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Enforcement and Licensing Department shall have the authority to order the alarm owner to attend a meeting with the Police Chief, or his/her designee, and the City Building Official, or his/her designee where the alarm permit holder and the individual or association responsible for maintenance ofthe alarm system come to the Police Station to review the circumstances of each false alarm/alarm malfunction. As a result of this meeting, involved city staff may require certain improvements to the alarm system such that are intended to prevent further false alarms. Failure to either meet with the Police Chief and Building Official or to comply with the systems improvement recommendations shall subject the alarm owner/user to enforcement action as provided for herein. Section 1-+917. Canceling False Alarm Calls. Alarm monitoring companies shall notify the City of Sunny Isles Beach Police Department to cancel dispatches to alarm calls the company initiated within ten (10) minutes of being notified that the alarm is false by the alarm owner/user or his authorized representative. However, the Code Enforcement and Licensing Department Alarm Administrator will not cite the company for failure to meet the ten-minute criterion if notification of a false alarm is received before an Officer arrives on the scene. Alarm monitoring companies will make available to the City of Sunny Isles Beach Police Department records providing proofthat the police department was contacted within the ten-minute criterion. Section 1-;1Q18. False Alarm Notifications. (A) The owner/user of an alarm or the person in control of an alarm system shall be subject to fees or penalties concerning their alarm depending upon the number of false alarm notifications emitted from an alarm system covered by this Ordinance within the registration period of each fiscal year. (B) No penalties shall be assessed for the first three (3 )two (2) false alarms/alarm malfunctions at the same specific alarm site during each twelve (12) month registration perioda fiscal year. (C) In the event of a second alarm within a twenty-four (24) hour period occurring at a business premises during non-business hours, the owner, or their designated emergency contact, shall respond within forty-five (45) minutes to the alarm site upon notification by the Police Department. (D) Alarm activation caused by an actual criminal offense or with evidence of a criminal attempt shall not be counted as a False Alarm Notification. (E) No penalty specified hereunder shall be imposed or assessed against any entity that qualifies as tax exempt under the provisions of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provided that the premises is used exclusively by said entity for such tax exempt purposes. 02004- Alarm System Registration page 9 of 13