§ 10-56. Same—Intentional; penalty.

(a)

No person shall knowingly or intentionally activate any alarm system when no emergency situation exists.

(b)

No person shall knowingly or intentionally test, repair, adjust, alter or perform maintenance on an alarm system, or cause the same to be tested, repaired, adjusted, altered or maintained, if such action could result in a false alarm without first notifying the department of such test, repair, adjustment, alteration or maintenance and receiving approval for same. Said department shall be notified immediately upon completion of any such test, repair, adjustment, alteration or maintenance. The Chief of said department may restrict or refuse to permit the testing, repair, adjustment, alteration or maintenance of an alarm system if such testing, repair, adjustment, alteration or maintenance could result in a false alarm when such restriction or refusal is necessary due to manpower limitations.

(c)

Any person who violates subsections (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) and, where applicable, may additionally be subject to prosecution under the Connecticut General Statutes for falsely reporting an incident. In addition, such person shall be responsible for and shall bear the expense of responding to any such false alarm. Said expense shall be determined by the Chief of the appropriate department and the Director of Finance of the City and billed to the responsible party; provided, however, that no such charges, exclusive of any penalty imposed, shall exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per response.

(Code 1961, § 3A-30; Ord. No. 624, 6-2-2004)