Redondo Beach Municipal Code Art. 1.1 False Alarms: Response Costs

Note: Section 3-4.1.1.101, as added by Ordinance No. 2652 c.s., effective April 2, 1992, renumbered to Sections 3-4.1.01 through 3-4.1.05 by codifier to conform with the numbering system of the Code.

For the purposes of this article, certain words and phrases are defined as follows:

"Alarm signal"

shall mean "alarm signal" as defined in the Uniform Fire Code, 1988 Edition, Section 14.102, or as that Code section may be amended.

"Alarm system"

shall mean "alarm system" as defined in the Uniform Fire Code, 1988 Edition, Section 14.102, or as that Code section may be amended.

"False alarm"

shall mean the intentional or negligent reporting, giving, signaling or transmission, whether by telephone, spoken word, alarm system, alarm signal or otherwise, information to the effect that there is a fire or emergency at or near the place indicated by the person giving, signaling or transmitting such information, or by the operation of an alarm system or alarm signal that there is a fire or emergency for which no fire or emergency actually exists.

(§ 1, Ord. 2652 c.s., eff. April 2, 1992)

There shall be imposed a response fee upon the owner or occupant of any building or structure upon which is located an alarm system which causes false fire alarms above the permissible number of false fire alarms as set and fixed by resolution, and for which there was a response by an agency of the City. The fee for such response costs shall be set and fixed by resolution, and shall be the amount of the actual cost of response.

(§ 1, Ord. 2652 c.s., eff. April 2, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2672 c.s., eff. October 22, 1992)

(a) Any person installing, or performing maintenance upon, any alarm system, or any component part of the fire alarm system, shall report the time, date and location of such installation or maintenance.

(b) There shall be imposed a response fee upon the owner, occupant, installer or repair person for any false alarm occasioned during such installation or maintenance for which no notice has been provided pursuant to this section to the Redondo Beach Fire Department. The fee for such response costs shall be set and fixed by resolution, and shall be the amount of the actual cost of response.

(§ 1, Ord. 2652 c.s., eff. April 2, 1992)

No response fee shall be imposed for any false alarm resulting from:

(a) Acts of God or nature; and

(b) Interruptions of electrical service.

(§ 1, Ord. 2652 c.s., eff. April 2, 1992)

It is not the intention of this section to supersede the Uniform Fire Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 2652 c.s., eff. April 2, 1992)