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City of Arden Hills Chapter 6 Nuisances and Offenses shall file a written report of each false alarm with the City Administrator. Upon receipt of the first false alarm report at an address, the clerk City Administrator shall, by certified mail, notify the alarm user of the provisions of this Chapter. Subd. 5 User Fees; Notice. An alarm user owning an alarm system which precipitates or reports more than three (3) false alarms to the City in a single calendar year shall be charged a user fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per false alarm in excess of three (3) false alarms in a calendar year, and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per false alarm in excess of fifteen (15) false alarms in a calendar year. Upon receipt of a fourth and all subsequent false alarm reports as to an alarm system, the City Administrator shall notify the alarm user by certified mail that the threshold number of false alarms has occurred and that the applicable user fee specified has become due and owing. ~: City indicated that it may establish a fee schedule which would be adopted by reference here rather than specifying actual dollar amounts. If a fee schedule is adopted, all fees throughout the Code should be moved to the schedule which would be adopted by reference throughout the code. Subd. 6 Appeals Process. Any alarm user who is required by the City to pay a user fee as the result of a false alarm may make a written appeal of the false alarm charge to the City Council within ten (10) days of the City's mailing of the notice of false alarm which shall have authority to make a fInal determination as to whether the appellant is to be charged with a false alarm. ~: City indicated that it was debating changing the appeals process. The appeal could be heard by either the council or the Administrator so long as due process is 6 - 23 1 I -.I . . I . . -' . . . . . I . -. .