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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1697
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 10-280 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FALSE ALARMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 10-280 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10-280. False Alarm penalty assessment.
When any emergency alarms, messages, signals, or
notices are received by the Police Department showing that
an alarm user has failed to meet any of the requirements of
this article, the Chief of Police is authorized to demand
that the user of that alarm system disconnect the system
until it is made to comply with said requirements.
(a) Any person having an alarm system which
resutfs in a police response in which the alarm proves to be
a false alarm, shall pay a penalty assessment fee to the
City of Santa Ana as follows:
(1) False alarms, other than those
defined in subsection (a) (2) of this section,
received by the Santa Ana Police Department from
alarm systems which are in existence at the time
of the adoption of this section and which are in
excess of the maximum allowable number, as set
forth in subsection (a)(3) of this section, shall
result in a Fifty Dollar ($50.00) penalty assessment.
(2) False alarms from alarms designed
to be activated while the business is open and/or
occupied and requiring activation by an employee,
or a residential alarm_designed to be activated
by the tenant from within the residence, which in-
dicate the commission of a crime defined by
California Penal Code Section 211 (Robbery) and
which are in existence at the time of the adoption
of this section and are in excess of the maximum
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allowable number of false alarms, as set forth in
subsection (a)(3) of this section, shall result
in a One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) penalty assessment.
(3) Penalty assessments shall be made
for false alarms which number: more than one (1)
in any thirty (30) day period; or more than two
(2) within any ninety (90) day period; or more than
three (3) within any one hundred eighty (180) day
period; or more than four (4) within any one (1)
year period.
(b) Commencing with the date of a new alarm
installation and for six (6) months thereafter, there shall
be no charge for the first through third false alarms.
Thereafter, any person having an alarm system which results
in a police response in which the alarm proves to be a false
alarm,.shall pay a penalty assessment fee to the City of
Santa Aha as follows:
(1) For the fourth and subsequent false
alarms, other than those defined in subsection (a)
(2) of this section, in such six (6) month period,
there shall be a penalty assessment of Fifty Dollars
($50.00) pe~ false alarm. At the expiration of the
six (6) month period, the penalty assessment shall
be governed by the provisions contained in subsections
(a)(1) and (a)(3) of this section.
(2) For the fourth and subsequent
false alarms as defined in subsection (a)(2)
of this section in such six (6) month period,
there shall be a penalty assessment of One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per false alarm.
At the expiration of the six (6) month period,
the penalty assessment shall be governed by
the provisions contained in subsections (a)(2)
and (a)(3) of this section.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
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Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this
ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance
nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner
affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which
uiolations were committed prior to the effective date here-
of, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of
such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license
or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any viola-
tion thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash
deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or
deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full
force and effect.
ADOPTED this ~0tb day of October , 1983.
ATTEST:
GuY
THE COUNCIL
R. W. ~D{EMBOURGER, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Luxembourger Aye
Griset
Acosta Aye
Bricken Aye
Johnson Aye
McGuigan Aye
Young Aye
CITY AT~OR~