Ordinance 3679-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

D. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for an alarm user or alarm company making an alarm dispatch request to fail to identify and differentiate a trespass alarm from any other type of alarm activation such as a building intrusion alarm activation or a robbery/hold-up/panic/duress activation. Section 10. Enforcement/penalties. A. False Alarms. Civil penalties for false alarms may be assessed against violators for any false alarms occurring in a twelve (12) month period as follows: 1. First false panic/duress/robbery/holdup/silent alarm: $200.00; 2. Each subsequent false panic/duress/robbery/holdup/silent alarm: $200.00; 3. First false alarm, other alarms: $100.00; 4. Each subsequent alarm, other alarms: $100.00. B. Other Civil Penalty(ies). Any other violations of this chapter will be enforced through the assessment of civil penalty(ies) in the amount of$100.00 per violation against violators , except that the penalty assessed against an alarm company for failure to utilize enhanced call verification when required will be in the amount of$250.00 per violation. C. Notice of Violation and Civil Penalty(ies) (Notice of Civil Penalties). Violators of this Ordinance shall be notified in writing of their violation(s) and penalty. The notice of civil penalty shall include the following: 1. The name and address of the person responsible for the violation; 2. The street address or description sufficient for identification of the building, structure, premises, or land upon or within which the alarm violation has occurred or is occurring; 3. A description of the violation and a reference to the provision(s) of the City regulation which has been violated; 4. The required penalty amount due, the manner and means of payment, and a demand that the penalty must be paid within 30 days of service of the notice after which the City may seek collection of funds (including the costs of collection) unless the violator requests an internal review or subsequent to an internal review, files an appeal; 5. The monetary penalty constitutes a personal obligation of the violator; 6. The right to ask for internal review of the notice of civil penalty or request a fee waiver to the Everett Police Department's alarm officer within 15 days after the date of notice of civil penalty(ies) as described in subsection G of this section; and 7. The right to file an appeal with the City's Violations Hearing Examiner within 15 days of the date of the department alarm officer's written final determination of the internal review/request for fee waiver.