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(1) The town shall impose the following administrative requirements upon a police response to any false alarm:

(a) Upon a first response to a premises at which no other false alarm has occurred, notice of the conditions and requirements of this chapter shall be given to the person having or maintaining such alarm system. The notice shall also request that possible cause of the apparent malfunction be examined, and any corrective action be taken to prevent future occurrences.

(b) Within a six-month period, if a second response to a premises occurs as a result of a false alarm, the person having or maintaining such burglary and robbery alarm shall, within three working days after notice to do so, submit a written report to the town marshal setting forth the cause of such false alarm, the corrective action taken, any mitigating circumstances and necessary corrective action, and such other information as the town marshal or his designee may reasonably require to determine the cause of such false alarm. The town marshal or his designee shall be authorized to inspect or cause to be inspected the alarm system at such premises and shall prescribe necessary corrective action. All costs of inspection and corrective action shall be borne by the person having or maintaining the alarm on the premises. The town marshal shall notify the person or organization responsible for the alarm system that further false alarms within the same six month period will result in a false alarm response fee of $50.00 being charged to the person or organization maintaining the alarm.

(c) If a third or subsequent response to a false alarm at a premises occurs within the same six- month period, a false alarm response fee of $50.00 will be assessed with respect to each and every response and the town marshal may order the person having or maintaining the alarm system to disconnect such alarm; provided, that any business required by law to maintain an alarm shall not be subject to disconnection. Any alarm which is disconnected shall not be reconnected until the following conditions have been satisfied:

(i) All monetary assessments have been paid; and

(ii) The alarm has been repaired, certified and inspected by the police department, and/or

(iii) If training is required to prevent future false alarms, such training has been provided.

(2) Monetary assessments imposed in accordance with this section shall be paid to the town clerk within 15 days of the date of the notice. The town clerk shall not renew the business license of any business which fails to pay a monetary assessment and/or otherwise comply with this chapter; provided, that such license may be reinstated upon payment to the town clerk of the monetary assessments and compliance with all other provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 360 § 5, 1994)