§ 91.05. USER FEES.

(A) An alarm user fee is hereby imposed upon any alarm user from whose alarm system emanates more than two false alarms within any 12 consecutive month period. The fee payable under this section shall be the fee established from time to time by Carver County Board ordinance.

(B) (1) All federal, state, county and/or municipal buildings and all public schools shall be exempt from the alarm user fee.

(2) All newly installed alarm systems are hereby granted a 30-day probationary period, commencing on the date of first operational use thereof, during which period false alarm will not be counted for the purpose of computing the amount of any alarm user fee imposed by this chapter.

(3) All alarm systems which are altered by the addition to any new alarm feature are hereby granted a 15-day probationary period, commencing on the date of first operational use of the new feature, during which period false alarms will not be counted for the purpose of computing the amount of any alarm user fee imposed by this chapter.

(C) (1) Subsequent to any false alarm, the Sheriff shall notify the affected alarm user in writing of the date of the false alarm, the apparent reason therefor, and the alarm user fee is required, pursuant to this chapter.

(2) It shall be the duty of each alarm user to pay all alarm user fees imposed by this chapter to the Sheriff within 30 days of the date of mailing of the Sheriff’s fee statement specifying the amount of alarm user fees.

(3) For the purpose of mailing the Sheriff’s fee statement under this section, the statement shall be mailed to the affected alarm user at his, her or its address shown on the registration form required by § 91.04 (C).

(4) Half of all alarm user fees collected by the Sheriff shall be remitted to the city to defray its administrative and prosecution costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of this chapter. The other half of the alarm user fees shall be retained by the Sheriff to defray his or her administrative costs incurred in enforcing this chapter.

(Ord. 60, passed 7-8-82; Am. Ord. 115, passed 3-14-05)