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ORDINANCE NO. 2212
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 3907 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL
CODE CONCERNING FALSE SECURITY ALARMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 3907 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"3907. FALSE SECURITY ALARM COST ASSESSMENT/GRACE
PERIOD. Any person having a security alarm system which results in an Arcadia
Police Department response in which the security alarm proves to be a false
security alarm, shall pay a cost assessment fee to the City of Arcadia as established
from time to time by Resolution of the City Council. There will be no penalty
assessment for any false security alarms that occur within thirty (30) calendar days
of the initial completed installation of a new security alarm system. A false
security alarm cost assessment shall be paid to the City after four (4) false security
alarms have been rect:ived from anyone (1) source from anyone (1) security alarm
system, in accordance with the following schedule:
A. The first through third false security alarm in any consecutive three
hundred sixty-five (365) day period will incur no cost assessment.
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B. For each of the fourth and fifth false security alarms in any
consecutive three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, there will be a cost
assessment as set forth by Resolution of the City Council.
C. For each of the sixth and all subsequent false security alarms in any
consecutive three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, there will be a higher cost
assessment as set forth by Resolution of the City Council.
D. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, for each false
security alarm which specifically signals a robbery regardless of any other crime,
there shall be a cost assessment as set forth by Resolution of the City Council,
commencing with the second false security alarm in any consecutive three hundred
sixty-five (365) day period. After one (1) "robbery" false security alarm, the City
shall issue a warning notice to the security alarm user. As set forth in Penal Code
Section 211, "robbery" means the felonious taking of personal property in the
possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will,
bymeans of force or fear..
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the cost assessment set
forth in this subsection D shall not apply to so-called "panic" alarms which signify
any kind of emergency.
The purpose ofthis Section 3907 is, in part, to assure that assessments shall
apply to any person whose security alarm system results in at least four (4) false
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security alarms within any consecutive three hundred sixty-five (365) day period.
Any false security alarm within any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period shall
be counted as part of the calculation of cost assessments set forth by Resolution of
the City Council. Accordingly, a person cannot be cleared of any false security
alarms in this determination, unless that person's security alarm system does not
register any false security alarms for at least three hundred sixty-five days (365)
consecutive days.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and
shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of the City
of Arcadia within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of November, 2005.
ATTEST:
M or of the City of Arcadia
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ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2212 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of November, 2005 and that said
Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmember Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo
NOES:
None
ABSENT: None
ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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