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Automatic Dial Protection ing law enforcement dispatch. maintenance as prescribed by Autoxiia `ic Dial lroteetion "
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<br /> Device means an automatic Sec'. 50-92, ALARM an Alarm System provider, Device that reports, or causes
<br /> dialing device or an automatic: PERMIT. (e)To obtain a new Alarm to be reported, any recorded
<br /> telephone dialing Alarm Sys- (a) Permit required. No Permit and pay=any associated message to the Elk River Police
<br /> tem and shall'.include any sys'- Department.
<br /> person shall install or use an fees if there is a change'in
<br /> tem which xi on being acti- Alarm System without first : address or ownership of a Sec.50-96 ENFORCEMENT
<br /> vated, automatically initiates obtaining an Alarm Permit for I business or residence. OF ALARM ORDINANCE.
<br /> to the Elk River!Police such Alarm System from the r See. 50-94. DUTIES OF 1 (a) Excessive False
<br /> Department a recorded mes City. A fee will be required for ' ALARM COMPANIES• Alarms/Failure to register: It
<br /> sage or code signal indicating a an Alarm Permit. Each Alarm (a)Any Alarm Company is hereby found and determined
<br /> need'for law enforcement Permit shall be assigned a engaged in the alarm business ' that three or more False
<br /> response, unique permit number,and the in the City shall comply with Alarms within a permit year is
<br /> Cancellation means the pro-,,? user shall provide the permit the following: excessive,constitutes a public
<br /> cess by which police response to- number to the alarm'company 1)Obtain and maintain the nuisance, and shall be
<br /> an Alarm Signal is terminated to facilitate law enforcement required state license. unlawful. Civil penalties for
<br /> when the,Alarm Company i dispatch. 2)Provide the name,address, False Alarms and for failure to
<br /> (designated by the Alarm User)`; (b)Application, The Alarm and telephone number of the obtain an Alarm Permit for an
<br /> notifies the Elk River Police Permit shall be requested from license holder or a+designee, Alarm System may assessed
<br /> Department that there is not the Elk River Police who can be called in an against an Alarm User, as
<br /> an existing situation at the f-Department on an application emergency,24 hours,a day;and provided in the City's current
<br /> Alarm Site requiring police form provided by the City of be able to respond to an Alarm Fee Schedule.
<br /> response. If Cancellation i Elk River. An Alarm User has Signal,when notified,within 2 (b)Other V i o 1.a t i o n s .
<br /> occurs prior to police arriving= the duty ;t to obtain an hours. Violations of other provisions of
<br /> at the scene,this is not a False;, application and an Alarm 3)Provide the most current this Alarm Ordinance be
<br /> Alarm for the purpose of civil: Permit from the City.' contact information for the enforced criminally or through
<br /> penalty,and no penalty will bel (c)Transfer of possession. AlarmUser•i the assessment of civil°
<br /> assessed. When the possession of an (b)Prior to the activation of an penalty(ies) as provided in
<br /> 200 to 5Q 217 of the
<br /> City means the City of Elk Alarm Site is transferred,the Alarm System, the Alarm Section 50
<br /> River', person(Alarm User)'obtaining Company installing;the Alarm City of Elk River Code of
<br /> False Alarm means the unin- Possession of the Alarm Site System must 'p r o v i d'e Ordinances.
<br /> tended activation of an Alarm shall file an application f o r an instructions explaining the (c) Payment of C i v i l
<br /> System through mechanical or Alarm Permit within 30 days of proper operation of the Alarm ' Penalty(ies). Civil'penalty(ies)
<br /> electronic failure,malfunction, obtaining possession of the System to the Alarm User and shall be assessed and paid as
<br /> improper installation,or the Alarm Site.,Alarm Permits are must provide written provided in Section 50-200 to
<br /> negligence of the Alarm User, not transferable. information to the Alarm User 50-217 of the City of Elk River
<br /> his/her employees or agents. (d) Reporting updated on how to obtain service from Code of Ordinances.
<br /> An Alarm is a False Alarm, information. Whenever the the Alarm:Company for the (d)Discontinuance of law
<br /> within the meaning of this information provided on an Alarm System, enforcement response. The
<br /> definition when,upon inspec- Alarm Permit application (c) An Alarm Company failure of an Alarm User to
<br /> tion by the Elk River Police changes,the Alarm User shall performing monitoring services make payment of any civil
<br /> Department, evidence indi- provide correct information to shall: penalty(ies) assessed under
<br /> cates that no unauthorized the City within 30 days of the 1)Attempt to verify,by calling this ordinance as required shall
<br /> entry, robbery, or other such change. In addition,each year the Alarm Site and/or Alarm result in discontinuance of law'
<br /> crime was committed or after the issuance of the Alarm User by telephone, to enforcement response to Alarm
<br /> attempted in or on the pre- Permit, permit holders will determine whether an Alarm Signals that may occur at the
<br /> mises which would have acti- receive from the City a form Signal i s valid before Alarm Site described in the
<br /> vated a properly functioning r e q u.e s t i n g updated requesting dispatch, Telephone Alarm User's Alarm Permit
<br /> Alarm System. information.The permit holder verification shall require,at a until payment is received. In
<br /> Local Alarm means an Alarm shall complete and return this minimum,that a second call be addition,failure to obtain an
<br /> System that emits a signatat form to the City when any of made to a different number,if Alarm Permit may result in no
<br /> an Alarm Site that is audible or the requested information has the first attempt fails to reach law enforcement response to an
<br /> visible from the exterior of a changed;failure to comply will an Alarm User who can unregistered alarm.
<br /> structure and is not monitored constitute a violation of this properly identify themselves to Sec. 50-97. FALSE FIRE'
<br /> by a;remote monitoring facility, Ordinance and may result in a attempt to determine whether ALARMS.
<br /> whether installed by an Alarm civil penalty: an Alarm+Signal is valid, a. It is hereby found'and
<br /> Company or Alarm User. (e)Multiple Alarm Systems. EXCEPT in the case of a panic determined that more than
<br /> Permit Year means a If an Alarm User has one or or robbery-in-progress alarm, three false fire alarms at the
<br /> 12-month period beginning on more Alarm Systems protect- or in cases where a scare property constitutes calendar
<br /> the day and month on which an i ing;two or more'separate crime-in-progress has been year is nuisance, and shall be!
<br /> Alarm Permit is issued, structures having different verified by video and/or audible public.
<br /> Runaway Alarm means an addresses and/or tenants, a means, unlawful.;
<br /> Alarm System that produces! separate Alarm Permit shall be 2)Provide Alarm User regis- b. A civil penalty in the
<br /> repeated Alarm Signals that do: required for each structure tration number to the amount established by
<br /> not appear to'be caused by: and/or tenant. communications center to ordinance shall be assessed and
<br /> separate human action. The Sec. 50-93. DUTIES OF facilitate dispatch and/or paid to the city for the fourth
<br /> Elk River Police Department: ALARM USERS, cancellations. and eaclisubsequent false fire
<br /> may in its discretion discon- Alarm Users shall have the 3)Communicate any available alarm at the same property in a
<br /> tinue police responses to Alarm following duties: information about the alarm, calendar year. The fee shall be
<br /> Signals from what appears to (a)To maintain the premises 4) Communicate a assessed to either the property
<br /> be a'Runaway Alarm! and the Alarm System in a Cancellation to the law owner or the occupant of the
<br /> Verify means an attempt by method that will reduce or. enforcenientcommunications property. False alarms
<br /> the Alarm Company,or its rep- eliminate False Alarms. center"as soon as possible attributable to malicious
<br /> resentative, to contact the (b)To provide the Alarm following adeterminatioxrthat activity caused by other than
<br /> Alarm Site and/or Alarm User Company the Alarm Permit response is unnecessary. the property owner and/or the
<br /> by telephone and/or other elec- number, (the number must be Sec. 50-95. PROHIBITED z Property oee-upant.shall not be
<br /> tronic means,whether or not p r o v i d e d to the ACTS. epunied toward tho annual
<br /> actual contact with a person is communications center by the (a)It=shall be unlawful to i,tonal at the xroperty,
<br /> made,to attempt to determine Alarm Company to ,nsur.c activate an Alarm System for c.In the,case of new fire alarm
<br /> whether an Alarm'Signal is dispatch). the purpose of summoning law installation, a 9"0-day grace "
<br /> valid before requesting law (c)To respond or cause a enforcement when no burglary, period will be allowed during
<br /> enforcement dispatch, in an representative to respond to robbery, or other crime which any false alarms will not
<br /> attempt to avoid an unneces- the Alarm;System's location dangerous to life or property is he counted toward the annual
<br /> sary alarm dispatch request, within thirty (30) minutes being committed or attempted total at the property. After the
<br /> V,6r'.the purpose of this ordi- when notified by the Elk River on the premises,or otherwise 90-day grace period,it shall be
<br /> nan�e;telephoneverificationl Police Department to to cause ai False Alarm. the responsibility of the
<br /> shall require, €zs a minimum ; deactivate a malfunctioning (b)It shall be unlawful to ,property owner and/or the
<br /> that a secona'cail be made to s,' Alai-in System. install, maintain or use an property occupant to ensure
<br /> different number if the first (d)To not manually activate audible Alarm System which that the newly installed firm
<br /> attempt fails to reach axi Alarm an Alarm System for any can sound continually for more alarm system works properly.
<br /> User who can properly identify reason other than an than 10 minutes. False fire alarms after the
<br /> themselves to attempt to occurrence
<br /> an event that the (c) It shall be unlawful to 90-day grace period shall be
<br /> determine'whether an Alarm Alarm System was intended to install, maintain or use an counted toward the annual
<br /> - . . ,. __ I:m-fn ner.fnrm rnntine total at the property.
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