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<br />2. Each subsequent false panic/duress/robbery/holdup/silent alarm: two hundred dollars; <br /> <br />3. First false alarm, other alarms: one hundred dollars; <br /> <br />4. Each subsequent alarm, other alarms: one hundred dollars. <br /> <br />B. Other Civil Penalty(ies). Any other violations of this chapter will be enforced through the assessment <br />of civil penalty(ies) in the amount of one hundred dollars per violation against violators, except that the <br />penalty assessed against an alarm company for failure to utilize enhanced call verification when required <br />will be in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars per violation. <br /> <br />C. Notice of Violation and Civil Penalty(ies)—Notice of Civil Penalties. Violators of this chapter shall be <br />notified in writing of their violation(s) and penalty. The notice of civil penalty shall include the following <br />the information required under Section 1.20.120 along with <br /> <br />1. The name and address of the person responsible for the violation; <br /> <br />2. The street address or description sufficient for identification of the building, structure, <br />premises, or land upon or within which the alarm violation has occurred or is occurring; <br /> <br />3. A description of the violation and a reference to the provision(s) of the city regulation which <br />has been violated; <br /> <br />4. The required penalty amount due, the manner and means of payment, and a demand that the <br />penalty must be paid within thirty days of service of the notice after which the city may seek <br />collection of funds (including the costs of collection) unless the violator requests an internal <br />review or subsequent to an internal review, files an appeal; <br /> <br />5. The monetary penalty constitutes a personal obligation of the violator; <br /> <br />6. The the right to ask for internal review of the notice of civil penalty or request a fee waiver to <br />the Everett police department’s alarm officer within fifteen days after the date of notice of civil <br />penalty(ies) as described in subsection G of this section; and <br /> <br />7. The right to file an appeal with the city’s violations hearing examiner within fifteen days of the <br />date of the department alarm officer’s written final determination of the internal review/request <br />for fee waiver. <br /> <br />D. Service of Notice. The notice of civil penalty(ies) can be served by sending it to the address of the alarm <br />site or, in the case of an alarm system monitored by an alarm company licensed to provide alarm <br />monitoring service for the alarm site, to the address of the alarm company and to the mailing address <br />provided by the alarm company for the alarm user. The notice(s) shall be sent by first class mail. <br />Alternatively, the notice of civil penalty can be personally served on the violator(s). Proof of service shall <br />be made by a written declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person effecting the service. <br /> <br />E. Discontinuance of Law Enforcement Response. The chief of police, or designee, may in his/her has the <br />discretion to discontinue police responses to alarm signals from what appears to be a runaway alarm, or <br />from an alarm site that has accrued six or more false alarms in the past year, or from the alarm site(s) of