§ 16-28. False alarms.

Any person having a burglar, hold-up or any type of intrusion alarm shall be permitted three (3) false alarm responses, without penalty, by the police department during any calendar year. Responsibility for false alarms under this provision shall be that of the person or persons occupying or controlling or owning the premises. Each response by the police department to any false alarm, in excess of the aforesaid three (3) allowable false alarms, shall result in a charge of ten dollars ($10.00) for the fourth false alarm responded to by the police department within the calendar year, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each false alarm so responded to thereafter within a calendar year. If the possessor of the alarm shows to the satisfaction of the chief of police that the false alarm signal was caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the user, such charge may be waived by the chief of police.

(Code 1959, § 6A-3)