2003-26 Amends False Alarm ChargesORDINANCE 26-2003
AN ORDINANCF, OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 19-213, FALSE ALARM SERVICE CHARGE;
COLLECTION, OF ARTICLE X, ALARMS, OF CHAPTER 19, OFFENSES AND
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE
TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
PROPER"PIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: AND,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTNE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 19-213, False alarm service charge; collection, of Article X, Alarms, of
Chapter 19, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the Village, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 19-312. False alarm service charge; collection.
An alarm user shall pay the following fees to the village for responses to
excessive false alarms by the public safety department within the calendar year.
Residential Properties:
(1) In a single alarm user premise, there shall be no charge for a
response to the first three (3) alarms within the calendar year.
(2) In a multi-unit structure where an alarm system permit has been
issued for a common alarm system, the no charge schedule of
service fees reference false alarms within the calendar year scale
will be as follows:
2-20 units
21-40 units
41-60 units
61-80 units
81-100 units
1 O 1-120 units
12 ] or more units
--- Three (3) no charge false alarms
--- Four (4) no charge false alarms
--- Six (6) no charge false alarms
--- Eight (8) no charge false alarms
--- Ten (10) no charge false alarms
--- Twelve (12) no charge false alarms
--- Fifteen (15 no charge false alarms
Commercial; Industrial Properties:
There shall be no charge for a response to the first three (3) alarms
within the calendar year for a commercial or industrial property.
For residential properties, there shall be a service fee charge of
fifty dollars ($50.00) for response to any false alarm in excess of the
allotted no charge false alarms within the calendar year. For a commercial
or industrial property, there shall be a service fee charge of One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars for response to any false alarm in excess oI~ the allotted
no charge false alarms within the calendar year.
The director of public safety shall keep a record of whenever a
false alarm has been responded to by the public safety department, and
shall note the frequency of such false alarms for each alarm user. The
public safety department shall notify each alarm user. The public safety
department shall notify each alarm user of the service fee charges to he
paid within thirty (30) days after demand. If the alarm user fails to
comply with this notice, the public safety department will notify the
village clerk to send notice for the alarm user to appear before the code
enforcement board."
Section 2. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a Court to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2003.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 25th DAY OF
SEPTEMBER. 2003.
(Village Seal)
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VILLAGE CLERK