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ORDIIWICE 1230-67
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF TEE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
AMENDING KMC 12.30.040(a) TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN CHARGES
FOR EXCESS FALSE ALARMS IN HIGH RISK AND ERROR -PRONE
APPLICATIONS.
WHEREAS, Kenai Municipal Code currently imposes a false alarm
charge for excessive false alarms: and,
WHEREAS, the history of the present ordinance indicates that a
$200 alarm charge for false alarms in excess of ten (10) per year
is excessive and unnecessary; and,
WHEREAS, reducing the charge fe.)r *means faiaa alarms will have
the benefit of making it more economically feasible for alarm
systems to be used in high -risk and error -prone applications such
as public school systems.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that KNC 12.30.040(a) is amended as follows:
12.30.040 False Alarm Ch4raes: (a) [EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED HEREIN, THE OWNER OF AN ALARM SHALL PAY A CHARGE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION FOR EACH AND EVERY FALSE ALARM TO
wHIcH THE POLICE RESPOND, AS FOLLOWS:
EXCEPT FOUR FALSE ALARMS AT EACH
IDENTIFIABLE SEPARATE LOCATION DURING
A PERIOD OF ONE (1) CALENDAR YEAR -
THE FIFTH (5TH) FALSE ALARM THROUGH
THE TENTH (LOTH) FALSE ALARM -
FOR EACH FALSE ALARM IN EXCESS OF TEN -
calendar year.
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NO CHARGE
$ 50.00
$200.001
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(b) The City shall bill the owner tor false 4L.L%L a:, :.:•� t:
owner shall pay those charges in the manner provided by the Cit3
If an owner fails to pay charges assessed pursuant to this
section, the City say seek payment by any lawful means.
(c) This section shall not apply to false alarms occurrini
within thirty (30) days immediately following installation of
that alarm.
(d) This c action shall not apply for a period of seven V
days after receipt of written notice that an alarm system is
being upgraded, repaired, or receiving maintenance. Only two
such seven-day periods will be granted in any calendar year.
pASSBD BY THs COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this second
day of September, 1987. r.
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OHM WIL IAMB: MAYOR
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Jan,
ft Whelan, city Clerk
(8/10/87)
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
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August 19, 1987
September R, 199
October a, 1987
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
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William Brighton, City Manager
Richard Ross, Chief of Police
Alarm Systems
KENAI POLICE DEPT=
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AUG 1987
LEGAL DfVr
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Rey ordinance 12.25; Section
12.30.40(a) False Alarm
Charges
DATE: July 13, 1987
Request that the cited ordinance and section be amended by the City council
as follows:
DELETE:
"The fifth(5th) false alarm through the
tenth(10th) false alarm $50•00
For each false alarm in excess of ten - $200•00"
ADD:
,All false alarms including the fifth(5th)
and thereafter - $50.00"
Our present ordinance was patv�rnsad after the Fairbanks ordinance. In the
year we have worked with the ordinance it has worked well in reducing false
alarm responses. our experience however has aiffured from theirs. Of the
75 systems registered, only one(1) system has to date generated 10 or more
alarms that were classified as false. This system belongs to the school
district and is in an application where human error generated alarms will
occur more frequently than some other applications.
Changing the ordinance will make it more economically feasible for alarm
systems to be used in high risk and error prone applications like the one
cited. It is not believed that the change will create a problem resulting
in increased false alarm responses.
cc: City Attorney
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