HomeMy WebLinkAbout2401 Amends Chapter 4.32 Alarm Systems & Police Service Fees
ORDINANCE NO.o/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4.32 OF THE ASHLAND
MUNICIPAL CODE WITH RESPECT TO ALARM SYSTEMS AND
SPECIAL POLICE SERVICE FEES.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.010, subsections (b)
and (e) of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as
follows:
"(b) "Alarm system" means any assembly of equipment,
mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occur-
rence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring
urgent attention and to which police or fire personnel
are expected to respond.
(e) "False alarm" means an alarm signal, eliciting a
response by police or fire personnel, when a situation
requiring such response does not in fact exist, but does
not include an alarm signal caused by violent conditions
of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not
reasonably subject to control by the alarm business
operator or alarm user."
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.020, subsections (a),
(b) and (c) of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as
follows:
"(a) Every alarm user shall obtain an alarm user's
permit for each system from the Public Safety Department
prior to use of an alarm system. Users of systems
employing multiple alarms (i.e. robbery, intrusion, fire,
water) shall obtain separate permits for each function.
(b) An application for an alarm user's permit and a fee of
$5.00 for each such permit shall be filed annually with the
Public Safety Department. Each permit when issued shall bear
the signature of the Director of Public Safety/Police Chief,
or his designee, and shall be for a one (1) year period. The
permit shall be physically maintained upon the premises using
the alarm system, and shall be available for inspection by
the Director of Public Safety/Police Chief or his representa-
tive.
(c) A surcharge of $10.00 in addition to the fee speci-
fied in subsection (b) above shall be assessed for each
month that an alarm user fails to submit the required
application and fee following installation of an alarm
system."
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.010, subsection (a) of
the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended by changing the words
"Chief of Police" to "Director of Public Safety/Police Chief".
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SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.050, subsection (b) of
the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended by changing the words
"Chief of Police" to "Director of Public Safety/Police Chief", and by
changing the words "Police Department" to "Public Safety Communications
Center".
SECTION 5. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.060, subsection (a) of
the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended by changing the words
"Ashland Police Department" to "Public Safety Communications Center".
SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 1885 and Section 4.32.070 of the Ashland
Municipal Code shall be amended by deleting subsection (b) from Section
4.32.070.
SECTION 7. Ordinance No. 1885 and Chapter 4.32 of the Ashland
Municipal Code shall be amended by deleting Section 4.32.080 therefrom.
The foregoing ordinance was first read on the Z!Vl day of
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1986 and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this day of
1986.
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Nan E. Franklin
City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this day of 1986.
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L: Gordon Medaris
Mayor
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