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Home My WebLink AboutO-0992 - Regulation, use and installation of burglar alarm systems (6.79)"1 CIT Y 0 F MAR Y S V ILL E MarysVllle,Washlngton ORDINANCE NO.9 92 AN ORDINANCE of the Clty of Marysvllle regulatlng the use and lnstallatlon of prlvately owned burglar and/or robbery alarm systems;deflnlng false alarms, prescrlblng penaltles,authorlzlng certaln lnstallatl0ns wlthln the Pollce Department and restrlctlng the use of certaln outslde audlble alarms. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Sectlon 1.It lS hereby declared unlawful to have, lnstall,or malntain on any premlses In the Clty of Marysvll1e an audlble type burglar and/or robbery alarm system unless the Pollce Department of the Clty has been so advlsed In wrltlng and provlded wlth a llSt of the telephone numbers and addresses at WhlCh the person or persons authorlzed to enter such premlses and turn off the alarm may be reached. Sectlon 2.It 15 unlawful for anyone to actlvate or attempt to actlvate any burglar and/or robbery alarm system for the purpose of summonlng the pollce except in the event of actual or attempted burglary or robbery In or about such premlses.Further,lt 1S unlawful for anyone to notlfy the pollce of an act1vated alarm when such nerson has knowledge that such activatlon was apparently caused by an electrlcal or other malfunctl0n of the alarm system,and such person falls to notlfy the pOllce of such apparent malfunctlOn. Sectlon 3 For the purposes of thlS Ordlnance. the term "false alarm"shall mean the actlvatlon of a burglary and/or robbery alarm,or the attempted actlvat10n thereof, by other than a forced entry or attempted forced entry to the premlses at a tlme when no burglary or robbery lS belng commltted on the premlses. Sectlon 4.For a pollce response to any false alarm,the Chief of Pollce shall charge and collect from the person havlng or malntalnlng such burglary and/or robbery alarm on premlses owned or occupled by hlm,the followlng fees (a)For a response to prem1ses at WhlCh no other false alarm has occurred wlthln the preced1ng slx-month perlod,herelnafter referred to as a "f i r s t r esponse]' no fee shall be charged,but the person havlng or malntalnlng such burglary and/or robbery alarm shall wlthln three worklng days after notlce to do so,make a wrltten report to the Chlef of Pollce explalnlng the cause of the false alarm and the correctlve actlon whlch has been taken to avold ltS reoccurrence. (1) ·.~ (b)For all subsequent responses to false alarms to the same prem1ses w1th1n S1X (6)months after the f1rst such response,the C1ty may levy and collect a fee of $10.00,and such fee shall be pa1d w1th1n ten (10)days by the owner or occupant of the prem1ses.If such subsequent false alarms are the result of fa1lure to take necessary precaut10ns or correct1ve act10n by the owner or occupant of the premlses,or 1f the Chlef of Po11ce determ1nes that the alarm system 1S defect1ve, or 1f the owner or occupant fa1ls to pay the fees requ1red here1n,the Ch1ef of Po11ce may order the d1sconnect1on of the alarm system and 1t shall be unlawful to reconnect the alarm system w1thout approval of the Ch1ef of Po11ce. Sect10n 5 The Po11ce Department may perm1t the connect1on of any burglary and/or robbery alarm system to the Po11ce Department mon1tor1ng network,prov1ded,however, that any such system must be compat1ble w1th the modular type equ1pment 1nstalled at that t1me at the Pollce Department. Sect10n 6 Each burglary and/or robbery alarm system shall be on a s1ngle telephone l1ne so that each prem1ses 1S prov1ded w1th 1ts own system.Mult1ple hook-ups shall be proh1b1ted. Sect10n 7.No d1rect telephone d1al1ng alarm system to the Pol1ce Department shall be 1n operat1on on or after S1Xty (60)days of the effect1ve date of thlS Ord1nance All such alarm systems shall thereafter be proh1b1ted Sect10n 8.No outs1de audlble burglary and/or robbery alarm system Wh1Ch 1S not equlpped w1th a t1m1ng dev1ce 11mlt1ng the perlod of aud1ble alarm to f1ve (5)m1nutes cont1nual operat10n and preclud1ng recycl1ng,shall be 1n operat10n w1th1n the C1ty on or after S1Xty (60)days of the effectlve date of th1s Ord1nance. Sectl0n 9.No prov1s1on of th1s Ord1nance shall 1n any way prohiblt,curta11 or l1m1t the use of outs1de aud1ble flre alarm systems now In use wh1ch are actlvated by heat or by lack of water pressure or s1mllar means.No prov1s1on of th1s Ord1nance shall 1n any way proh1b1t,curta11 or l1m1t the use of any alarm system wh1ch 1S otherw1se requ1red or regulated by State or Federal law. Sect10n 10 The owners or occupants of all pr~mlses w1th burglary and/or robbery alarm systems connected to the Po11ce Department mon1tor1ng network shall pay the follow1ng fees (a)$10.00 per month for prem1ses located 1ns1de the C1ty llm1ts. (b)$25.00 per month for premlses located outs1de the C1ty llm1ts. 2 • Sectl.on 11. any prOVl.Sl.on of this and shall be punlshed vlolatl0n. Any person,fl.rm or corporatl.on Vl.Olatlng Ordl.nance shall be gUllty of a mlsdemeanor by a fl.neof not more than $500.00 per PASSED by the Cl.ty Councl1 and APPROVED by the Mayor t ha s ,2..-u.day of ..J,-\"-e.,1978. THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ATTEST BY~fJ(;1y±'Y er APPROVED AS TO FORM (3) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION No _ STATE OF WASHINGTON, County of Snohomish, ss ____;ro~?-._~_~r~J~,bemz first duly sworn on oath deposes and 'lays that he IS the,&~cI2~~ar"y _ of THE MARYSVILLE GLOBE,a weekly newspaper That said newspaper IS a legal newspaper which has been ap- proved by order ot the Superior COUl t in Snohomish County June 18, 1962 m comphance with Chapter 213 of Washington Laws of 1941,and It IS now and has been for more than SIX months PIIOI to the date of the publication hereinafter re- ferred to,published m the Enghsh language contmually as a weekly newspaper"m Marysville,Snohomish County,Wash- mgton,and It IS now and durrng all of Said time was prmted in an office mamtamed at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper That the annexed I';a true copy of a _____OJ~gj.Jl~D._~~_!_T_'?.!__~9_~as It was published in regular Issues (and not in supplement form)of "aid newvpnper once each neek tor <1 penod of _QD&con- secutive weeks commencing on the __J.}±~_~day ofo!~~• 19_L$_,and ending on the _l_~~_~__day of l_~~.19_?_~, both dates mclusivo,and that such newspaper was regularly dl~b rbuted to Its subsci ibers dur ITlI:all of sard period That the full amount of the fee (hell g't.1 for the forezoinz nubh- canon IS the sum of ~_tfl._-=i_~,which amount has been paid In full -------------~-~--~~-------- Sub-cubed and sworn to before me this I'?~_ day of -------~-:.;..'~-?f/~ Notary Punlic In and tor the State of Washmgton, Residmg at Marysville