HomeMy WebLinkAbout255ORDINANCE NO. 255
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF
LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING TITLE 4 ENTITLED
"PUBLIC SAFETY" OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO CHAPTER 7
ENTITLED "ALARM SYSTEMS"
The City Council of the City of the Town of. Los Altos Hills
does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Code
Title 4 entitled "Public Safety" of the LOS ALTOS HILLS
Municipal Code hereby is amended by adding thereto Chapter 7 entitled
"Alarm Systems".
CHAPTER 7. ALARM SYSTEMS.
Section 4-7.01. Definitions.
(a) "Alarm system" shall mean any device, designed to detect an
unauthorized entry on or into any building, place or premises or to
signal an attempted robbery or burglary at a protected premises, or
both, and when activated, emits a sound and/or transmits a signal or
message to a central alarm station or directly to the Santa Clara
County Communications Center.
Excluded from this definition are the following:
1. Devices which are designed solely to alert someone physically
located within the protected building, place, or premises and do not
register alarms audible or visible on the outside.
2. Auxiliary devices installed by the telephone company to
protect telephone company systems which might be damaged or disrupted
by use of an alarm system.
3. Fire alarm systems and alarm systems which monitor temperature,
humidity or any other condition not directly related to the detection
of an unauthorized intrustion into premises or an attempted robbery
or burglary ata premises.
(b) "City" shall mean the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills.
(c) "False Alarm" shall mean an alarm signal activated intentionally or through
inadvertence to which personnel of the law enforcement agency of the City respond. Alarm
owners who make contact with the law enforcement agency of the City before responding
units arrive at the location of the alarm shall not be charged with a false alarm.
Mechanical malfunctions will be considered false alarms.
(d) "Law Enforcement Agency" shall mean the Sheriff of the County of Santa Clara
with whom the City currently contracts for public safety services or the Chief of Police
of the City or one of his deputies.
Section 4-7.02 False Alarm Rating Period. Each alarm system shall be granted a
false alarm period of twelve (12) months which will begin on the date of the first alarm
occuring within said system. Succeeding alarm periods shall begin on the anniversary of
the first false alarm. A service charge of $25.00 shall be imposed by the City upon the
third and each ensuing false alarm during each alarm period.
Section 4-7.03 Appeal. The determination of any false alarm may be appealed by
the alarm owner in writing to the City Council of the City which shall, within fourteen
(14) days after receiving such request, set a hearing and give notice thereof by first
class United States mail of such hearing date. The owner may appear at such hearing and
testify if she or he desires. The decision of the City Council as to the appeal shall be
final. The alarm owner shall be notified by first class United States mail of its decision.
Each notice required to be given in this Section shall be mailed to the address of the
Owner contained in his or her written appeal.
Section 4-7.04 Citation; Issuance. In the event a false alarm is activated by any
alarm system within the City, a citation shall be issued by the Law Enforcement Agency.
The citation shall set forth the time and nature of the false alarm and that a service
charge, if applicable under Section 4-7.02, is due and payable within fifteen (15) days
after service of the citation. The citation will be mailed to the alarm owner by regular
first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address at which the alarm is
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installed. The mailing of such citation shall be deemed to constitute service thereof.
SECTION 2. Violations; Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Ordinance is guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty
dollars.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. POSTING. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and shall be posted within the City
of the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
CITY COUNCIL
�. � By `
City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills on July 18,
1979, and was thereafter passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on August 1 . 1979•
City Clerk
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