Sacramento Municipal Code Art. III False Alarm Response Fine

A. A graduated false alarm response fine shall be assessed for each response by one or more public safety officers to a false alarm. The false alarm response fines shall be based on a rolling twelve (12) month period starting with the first false alarm call date. A false alarm response fine shall not be assessed if the alarm administrator determines that the alarm company or alarm user, prior to the arrival of public safety officers at the protected property, notified police dispatch that a public safety response is not necessary.

B. All false alarm invoices shall be mailed to the alarm user within thirty (30) days of the false alarm. The fine is due not later than thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice. Fines received after the due date shall be subject to a late fee. Fines received more than sixty (60) days after the due date shall be subject to additional late fees.

C. If the location of the false alarm is monitored, the system subscriber shall be liable for the false alarm response fine. If the location is not monitored, the alarm user shall be liable for the false alarm response fine. (Ord. 2012-023 § 2)

A. The alarm administrator shall send a false alarm fine invoice by first-class mail to the system subscriber or alarm user. The invoice shall inform the system subscriber or alarm user of his or her right to file an appeal of the false alarm response fine with the alarm appeals hearing officer within thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing of the notice.

B. The false alarm response fines shall be due and payable within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of invoice by city. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, if the debtor does not pay, collection costs are recoverable by the city pursuant to Section 1.28.040.

C. Request for Hearing. A notice of appeal shall be accompanied by an appeal fee. The appeal procedures and the conduct of the hearings shall be governed by Section 8.36.260.

D. The failure of any person to file a timely notice of appeal with the required appeal fee in accordance with the provisions of this section shall constitute an irrevocable waiver of the right to appeal and a failure to exhaust administrative remedies. (Ord. 2012-023 § 2)