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<br />Add the following definition for Service: <br /> <br />Service is the annual test, maintenance, or service defined and required by applicable fire <br />equipment standards set forth in table 901.6.1. <br /> <br />CHAPTER 4 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS <br /> <br />401.3.4 False Alarm Charges. <br />Amend by adding a new subsection 401.3.4 <br /> <br />Except as otherwise provided herein, the owner of a building containing a fire protection, <br />fire alarm, or other types of emergency notification systems, shall pay a charge in <br />accordance with this section for each and every false alarm to which the fire department <br />responds. <br /> <br />Exceptions: <br /> <br />1. No charge for the first two false alarms within a calendar year. <br /> <br />2. Each false alarm in excess of two during a calendar year will be charged a <br />response fee of $200.00 <br /> <br />As used by the section, "false alarm" means an alarm signal generated by a privately <br />owned fire or emergency alarm system reporting an alarm for which no fire or emergency <br />actually exists; it includes system malfunctions, faulty operation of detectors, and false <br />alarms not classified above. It does not include those incidents where the detector or <br />system operated as designed such as but not limited to, a smoke detector sounding from <br />someone smoking under the detector or a manual pull station being pulled. <br /> <br />405.10 False alarms. <br />Amend by adding a new subsection 405.10 to read as follows: <br /> <br />False alarms may not count as a fire drill for the purpose of this section. <br />