posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 11:09 AM
by
klehan
Loxley, Alabama, Council Approves Alarm Ordinance
The Council for Loxley, AL, voted to adopt ordinance 2008-03 that establishes a system of fines and warnings for life-safety systems producing false alarms.
If a system produces three fire alarms per year, the ordinance states that the police/fire inspector provide a written notice that the user take corrective action.
Beginning with the fourth alarm the user will be fined $25 per offense. If the system produces more than six fire alarms per year, then a fine of $50 will be assessed per alarm up to nine false alarms. The fine will increase to $100 for each beginning with the 10th false alarm, $200 each beginning with the 13th, $250 each beginning with 15th, $500 per alarm for the 20th and above.
All fees assessed must be paid to the city clerk or a written appeal must be submitted to the chief of police/fire inspector within three days of the fee assessment.