HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1543 - 10/26/1982 - FALSE ALARMS/ADDITIONAL CHARGESORDINANCE NO. 1543
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 18.5110 FALSE
ALARMS/ADDITIONAL CHARGES/LICENSE REVOCATIONS
OF ARTICLE LI, ALARM SYSTEMS OF CHAPTER 18
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY REQUIRING A ONE
HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLAR FEE FOR EACH FALSE
ALARM ABSENT A REVOCATION OF A USER LICENSE
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 Paragraph C. License Revocation of
Sec. 18.5110 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk
Grove Village be and is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following paragraph:
vii. Should the Chief of Police or his designated
agent determine that due to the nature of the
user's business or the complexity of the
user's alarm system, that continued false
alarms may occur and that such future alarms
may not be the result of any substantial
negligence or disregard on the part of the
user, the Chief may permit the user to retain
his license without processing a revocation
thereof. In that event, the user shall be
assessed One Hundred ($100,00) Dollars for
each false alarm thereafter, and the user
shall be responsible for paying same according
to the provisions of this Article.
Section 2: In addition to any fees or fines established
herein, any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation
of any of the provisions of this Article shall be fined not
less than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars nor more than Five Hundred
($500.00) Dollars for each offense and each day such a violation
continues shall be considered a separate offense.
Section 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
VOTES: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
ATTEST: Village President
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
PASSED this 26th day of October , 1982.
APPROVED this 26th day of October 1982.
PUBLISHED this 3rd day of November , 1982,
in the Elk Grove Daily Herald