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Effective Date: February 1, 2012 12/5/2011
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Various Sections of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Evanston
City Code Regulating False Alarm Systems
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 9-11-8-1 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as
amended, is further amended by deleting that Section in its entirety and substituting in
lieu thereof, the following section
9-11-8: FALSE ALARM SERVICE CHARGES AND WAIVERS
9-11-8-1: FALSE ALARM SERVICE CHARGES: When the City's communication
center is notified of a system alarm either by direct tie-in or other means that is
determined to be a false alarm, the following service charges shall be assessed to the
alarm user:
False Fire -Related Alarms in a_Calendar Year
0 to 3........................... $ 0.00/per alarm
4 to 10......................... $ 110.00/per alarm
11 to 24........................ $ 330.00/per alarm
25............................... $ 550.00/per alarm
False Police -Related Alarms in a Calendar Year
0 to 3........................... $ 0.00/per alarm
4 to 10......................... $ 110.00/per alarm
11 to 24........................ $ 330.00/per alarm
25.............................. $ 550.00/per alarm
After the alarm administrator has recorded three (3) fire -related or three (3) police -
related alarm occurrences within a calendar year for a given alarm user, the alarm
administrator shall notify the alarm user, in writing, by first class mail or hand delivery,
that additional alarm occurrences will result in the imposition of service charges in
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accordance with the above fee schedule. Failure to receive such notification does not
waive or nullify any service charges 0
Any false alarm after the third occurrence each of a police -related or fire -related false
alarm shall be charged at a rate of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00) per
occurrence up to the tenth occurrence.
Any false alarm after the tenth occurrence each of a police -related or fire -related false
alarm shall be charged at a rate of three hundred and thirty dollars ($330.00) per
occurrence up to the twenty-fourth occurrence.
Any false alarm after the twenty-fifth occurrence each of a police -related or fire -related
false alarm shall be charged at a rate of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00) per
occurrence.
Such charges will be invoiced periodically as determined by the alarm administrator.
The charges for excessive false alarms shall be paid to the City Collector within sixty
(60) days from the date of invoice. In the event the false alarm service charges are not
paid within a sixty- (60) day period from the date of invoice, the service charges shall
increase by fifty percent (50%) per alarm occurrence invoiced.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effective as of
February 1, 2012, and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
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Introduced: 't: , 201.1
Adopted.(:? . I,,q , 201A
Attest:
Approved:
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Ef eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Rodney Gree e, City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, Corpora ion Counsel
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