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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2212 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. 1 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 2 2212 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 )ij3 - ~ ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia APPROVED AS TO FORM: . ~r.~ Stephen P. Deitsch City Attorney 3 2212 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 4 2212