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ORDINANCE 02-15
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 503 AND 806 OF THE
PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE RELATING TO FALSE ALARMS
The Prior lake City Council does hereby order that
1. Section 503.200 and 503.300 of the Prior lake City Code is hereby arnended in its entirety
as set forth below:
503.200
False Alarms. Enforcement regulations for alarms systems are regulated under
Section 806 of the Prior Lake City Code.
2. Part 8 of the Prior lake City Code is amended to add Section 806 False Alarms as follows:
806.100
806.200
PURPOSE: The purpose and intent of this Ordinance to protect the health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the City of Prior lake. The City operates a
volunteer, on-call fire department. As a volunteer, on-call fire departrnent, the
volunteers are paid for each call to which they respond. Responding to false
alarms depletes the limited resources, people and equipment, with which the City
has to respond to emergencies. Further, increased development in Prior lake
creates additional demands on the resources of the Police Department. Therefore,
in order to protect the residents of Prior lake by maximizing the limited resources
available to the City, this Section attempts to encourage Alarrn Users to properly
maintain and use their Alarm Systems.
DEFINITIONS: The following words and terms when used in this Section shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Alarm Company: The business by any individual, partnership, corporation or
other entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, monitoring, servicing, repairing, altering,
replacing, moving or installing any Alarm System or causing to be sold, leased,
maintained, rnonitored, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, rnoved or installed,
any Alarm System in or on any building, structure or facility.
Alarm System: Any instrument or other device that, as one of its purposes, is
used to protect buildings, premises or persons from criminal acts, unauthorized
entries or acts of nature by warning persons of crime, unauthorized entry and acts
of nature through the emission or transmission of a sound or signal.
Alarm User: Any person, employee, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind which uses or is in control of an Alarm
Systern, regardless of whether it owns or leases the system.
False Alarm: Any activation of an alarm not caused by or as a result of a crirninal
act, an unauthorized entry or an act of nature that is received by the Fire and/or
Police Department.
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
806.300:
806.400:
806.401 :
806.402:
806.403:
806.404:
FALSE ALARMS; PENALTIES:
(1) The City will impose a penalty on any Alarm User for each False Alarm in excess of
three (3) per calendar year. The penalty will be:
Fourth Alarm Fee:
Fifth Alarm Fee:
Sixth Alarm Fee:
Seventh Alarm Fee:
$100.00
$150.00
$200.00
$250.00
The fee shall increase by the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each succeeding
False Alarm thereafter.
(2) If the responding police officer or firefighter determines that a False Alarm was
caused by the actions of the Alarm Company, a penalty of $100.00 shall be
assessed against the Alarm Company with no corresponding penalty assessed
against the Alarm User.
SUSPENSION OF POLICE/FIRE RESPONSE:
SUSPENSION OF POLIcE/FIRE RESPONSE: If the requirernents of subsection 806.403
are met, the City Manager, upon consultation with the Police Chief or Fire Chief,
may suspend police or fire response to Alarm Users by Notice to the Alarm User as
provided in subsection 806.402. However, the Police and/or Fire Department will
respond if independent information is received by the Police and/or Fire
Department that verifies the need for immediate police/fire response.
NOTICE: The City Manager may serve, in person or by U.S. mail, the Alarm User
with written notification that effective fourteen (14) days from the date of the notice,
the Prior Lake Fire and/or Police Department will not respond to alarm dispatch
requests received from that Alarm System for the remainder of the calendar year.
REQUIREMENTS: When an Alarm User generates more than four (4) False Alarms
within a calendar year; or when an Alarm User is rnore than one hundred twenty
(120) days overdue in payment of the Penalty as described in subsection 806.300.
REINSTATEMENT: To prevent the suspension of services, the Alarm User may
elect to pay a penalty of $500.00. The first False Alarm after the payment of this
$500.00 penalty will be considered the first False Alarm in the calendar year for
purposes of assessing further penalties under subsection 806.300.
This ordinance shall become effective January 1, 2003. following its passage and publication.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Prior Lake on October 21, 2002.
ATTEST:
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City Manager
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Mayor
ORDINANCE 02-15
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTIONS 503 AND 806 OF THE
PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE
RELATING TO FALSE ALARMS
The Prior Lake City Council does hereby
order that
Section 503.200 and 503.300 of the
Prior Lake City Code is hereby amended iri
its entirety as set fotth below:
'503.200 False Alarms.
EnforcetnentregnJations for alarms systems
are regulated under Section 806 of the Prior
Lake City Code. .
2. Part8ofthePriorLakeCityCode
isamende4to' add Section806 FalseA1arms
as follows:' ,
PuRPOSE: The pnrpose and intent
of this Ordinance to Protect the health,
safety and welfare of. the residents of the
City of Prior Lake. The City operates a
volunteer, on-call fire deparbnent. As a
volunteer, on:'call fIre department, ~he
volunteers are paid for each call to which
they respond. Responding to false alsrms
depletes the limited reao1lfC08; people and
equipment, with which the City has to
respond to emergencies. Further, increased
developrnentinPrior Lake creates additionaJ
demands on the resources of the Police
Department. Therefore, in o,rder to.p~~ct
the residents of Prior Lake by maxumzmg
the limited resources available to the City,
this Section attempts to encourage Alarm
Users to properly maintain and use their
A1arm Systems.
DEFINITIONS: The following words and
teDllS when nsed in this Section shall have
the followirig meanirigs unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
A1arm Company: The busiriess by any
individualf partnership, c.orporati(:m~o~er
entity of sellin~,. leasmg, .l;DalDta~ng,
monitoring, serY1ctng, repamng, altenng,
~Iacirig, movirig or iristalling any Alarm
System or causing to be sold, leased,
maintained, llIonitDred, 84lfVlced, repaired,
altered, ~~1IIO\'<ld; or iIlStalIed, any
A1armSystemmoronanyblplding. slructti1e
or facility.
Alarm Syswo: Any instrument or
other device that, as one orits purposes,is
used to pr~ buildii1p, pre.miscs Of
persons from criminal act,s, ,I1'!"U!horized
entries or act,s ofnatunbywatningP"l"SODS
of crime' unanthorized entry and act,s of
,,' , .. . ..
naturethroughthcenusslonort:ransm1SS1on
ofa sound Of sisnaJ.., ,
Alarm User: A1rt ~ emp!oree,
fum,partnerslQps~~t :,~:;:~~~~
corDIlanyor~,Ofanykind\vlri<lli
lIli8,t\6A03: ',', ~'When
"an AIalm User generates more than four
~ (4) PaISe Alarms witbin a calendar year'
, or when an Alarm Vser is more than on~
. bundred ,twenty (120) days overdue in
-I payment of the Penalty as described iri
subsection 806.300.
806.404: lWNsrATEMENr. .
To prevent the suspension of services
tlieAiarmUsermayelccttopayapenaJtY
ofS5oo.oo. The first False Alarm afte.
tbepayment ofthisS500.oo penalty will
be con.sl(lered the firstFalse Aiarmintlie
calendar year for purposes of assessirig'
further p~nalties under subsection
806.300.
ThisordinanceshaJlbecomeeffective '
January 1. 2003. following its passage
and pnblicatioo.
Passed ted by the' City
Council-.of _ of Prior Lake on I
October 21, 2
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