O98-17 ORDINANCE NO. 098-//'
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
AMENDING PART II, CHAPTER 2.5, BY
CREATING SECTION 2.5-18 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR DEPARTMENTAL
REVIEW OF CONTESTED FALSE ALARM RESPONSE
SERVICE FEES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.5 of the City of Boynton Beach Code
of Ordinances governs alarm systems within the City of
Boynton Beach; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.5-13 of the Code of Ordinances
provides for the imposition of false alarm response service
fees; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.5 does not provide residents and
business owners the opportunity to contest or offer a
reasonable explanation for the excessive false alarms
occurring on their property; and
WHEREAS, city staff has recommended that an employee of
each public safety department be designated to handle
complaints or challenges of false alarm response service
fees; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Boynton
Beach deems it to be in the best interests and in the
general welfare of the citizens to provide for a process by
which residents and business owners can appeal fines levied
for excessive false alarms.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1.
Part II, Chapter 2.5, Section 2.5-18 is
hereby created as follows:
Sec. 2.5-18 Departmental Review of Contested Fees
A. Alarm users wishing to contest a false alarm
response service fee shall provide to the police
or fire rescue department, within thirty (30) days
of imposition of the fee, a written explanation
detailing reasons that the false alarm response
service fee should be reduced or waived.
B. The chiefs of the police department and the
fire rescue and life safety department shall each
designate a member of their respective departments
to process, revzew and make a written
recommendation to the department chief on each
case contesting a false alarm response service
fee.
C. The chief of each department shall review the
recommendation and may reduce, remove, or leave
unchanged the false alarm response service charge
imposed pursuant to Section 2.5-13. The decision
of the chief of the respective department shall be
the final decision of the city.
Section 2.
Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3.
Should any section or provision of this
ordinance or portion hereof, any paragraph, sentence or word
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, such decision shall not affect the remainder of
this ordinance.
Section 4.
said ordinance.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon passage.
Authority is hereby granted to codify
FIRST READING this ~ day of ~/~ , 1998.
SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSAGE this
, 1998.
day of
ATTEST:
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
Co~~~sioner
Commissioner