posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 8:56 AM
by
klehan
Proposed Belleview, FL, Ordinance Allows One 'Free' False Alarm
The revision to the Belleview, FL, false alarm ordinance cleared a first public hearing Tuesday with a unanimous vote from the City Commission. The measure will go through a second and final hearing in coming weeks.
If the new ordinance is approved, one false alarm will be allowed per year before a $100 fee is charged to the property owner.
Belleview Police Chief Lee Strickland said officers spend a lot of time waiting for owners to respond to false alarms.
Initially, several commissioners wanted to see the number of false alarms increased to allow two per year, but decided to leave it at one each year. After a call has been deemed a false alarm by a responding officer, property owners can appeal to the police chief and then the commission.