to December 31st.

FALSE ALARM RESPONSES

FEE

0 – 3

No charge

4 – 10

$50.00 per occurrence

11 – 20

$100.00 per occurrence

21 – 30

$150.00 per occurrence

31 – 50

$200.00 per occurrence

51 or more

$500.00 per occurrence

(b) An invoice assessing a false alarm fee will be delivered to the alarm user by regular mail or by email and the fee is due within 30 days of the date of the invoice assessing the fee.

(c) Any person who receives an invoice imposing a fee, charge or penalty may, within 10 business days from the date of the invoice, appeal all or part of the fee, charge or penalty in accordance with TMC 2.45.020. (Ord. 20121 § 6, 5-15-18.)