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ORDINANCE NO.370
An Ordinance Amending Section 355.05 of the Code of Ordinances
Regarding Excessive False Alarms - False Alarm Fee Established
The city council of the city of Medina ordains as follows:
SECTION I: Section 355.05 of the Medina code of ordinances are hereby amended by adding the
underlined material and subtracting the strikethfeugh material as follows:
Section 355.05 False Alarm Fee Established. Any alarms user who incurs more than twe
(2) one (1) false alarms for police emergencies or one (1) false alarm for a fire emergency at a single
address or premises during any calendar year shall be required to pay a false alarm fee to the city.
The fee schedule shall be established by the city council. The responding fire or police department
shall file a written report of each false alarm with the city clerk -treasurer. Upon receipt of a report
prepared by the responding fire or police chief regarding a false alarm at a particular address or
premises, the city clerk -treasurer shall notify the alarm user of the provisions of this ordinance and
any fees due. If the alarm user is a tenant, the city clerk -treasurer shall also send a copy of the
notice to the property owner. The alarm user shall have ten days after receipt of the notice to pay
the fee required by this ordinance.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the city council of the city of Medit3a.�his 20th day of July, 2004.
Philip K. Zietlow, May
ATTEST:
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Chad M. Adams, Administrator -Clerk
Published in the South Crow River News this 26th day of July, 2004.
Ordinance No. 370
July 20, 2004
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