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HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-85 - False Alarm Penalties• • RESOLUTION NO. 90 -55 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR FALSE ALARMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.49.070 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, CHAPTER 5.49 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code establishes regulations and permit procedures for operation of Burglary, Robbery & Fire Alarm Systems; and WHEREAS, Section 5.49.070 provides for payment of penalties for excessive false alarms; and WHEREAS, on July 9, 1990, Ordinance Number 90-32 was adopted to amend Section 5.49.070 to provide that the false alarm penalties shall be established by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to establish penalties for excessive false alarm responses by the Fire Department; and NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: A. The penalties set forth hereinafter is for a permittee's third (3rd) false fire alarm within a calendar year: Seventy -five dollars ($75.00). B. The penalties set forth hereinafter is for a permittee's fourth (4th) false fire alarm within a calendar year: One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). C. The penalties set forth hereinafter is for a permittee's fifth (5th) false fire alarm within a calendar year: Two hundred dollars ($200.00). WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to establish penalties for excessive false alarm responses by the Police Department. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: A. For the third (3rd) false alarm within a calendar year, permittee shall pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) false alarm penalty; 1 • J B. For the fourth (4th) false alarm within a calendar year, permittee shall pay a one hundred dollar ($100.00) false alarm penalty; and C. For the fifth (5th) and each subsequent false alarm within a calendar year, the permittee shall pay a one hundred and twenty -five dollar ($125.00) false alarm penalty. ADOPTED this 13th day of August , 1990. U� klm� CITY CLERK fl3 F. 2