HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1857 - 12/16/1986 - FALSE ALARMS/ADDITIONAL CHARGESORDINANCE NO. 1857
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18.5109 FALSE ALARMS/
ADDITIONAL CHARGE/LICENSE REVOCATIONS OF ARTICLE LI
ALARM SYSTEMS OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR EXCESSIVE FALSE
ALARMS
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of
the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage,
Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That paragraphs A. and B. of Section 18.5109
False Alarms/Additional Charges/License Revocations of the Municipal
Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Any alarm system which has more than four false
alarms within a licensed year shall subject the alarm user
licensee to additional charges as follows:
5th - 10th False Alarm $50.00 per false alarm
Over 10 False Alarms $100.00 per false alarm
The above charges shall be paid to the Village within thirty
(30) days from the invoice date requesting said additional
charges.
B. The Chief of Police or his designated agent shall
notify the alarm user, in writing, of each instance wherein
the Police have recorded a false alarm, and in the case
of the fourth (4th) and tenth (10th) recorded false alarm,
in any one licensed year, shall further notify the Licensee
that further false alarms will result in the imposition
of additional charges as set forth herein. Each Licensee
shall have the opportunity within ten (10) days after the
receipt of such notice to submit a report to or meet with
the Chief of Police or his designated agent for the purpose
of showing cause as to whether circumstances exist so as
warrant a voiding of the false alarm recordation. The
opinion of the Chief of Police or his designated agent
as to whether a false alarm occurred shall be final.
Section 2: That paragraph C. License Revocation of Section
18.5109 be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following paragraph, which paragraph shall read as follows:
viii. Any alarm user whose license has been
revoked and who does not apply for and
receive a revoked user's license shall
not be entitled to Police Department
responses to any alarm on the licensed
premises.
Section 3: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized
to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force
from and after its passage, approval and publication according
to law.
VOTES: AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTESTED:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
PASSED this 16th day of December 1986.
APPROVED this 16th day of December , 1986.
PUBLISHED this 18th day of December , 1986
in pamphlet form.
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