OR 2012-1304 Fees for false alarmsAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ® / 2 — / 3 C�
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF
COPPELL BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, "GENERAL REGULATIONS ",
ARTICLE 9 -12, "EMERGENCY ALARM SYSTEMS," SECTION 9 -12 -4,
"SERVICE FEES FOR FALSE ALARMS ", BY AMENDING THE FEE FOR
FALSE ALARMS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 9, "General Regulations ", of the Code of Ordinances be and
the same is hereby amended by amending Article 9 -12, "Emergency Alarm Systems ", Section 9 -12-
4, "Service fees for False Alarms" by providing establishment of false alarms fees, providing for
the number of false alarms within a twelve (12) month period, repealing the current number of false
alarms within a twelve (12) month period, which shall now read as follows:
"CHAPTER 9
GENERAL REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 9 -12 EMERGENCY ALARM SYSTEMS
Sec. 9 -12 -4. Service Fees for False Alarms
A. If any permit holder has four (4) or more false alarms in the twelve (12)
month period, he shall be assessed a service fee for such false alarms, as
established by resolution of the city council, as follows:
1. if the location has had four (4) but not more than six (6) other false
alarms in the preceding 12 -month period;
2. if the location has had seven (7) but not more than nine (9) other false
alarms in the preceding 12 -month period; or
3. if the location has had over nine (9) false alarms in the preceding 12-
month period.
B. A permit holder must pay any service fee assessed under the provisions of this
section within 15 days after receipt of notice that it has been assessed by the
director.
C. The city shall maintain a written record of all alarm notifications, including
but not limited to, the following:
1. Name of permit holder;
2. Location of alarm site;
3. Date and time of alarm notification;
4. Name and badge number of the responding police officer or fire
fighter in charge of the response;
5. Weather conditions; and
6. Whether the notification was a false alarm notification."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the O-o— day of
2012.
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VED:
DOUGLASN. STOVER, MAYOR
ATTE
CHRISTEL PETTINOS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROV$D AS TO
ROBERT E. HAGER, 0,tY ATTORNEY