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ORDINANCE NO. 57-86-12
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF
THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA; AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 TO CREATE ARTICLE III, PROVIDING
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF BURGLARY
AND ROBBERY ALARM SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING PEN-
ALTIES FOR FALSE ALARMS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of
Atlantic Beach, Florida:
Section 1. Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Atlantic Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to create Article III, which
said article shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 15
POLICE
ARTICLE III BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARM SYSTEMS
Section 15-22. Deactivation of Alarm System
4110 (a) Commercial Premises:
It shall be unlawful to maintain on any commercial premises an
alarm or audible alarm unless there is posted at the main entrance to
the premises a prominent, conspicuous notice of the telephone numbers of
at least two (2) persons who can be reached at all times, or a
prominent, conspicuous notice of an alarm company's central office or
representative that can be notified at all times and who are authorized
to enter the premises and deactivate the alarm system, or who can
contact a person who can deactivate the system if the alarm company has
no means of access to the premises. If any such person or
representative shall fail to appear to turn off any such alarm within
thirty (30) minutes after being notified by the police department to do
so, then the owner or manager of the premises shall be guilty of an
offense against the City.
(b) Residential Premises:
The posting of notices on residential premises shall not be
required.
(c) Special Requirements:
Any alarm system that is located in such close proximity to any
residence that its continuous sounding causes a disturbance to the
neighborhood shall have a fifteen (15) minute cut-off switch installed
at the written request of the police department. Failure to install
such cut-off switch after notification shall constitute a violation of
this article.
Section 15-23. False Alarms:
Required Reports and Correction Action; Fines and Penalties.
Responsibilities for false alarms under this article shall be
borne by the person or persons occupying or controlling the premises.
For each response by the police department to any false alarm, the
person owning or maintaining such alarm system shall submit such reports
as are set forth herein or be guilty of an offense against the City as
follows:
(1) For any six (6) responses by the police department during any
twelve (12) month period to a premises where a false alarm has occurred,
no offense shall be deemed to exist, but the person having or
maintaining such burglary or robbery alarm shall, within ten (10)
working days after notice to do so, make a written report to the police
chief or his designee on forms prescribed by him, setting forth the
cause of such false alarm, the corrective action taken, whether such
alarm system has been inspected by an authorized service man, and such
other information as the police chief may reasonably require to
determine the cause of such false alarm and corrective action necessary.
(2) Each and every response to a premise during any twelve (12)
month period where there have already occurred six (6) responses during
that same time period shall be deemed to constitute an offense against
the City.
Section 15-24. Unlawful activation of alarm systems:
It shall be unlawful for any person to activate any alarm system or
audible alarm except in the event of an actual attempted burglary or
robbery.
Section 15-25. General Penalty:
Any act or omission which is stated in this article to be unlawful
shall be punishable as defined in Chapter 1, Section 1-11 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
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Passed by the City Commission on First reading
Passed by the City Commission of Second and Final reading
William S. Howell, Mayor, Presiding Officer
Approved as to Form and Correctness:
Claude L. Mullis, City Attorney
(SEAL)
Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk