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ORDINANCE NO. ~
(Series of 1975)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8½-11 OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL
CODE CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR REPORTING OF FALSE ALARMS;
~ICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES THE PENALTY FOR REPORTING OF
FALSE ALARMS AND THE PROVISION PERMITTING A LIMITED NUMBER
OF FALSE ALARMS EACH MONTH; BUT WHICH IMPOSES AN ASSESSMENT
ON EACH PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHICH, BY ITSELF, ITS
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, GUESTS OR INVITEES, NEGLIGENTLY CAUSES
THE REPORTING OF A FALSE ALARM; SETTING THE ASSESSMENT AT
TWENTY-FIVE ($25.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH SUCH ALARM; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF ANY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER
CHAPTER 8½ WHEN A FALSE ALARM IS ATTIRUBTABLE TO THE IN-
STALLATION OF FAULTY OR INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT BY THE
LICENSEE (CENTRAL OFFICE EMERGENCY ALARM SYSTEM) AND SAID
LICENSEE FAILS TO IMMEDIATELY RECTIFY THE SAME
WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised that
enforcement of Section 8½-11 as it now stands has presented
difficulties and inequities and often misses the objective
of Section 8½-11, which is to compensate the City for
negligently caused false alarms and encourage more careful
use of emergency alarm systems, and
WHEREAS, certain amendments to Section 8½-11 have
been recommended, and the City Council wishes to adopt the same,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO.
Section
That Section 8½-11 of the Municipal Code of the City
of Aspen, colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 8½-11. False alarms due to negligence
prohibited; assessment.
Whenever any person, firm or corporation owning
or leasing premises for the protection of which an
emergency alarm system is keyed into the police
department in any way, shall, by itself, its
employees, agents, invitees or guests, negligently
cause the reporting of a false alarm to the police
department through such system, such person, firm
or corporation shall be assessed by the Finance
Director, a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for
every such false alarm, which fee is declared to be
designed to compensate for the public expense in
responding to the same and to discourage careless-
ness in the use of alarm systems so as to enhance
public peace and safety. The violator shall be
responsible for paying such assessments to the
City Finance Director within ten (10) days follow-
ing receipt of written notice thereof from the City.
In the event any false alarms are reported and such
is attributable to the installation of faulty or
inappropriate equipment by any licensee under this
Chapter, failure of such licensee to immediately
replace or repair the same shall be grounds for
revocation of the license provided for by
Section 8½-11 herein."
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Section 2
If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions
or applications of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3
A public hearing on this
the ~ day of '~n~ '
Council Chambers,
ordinance shall be held on
1975, at 5 P.M. in the City
Aspen city Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by
law by the city Council of the City of Aspen, at its regular
meeting held /~L-/cc~&A~V /~ , 197~.
ATTEST:
Kathryn H~ter, City Clerk
AND APPROVED ON ~~ /~ , 1975.
FINALLY ADOPTED ,,. ~ ~ ~_~ /"~/~ '
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ATTEST: Mayor ~
Kathryn]Hauter, City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Hauter, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced, read in full, and passed on
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Aspen on ~~r z~ , 197 ~--, and publish-
ed in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul-
ation, published in the City of Aspen,
issue of ~c~z~c.~ /~ , 197 ~
and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
~Z~ ~ ~ ~ Zc~ , 197 ~, and ordered published as
~ Series of 197 %-5 of said City, as
Ordinance No. ~ , .
provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, this
day of ~t~ f~.~ ~ ~ 197 ~--
Colorado, in its
__, and was finally adopted
Kathryn S~. Hau~er, City Clerk