§ 210.050. Limitations And Restrictions., Chapter 210. Alarm Systems, Public Health, Safety and Welfare, Code of Ordinances, Blue Springs

No person shall use, operate, or install any automatic dialing device that will upon activation, automatically initiate a telephone call and deliver a recorded alarm message to any telephone of a customer of the public telephone company, without the prior written consent of such customer.

It shall be unlawful for any person to install or have installed within a residence, business, or any building within the City limits an automatic dialing device or tape dialer that when activated sends a prerecorded voice message over a telephone cable or wire to the Police Department by the use of the City's 911 emergency telephone service or by use of any other telephone number assigned to the Blue Springs Police Department or the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District.

Upon receipt of either the fourth or any subsequent false alarm within the calendar year, a partial expense reimbursement to the City shall be paid by the alarm subscriber for the alarm system which has falsely alarmed for that and each subsequent alarm. The partial expense reimbursement due the City for the fourth, fifth, and sixth false alarm in any given calendar year shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). The partial expense reimbursement for the seventh, eighth, and ninth false alarm in any given calendar year shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00). The partial reimbursement for the tenth and all subsequent false alarms occurring within any given calendar year shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

An alarm subscriber who desires to appeal a partial expense reimbursement imposed by these Sections shall submit a written request for a hearing to the Police Department within ten (10) days of the receipt of the notice that the money is due. Said appeal shall be heard administratively by the Chief of Police or their appointed designee at a time specified after at least five (5) days' notice to the alarm subscriber who may be present in person or by representative at said hearing. The alarm subscriber may appeal such finding by the Chief of Police in accordance with the procedure set forth in Chapter 140 of the City Code. Payment of any partial reimbursement expense shall be stayed by any appeal herein pending final decision.

[Ord. No. 4589 § 2, 3-21-2016]

The City shall send the alarm subscriber notice of any partial expense reimbursements due, and said alarm subscriber shall pay the same within ten (10) days of the mailing of said notice to the address listed on the application for an identification number.

Failure to pay any due partial reimbursement expense as required shall be unlawful and is also sufficient basis for City to discontinue any alarm service provided to the alarm subscriber for the alarm system that gave rise to the partial reimbursement expense.