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Number of False <br />Alarm Dispatcbm <br />Action Taken Fines <br />I <br />On site written notice/ warning letter #1 No Fee <br />2 <br />On site written notice/ warning letter #2 No Fee <br />3 <br />On site written notice/ warning letter #3 $50.00 <br />(May be waived if school attended) <br />4 <br />On site written notice/ warning letter #4 $100.00 <br />(Mandatory attendance of school) <br />5 and above <br />On site written notice o'Yevoked permit $250.00 ea <br />(Subsequent false dispideties will be tined as <br />operating a non -permitted' -system; additional <br />violation fees will apply accordingly) <br />(B) In addition, any person operating a non -permitted alarm system (whether revoked, <br />suspended or never acquired) will be subject to a citation and assessment of a $50.00 fine and <br />must register with the Alarm Administrator within thirty (30) days after such violation. All <br />subsequent false alarm dispatches will continue to be fined in accordance with paragraph "A" of <br />this section. <br />alarm user may register for the false alarm user <br />false alarm dispa <br />tches, ches, as a means t educate themselves and help o prevent faless se acerior to any <br />dispatches. <br />(D) Alarm dispatch requests, caused by actual criminal offense or with evidence of a <br />criminal attempt, shall not be counted as a false alarm dispatch. <br />(E) The Alarm Administrator may reinstate a suspended permit upon receipt of <br />acceptable evidence that the cause has been addressed and appropriate corrective action has been <br />taken as outlined in Section 15. <br />SECTION 12. APPEAL FROM FINES/ GRIEVANCE PROCESS <br />(A) An alarm user may appeal assessment of a fine to the Alarm Review Board by <br />filing a written request for a hearing setting forth the reasons for the appeal within ten (10) <br />working days after receipt of the fine. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing with the <br />Alarm Review Board stays the assessment of the fine until the Alarm Review Board makes a <br />final decision. <br />(B) The Alarm Review Board shall conduct a formal hearing and consider the evidence <br />by any interested person(s). The board shall make it's decision on the basis of the <br />preponderance of evidence presented at the hearing including, but not limited to, <br />evidence that a false alarm dispatch was caused by a defective part that has been <br />repaired or replaced or that an alarm dispatch request was caused by criminal offense. <br />The Board shall reserve the right to call upon the respective alarm company to <br />provide a representative in order to verify attempts to correcvnot correct a failed <br />system. The board must render a decision within thirty (30) days after the request for <br />an appeal hearing is filed. The board shall affirm, reverse or modify the assessment <br />of the fine, and/or include attendance at the false alarm awareness school. The <br />decision of the Board is final as to administrative remedies. <br />SECTION 13. REVOCATION. SUSPENSION OR LOSS OF ALARM PERMIT. <br />(A) In addition to suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 11, the Alarm <br />Administrator may suspend or revoke an alarm permit if it is determined that: <br />(1) there is a false statement of a material matter in the application for a <br />permit; <br />AUGUST 249 1999 <br />BOOK <br />-65- <br />