Rio Dell Municipal Code Art. V Discontinuance Of Alarm Response

(1) Discontinuance of Alarm Response.

(a) The Rio Dell Police Department reserves the right to discontinue response to any location of a silent or audible alarm, where an alarm system has been declared a public nuisance by an Alarm Administrator. An alarm system may be declared a public nuisance when all of the following conditions have been met:

(i) The alarm user permit has been revoked due to false alarms;

(ii) The revoked alarm user permit has not been reinstated;

(iii) The cause of the false alarms has not been corrected; or

(b) Any alarm that activates falsely more than two times per 24-hour period and is in apparent need of repair, adjustment, or correction shall be deemed a nuisance by the Rio Dell Police Department. In order to minimize danger to emergency responders and to the public during the response of any alarm, the on-duty watch commander or officer may use their discretion to discontinue additional responses. Any such decision shall be followed up by making the permittee or their alarm agent aware of the decision to discontinue response if possible. The Alarm Administrator or designee shall make the contact to relay the decision to discontinue the response.

(2) Unavailability or Refusal by Alarm User. When an alarm user, responsible alarm agent, or property owner of unsecured alarmed premises cannot be located or refuses the request from a police officer, the Police Department shall be under no obligation to remain or secure the premises and the permittee's alarm permit may be subject to suspension or revocation.

(Ord. 402, 2024)

Passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter does not in any away constitute an agreement, in fact or implied, that the Rio Dell Police Department must respond to an activated alarm, even though an alarm user has fully complied with this chapter.

The Rio Dell Police Department and the City of Rio Dell shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any claim, demand, or suit for damages arising out of or in any manner occasioned by connection to or use of any alarm system or device or by reason of Rio Dell Police Department failure or inability to respond to an alarm.

(Ord. 402, 2024)

The provisions of this chapter are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or portion of this chapter, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.

(Ord. 402, 2024)

Nothing in this chapter shall limit or preclude the enforcement of other applicable laws.

(Ord. 402, 2024)