1839 - Ordinance - Amending Section 9.22.030 Regarding Charges for False AlarmsNOTICE 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 10.2001,
ORDINANCE NO. 1839
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.22.030
REGARDING CHARGES FOR FALSE ALARMS.
Copies of Ordinance No. 1839 are available for review at the oftice 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. 1839 will be
provided at a nominal charge.
Michelle Merlino
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard IndeDender
ORDINANCE NO. 1839
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, KITSAP
COUNTY, WASHINGTON AMENDING PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 9.22.030 REGARDING CHARGES FOR FALSE
ALARMS. (Ordinance No. 1797 is hereby amended.)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, desires to update and clarify the
penalties and procedures regarding the occurrence of false alarms within the City of Port Orchard, now,
therefore,
THE ClN COUNCIL OF THE ClN OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.22.030 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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
Clerk 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 twelve (12) month
period there will be no fee charged. Within 7 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 (7) day period or to take the corrective
action within 10 days after the false alarm.
(3) For each subsequent false alarm in a twelve-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 twelve-
month period, $100.00 for the third false alarm in a twelve-month period,
and $150.00 for the fourth and all subsequent false alarms in a twelve-
month period. The reporting requirement of section (2) above shall also
apply to each false alarm. It is a civil infraction to fail to provide a complete
report within the seven (7) 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 Clerk within 30 days from the date of billing, a penalty of 5% 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.
Ordinance No. 1839
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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
SECTION 3.
attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this 10 ay of December 2001. 2
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