Ordinance 87-815ORDINANCE N0. 815
AN ORDZNANCE O E CITY C MMISSION OF T
CITY O WOODT IFLORIDA,OA E CODE
OF ORDINANCES B VISSNG SF.CTIONN2.st13
ftEGAaDING R CORRECTIVE ACTION,
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FOA CONt Li CTS, SEVERASILITY AND hFFECTIVE DATc
WHEREAS, the City Commvssoon has determvned that Section
L.5-3 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to response to alarms,
coreective actoon, reports required and fees charged, requires
amenament;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THL CITY COaNtISSION OF
THE CITY OF LONGW000, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION 1: Section 2.5-3 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby rcvvsed and amended to read as £o Slows.
sec. 2.5-3. Response to alarms, correctvve actoon, reports
requirel and fees charged. 1
a. Pryor to the installation or use of an alarm system the
owner or lessee of the premises shall register said alarm system
with the Longwood Police Department and furnish the Lonywood
Police and Fvre Departments with such vnforma tion as the OeparC-
ment deems ne<essazy to provide adequate response to the alarm.
b. Owners or lessees of exv stiny alarm systems shall have
sixty (601 days from the date of thus ordvnance to comply woth
the above registration and notoce requirements.
c. Owners and or lessees of any alarm system shall provide
response to the alarm location, wM1en requested, rn order to res _
or losable the alarm within one I11 hour of activation.
d. Failure to provide such information and registration
as requested above sM1all result in non-response to that alarm
system.
e. For each response by the Police De partmeni/Fire Department
to an alarm, the Department will cause a report to be filed,
clas si£ying the alarm as one of the following:
(11 False alarm ox system test with no notification.
X21 Valid alarm for cause designated.
f. Dpon ehe reception of a false alarm, or system test witM1
no notification, the Police Department/Fire Department, sM1all is s~1
a warns g otvice to the owner or lessee or manager of the
premises involved. The owner or lessee or manager shall file a
wcrtten report with the Police Department/Fire D p tment
within five 151 working days indicating that the alarm system
rn question has actua l.ly been examrned by a p r servrce
authorized by the system m ac urnr and either repaired, if said
repaired malfunction w theuc of the false alarm, or certified
that the system is rn good Mor ing order.
g. There shall be a sere zce fee charged Eox false alarms
Frzs ith report filed (none in last
t response w
six 16) months) ............................NO Fee
First response with no report filed ..............535.0(
Second response (within siz (61 monthsi..........$ 50.00
Subsequent response Iwithin srx (6) months)...... 5150.00
h. Upon failure of an owner or lessee or manager of a
premise to pay the fee specified within ten (10) days, response
tU that alarm system shall be drscontrnued until such trme as
all £ees have been paid.
SECTION 2: Conflicts. All ordinances or parts thereof
rn conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECT SON 3: Severa bility. Should any sectron, paragraph,
clause, sentence, vtem, phrase, word, or provrsron of this
ordinance be declared invalid by a court of competent j risdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a
whole or any part h ereof, not so declared to be invalid.
SECTION 9: Effective Date. This oxdina nce shall be
effective immediately up its final passage and adoption by the
City Commission of the City of zUngwood, i'lorida.
FIRST READI NG:~y6G[.~.X, /9~7
SECOND READING: ~ ..~~301 /Qf~%
PAEB ED AND ADOPTED THIFZ~DAY OF A.D. 198]
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Nayor, City o ngwood, Florida
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