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ORDINANCE NO. .5- 0
(Series of 1987)
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ATTACHMENT "A"
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8 1/2-6 (a) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO TO INCREASE THE FALSE ALARM FEE
FROM $10.00 TO $50.00.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the present $10.00
false alarm fee does not adequately compensate the city for the
service provided by the city in responding to each false alarm;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the present $10.00
false alarm fee does not encourage alarm companies and users to
minimize the occurrence of false alarms; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 8 1/2-
6(a) of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, by
increasing the false alarm fee from $10.00 to $50.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That Section 8 1/2-6(a) of the Municipal Code of the City
of Aspen is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 8 1/2-6. False Alarm Fee.
(a) Any protection service business licensee that relays an
alarm to the Police Department shall reimburse the city
at a flat rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per alarm for
the time deemed spent by the Police Department person-
nel on answering, clearing, and resetting such alarms.
section 2
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
section 3
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to affect any
right, duty or liability under any ordinances in effect prior to
the effective date of this ordinance, and the same shall be
continued and concluded under such prior ordinances.
section 4
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the
day of , 1987, in the City Council Chambers,
Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law by
the City Council of the City of Aspen on the day of
, 1987.
william L. Stirling, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, city Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved this
, 1987.
day of
william L. Stirling, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk