Belmont Municipal Code Art. VII Miscellaneous

Any person violating any of the articles relating to alarm systems, or any permittee using an alarm system while permit is revoked, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 711, § 1, 10-11-83; Ord. No. 828, § 1, 7-24-90)

The conviction or punishment of any person for violation of the provisions of these articles shall not release such person from paying the permit fee due, false alarm response fee, or other related fee, unpaid at the time of such conviction, nor shall payment of any fees prevent criminal prosecution for violation of any of the provisions of these articles. All remedies shall be cumulative, and the use of one (1) or more remedies by the city shall not bar the use of other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of these articles. The amount of any fee shall be deemed a debt to the city. An action may be commenced in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of any delinquent fees. All fees shall be deemed delinquent thirty (30) days after they are due and payable.

(Ord. No. 711, § 1, 10-11-83; Ord. No. 828, § 1, 7-24-90)

The following shall constitute grounds for revocation of a permit:

(a) The violation of any of the provisions of these articles;

(b) When an alarm system is deficient in that it actuates excessive false alarms, as defined in the rules and regulations prescribed by the city council, and thereby constitutes a public nuisance;

(c) When the applicant or permittee, or his or her employee or agent has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a permit or in any report or record required to be filed with any city agency;

(d) If, immediately following an alarm activation, the permittee or his or her designated representative fails to respond within one (1) hour to a request for access to the protected premises, upon request to do so by a city police officer, or dispatcher who deems a response necessary to ensure the security of the premises or persons where the system is installed;

(e) Failure to pay fees for responses to false alarms, other fees, charges and costs set by council resolution and assessed by the chief of police;

(f) In the case of a revocation of a permit, the chief of police shall inform the permittee in writing of the revocation of the permit ten (10) days following the date of such notice of intent; the notice shall state the reasons for such revocation; the revocation shall be effective ten (10) days from and after the service of the notice to revoke; during that ten-day period, the permittee may offer evidence to the chief showing why the permit should not be revoked; the chief of police may withdraw the revocation if satisfactory and sufficient evidence is presented by permittee;

(g) In addition to those measures or in lieu of those measures outlined in (f) above, the city may suspend responses to permittees who have been revoked or notified of pending revocation. Such suspension of response does not relieve the permittee of any other provision of these articles nor prevent the city from other civil or criminal sanctions authorized by these articles or rules adopted by resolution.

(Ord. No. 711, § 1, 10-11-83; Ord. No. 828, § 1, 7-24-90)

The city council by resolution shall establish rules and regulations for the administration of this article, which shall include but not be limited to a schedule of fees for monitoring services as described in this article. The chief of police is authorized to enforce the rules and regulations adopted by resolutions of the city council. No person shall connect or continue to have any alarm system connected to the police alarm board unless and until that person shall be complied with all such rules and regulations except as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 711, § 1, 10-11-83, Ord. No. 828, § 1, 7-24-90)