HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2003-05 Title: An Ordinance Amending the False Fire and Burglar Alarm Ordinance to
Make a Violation Thereof a Class C Misdemeanor and Imposing a Fine for
Violation Thereof.
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-05
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, BY STRIKING
PORTIONS OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 54 THEREOF;
MAKING EXCESSIVE FALSE ALARMS THEREUNDER A
CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND PROVIDING A FINE FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH.
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WHEREAS, on the 6th day of January, 2003, the City Council of the City of
Friendswood passed and adopted Ordinance No. T-2003-01 (the "Ordinance") providing
rules and regulations governing the use and maintenance of burglar, fire and other alarm
systems; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance established a fee system for excessive false alarms as
set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend the ordinance to make the occurrence of
false alarms a Class C misdemeanor and to impose a fine upon conviction thereof; now,
therefore;
BE IT ORDIAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, is
hereby amended by deleting a portion of Article V of Chapter 54 as follows:
"Division 2. Police Alarms
Sec. 54-91. [Fee for Response to False Alarm / Police Department. A fee
of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be imposed for the signaling of a False
Alarm Notification by an Alarm System if at least five other False Alarm
Notifications have occurred during the preceding twelve-month period.
The fee shall be imposed on the Alarm User.]
Fine for Response to False Alarm/Police Department. Any Alarm User
who shall signal a False Alarm Notification by an Alarm Svstem, if at
least five (5) other False Alarm Notifications have occurred during the
preceding twelve (12) month period, shall be deemed uilty of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an amount
not to exceed fiftv dollars ($50.00�. Each violation hereof shall constitute
a separate ofFense.
Sec. 54-92. [A fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall be imposed
for the signaling of a False Alarm Notification by a Hold-up Alarm
System if at least two other False Alarm Notifications have occurred
during the preceding twelve-month period.]
Any Alarm User who shall si�nal a False Alarm Notification by a Hold-u�
Alarm System, if at least two (2) other False Alarm Notifications have
occurred during the precedin� twelve (12) month period, shall be deemed
�uiltv of a Class C misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof be
fined an amount not to exceed one-hundred dollars ($100.00 . Each
violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense."
"Division 3. Fire Alarms
Sec. 54-101. [Fee for Response to False Alarm / Fire Department. A fee
of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) shall be imposed for the signaling of
a False Alarm Notification by an Alarm System if at least five other False
Alarm Notifications have occurred during the preceding twelve-month
period. The fee shall be imposed on the Alarm User. ]
Fine for Response to False Alarm/Fire Department. Any Alarm User who
shall si�nal a False Alarm Notification by an Alarm Svstem if at lease
five (5) other False Alarm Notifications have occurred during the
precedin� twelve (12 month period, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof be fined an amount not
to exceed three-hundred dollars ($300.00). Each violation hereof shall
constitute a separate offense."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. In the event any clause phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this
Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstances shall far any
reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision
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hereof other than the part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of
the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of
the same notwithstanding the omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or
unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 7tb day of Apri12003.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 21St day of
Apri12003.
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Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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De oris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
MOTION: COUNCILMEMBER SHANNON KIMMEL
2ND: COUNCIMEMBER KIM BRIZENDINE
APPROVED: UNANIMOUSLY
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