§ 106.10. FALSE ALARMS; FEES/SERVICE CHARGES; NOTIFICATIONS.

(A)

Any fire alarm permittee or burglar alarm user who has more than two (2) false alarms within a calendar year at a single protected location will be assessed fees/service charges according to the fee/service charge schedule as listed in section 41.01 of this Code.

(B)

All fees/service charges must be paid to the Village of Schaumburg or its agent within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice requesting payment of the fine(s).

(C)

The chief of police or agent shall notify the fire alarm permittee, or burglar alarm user in writing, of each instance wherein a false alarm was recorded. The fire alarm permittee and burglar alarm user shall have the opportunity within fourteen (14) days from the date of the mailing, emailing or personal delivery to submit a report or meet with the alarm administrator for the purpose of showing cause as to whether circumstances exist to warrant voiding the false alarm record. The alarm administrator shall review the fire alarm permittee's or burglar alarm user's report and/or meet with the fire alarm permittee or burglar alarm user and issue a written finding to the fire alarm permittee or burglar alarm user as to whether or not the false alarm record will be voided. The finding of the alarm administrator shall be final.

(D)

Severe weather, power outages, weather related transmission line malfunctions, acts of God, malicious acts of persons not under the control of the fire alarm permittee or burglar alarm user, or any other cause clearly beyond the control of the alarm user will be considered in determining if an alarm activation was false and whether or not any occurrence, fine, warning or other punitive action will be taken against the fire alarm permittee or burglar alarm user as provided for by this chapter.

(E)

All new and existing fire alarm permittees or burglar alarm users will be given a thirty-day grace period from the date of installation of such fire or burglar alarm subscriber alarm system, in which no alarms from the protected premises will be deemed a "false alarm".

(Ord. 97-26, passed 3-25-1997; Am. Ord. 01-32, passed 3-27-2001; Am. Ord. 03-13, passed 1-28-2003; Am. Ord. 10-119, passed 10-26-2010; Am. Ord. 16-078 , passed 8-23-2016)