2003-09-08 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting

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.e e alarm. This section shall not apply to conduct which is in violation of section 42.06 of the Texas Penal Code, as presently enacted and as may be subsequently amended. Sec. 30-44. Service fees for permit and city response to an alarm. The city may charge service fees for its permits and responses to false alarms in accordance with this chapter. Except as may be hereinafter set forth, service fees for issuance of permits, false alarms and any other charges and penalties arising pursuant to this chapter shall be in such amounts as may be established in this chapter and as may, from time to time, be adopted by resolution of the city council of the City of La Porte. Service Fees will automatically be billed to the permit holder by including service fee on permit holder's water bill notification form. . With respect to alarm systems, no penalty or service fee for signaling of a false alarm by an alarm system shall be made unless at least fiye other false alarms have occurred during the proceeding twelve (12) months. The service fee may be assessed against the owners, occupants or person in control of the premises where the alarm system is located. The amount assessed for a false alarm of an alarm system after five (5) preyious false alarms will be Fifty dollars ($50.00). Then Fifty dollars ($50.00) per response thereafter. The .permit holder may file a request for hearing with the city Director of Finance to dispute the service fee within ten (10) days of receipt of a notification of service fee. The city acknowledges that newly installed alarm systems may incur false alarms during installation and adjustment period, therefore false alarms made or caused as a result of installation or adjustment during a period of 10 days form initial installation or permit date, will not be charged against the permit holder as false alarms for the purpose of service fees as set forth in this ordinance. For purposes of calculating the service fees set out in this chapter an alarm system shall mean and include all alarm systems operated under one permit. A reinstated permit as provided for elsewhere in this chapter shall retain its original issuance date for the purposes of the commencement of the "twelye-month period" when assessing service fees under this chapter, and shall not have any excusable false alarm responses ayailable in addition to those already used during that period for an alarm system. Following the reinstatement, responses m~e prior to the date of reyocation but not part of the basis for the reyocation shall be included in computations, however, responses from the date of reyocation through the date of reinstatement shall be chargeable, such charges must be paid before reinstatement becomes effectiye. Reinstatement of the permit shall be the only means of restoration of the lawful use of the alarm system hereunder after the permit has been reyoked, proyided however, that a new permit must be applied for and i~sued before operation of the alarm system if the ownership or possessor rights to the ~arm site haye changed since the most recent Rpp1iC'.ation or amendment thereof. Sec:. 30-45. Refusal to permit and revocation.