posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:43 PM
by
klehan
Jeffersonville, IN, Updates Alarm Law with Increased FInes
In Jeffersonville, IN, an updated alarm ordinance was brought forth by city attorney Darrin Wilder that increase the fine schedule for false alarms.
Wilder was correcting language and updating the fine schedule that had been in place for a similar false-alarm ordinance.
Faulty systems that routinely call police and fire departments to false alarm scenes could cost users under a new ordinance adopted by the council.
If a faulty burglar or fire alarm sounds without an actual emergency happening more than three times in a calendar year, its owners will be levied a $150 fine. The fifth time it happens, owners will pay a $250 fine. And on the sixth occurrence, owners would pay a $350 fine.