[Adopted 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 280]
Each false alarm requires response of public safety resources, involves unnecessary expense to the Village or its agents, increases the risk of injury to persons or damage to property and dilutes the overall public safety protection to the Village. Such false alarms constitute a public nuisance and must be abated. (See Section 9.44.020, Penalties below for administrative charges for false alarms.)
A. 
Response. A "response" occurs when a call is received by the Police or Fire Department.
B. 
Intentional. No person shall intentionally cause the activation of a burglar/fire alarm device knowing that no criminal activity, fire, or other emergency exists.
[Adopted 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 280]
A. 
False Alarms, Administrative Charges.
1. 
Any person, business, corporation or other entity having an alarm system with alarm device(s) at one or more locations shall pay to the Village a charge for false alarms responded to by the Police or Fire Department according to the following schedule for each calendar year for each location connected, separate accounts to be kept for Police Department false alarms and Fire Department false alarms:
a. 
Police Department false alarms:
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First three false alarms for a location: no charge.
ii. 
Fourth false alarm per location: $50.
iii. 
Each subsequent alarm thereafter shall increase by an additional $50 per alarm (i.e., fifth, $100; sixth, $150; seventh: $200; and so on).
b. 
Fire Department false alarms:
i. 
First three false alarms for a location: no charge.
ii. 
Fourth false alarm for a location: $250.
iii. 
Fifth false alarm for a location: $350.
iv. 
Sixth false alarm for a location: $450.
v. 
Seventh and all subsequent false alarms per location: $500.
2. 
This section is intended to impose a strict liability on the person, business, corporation, or other entity responsible for alarm connection to either the police alarm panel or to an alarm-receiving firm to which the Police Department or the Fire Department has responded and shall be applied regardless of the cause of the false alarm, excepting those alarms excluded from the definition of "false alarm." Failure to pay such administrative charge(s) in and of itself shall constitute a violation of this section, and such charge(s) shall be collectible as a forfeiture upon prosecution and conviction thereof, together with any additional forfeiture(s) which may be imposed under the next Subsection B hereof for violation of this section for allowing or maintaining condition(s) or act(s) in violation of the intent of this section of eliminating and minimizing the occurrence of false alarms, together with costs of prosecution.
B. 
Default of Payment for Forfeiture and/or Costs. On default of payment of forfeiture and/or costs under the immediately preceding Subsection A, such person or responsible officer of the violating corporation or other entity shall be confined in the county jail until the same be paid, but not to exceed a length of time specified by the court, which length of time shall not exceed six months.