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<br /> .~ <br /> , , <br /> . SUBJECI': INFORMATION ON 10/13/92 COUNCIL AGENDA <br /> PAGE 'IWO <br /> 10/09/92 <br /> (cont'd. ) <br /> control of the alarm manufacturer, installer or owner. <br /> See. 2.5-5 User fees; notice.... more than three (3) false <br /> alarms to the city in a single calendar year shall be <br /> charged a user fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) .... <br /> See. 2.5-6. Appeals Process. <br /> Any alarm user who is required by the city to pay a <br /> user fee as the result of a false alarm may make a written <br /> appeal of the false alarm charge to the city Council within <br /> ten (10) days ... which will have authority to make a final <br /> determination .... <br /> See. 2.5-9. Administrative Rules. <br /> The Clerk Administrator may promulgate such rules as <br /> may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter and <br /> the administration thereof." <br /> Other cormnunities I practices: <br /> . A survey of su=ounding communities (Sh=eview, New <br /> Brighton, and Mounds view) shCMS that each community <br /> incorporates an administrative process which identifies <br /> facts not available to-the responding Officer. The appeal <br /> is originally made to a city official - Police Chief, city <br /> Administrator/Assistant Administrator. This level reviews <br /> the reasons for the appeal. situations that potentially <br /> affect a false alarm include: lightning storms, new <br /> systems, pchIer outages, and others. The appellant must <br /> suJ:mit documentation of these non-owner controlled <br /> CirClllllStances . <br /> Following review, the administrative officer may <br /> reduce the number of false alarms as documented. This <br /> review often shCMS that the false alarms received have <br /> been due to these types of non-owner controlled <br /> CirClllllStances . 'Iherefore, most often no further appeals <br /> have been necessary. In the event of further appeal, it <br /> would be appealed to the Administrator, then to the Council. <br /> Recommendation: Approve an Administrative Policy: <br /> City Council delegates to the city Administrator a technical ~ <br /> .~ <br /> review of facts in any appeal of false alarm charges. 'Ihe , <br /> basis of this technical review will be non-owner controlled I <br /> situations. '!he City will receive substantiation of these <br /> situations prior to any final decision. 'Ihe Administrator <br /> . will have the authority to adjust the number of false <br /> alarm notices based on this review. Any continued . <br /> t <br /> i <br /> I <br /> i <br /> f <br />