029-05 - Ordinance - Amending Section 9.22.030 Regarding Collection of False Alarm Fees and PenaltiesNOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their regular
Council meeting held December 27, 2005.
ORDINANCE NO. 029-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 9.22.030 REGARDING COLLECTION OF
FALSE ALARM FEES AND PENALTIES
Copies of Ordinance No. 029-05 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port
Orchard. Upon written request a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any
interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 029-05 will be
provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
Carol L. Etge n�
Clerk Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard Independent
January 4, 2006
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ORDINANCE NO. 029-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.22.030
REGARDING COLLECTION OF FALSE ALARM FEES AND PENALTIES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Orchard desiresto amend Section
9.22.030 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code to designate the City Treasurer as the person or
department responsible for collecting all false alarm fees and penalties for the City of Port
Orchard; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 9.22.030 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is amended to read as
9.22.030 Charges for false alarms.
(1) In the case of a false alarm, the owner of the business
or residence upon which the alarm system is located shall pay to the
city treasurer the response fee and provide the report set forth in this
section.
(2) In the case of a false alarm response to a business or
residence at which no other false alarm has occurred in the previous
12- month period there will be no fee charged. Within seven calendar
days after the false alarm the owner of the business or residence shall
file a report with the chief of police. The report shall be prepared on a
form available from the police department. The report shall be
completed in its entirety. The report, at a minimum, shall contain the
cause of such false alarm, the corrective action taken, whether such
alarm has been inspected by an authorized service technician, and
such other information as the chief of police may reasonably require to
determine the cause of such false alarm and corrective action
necessary. It is a civil infraction to fail to provide a complete report
within the seven-day period or to take the corrective action within 10
days after the false alarm.
(3) For each subsequent false alarm in a 12-month period,
the owner of the business or residence upon which the alarm system is
located shall be charged a response fee as an administrative sanction.
The response fee shall be $50.00 for the second false alarm in a 12-
month period, $100.00 for the third false alarm in a 12-month period,
and $150.00 for the fourth and all subsequent false alarms in a 12-
month period. The reporting requirement of subsection (2) of this
section shall also apply to each false alarm. It is a civil infraction to fail
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to provide a complete report within the seven-day period or to take the
corrective action within 10 days after the false alarm.
(4) If the fees imposed in accordance with this section are
not paid to the city treasurer within 30 days from the date of billing, a
penalty of five percent shall be assessed for each 30 days payment is
delinquent.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after posting and
publication as required by law. A summary of this Ordinance may be published in lieu of the entire
ordinance, as authorized by State Law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and
attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this 21" day of December 2005.
ATTEST:
r
Carol Et On, City C rk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4,st City Attorney
KIM E. ABEL, MAYOR
Sponsored b :
hn Clauson, Council Member