HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 93-68RESOLUTION NO. 93- 68
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR ESTABLISHING A SERVICE CHARGE FOR MAINTAINING A
PUBLIC NUISANCE ALARM SYSTEM.
A. Recitals.
(i) Alarm systems are very prone to be activated by
electrical failures or other events having no connection with
criminal activity;
(ii)_ Millions of hours of valuable police time are wasted
each year answering false alarms. This deprives those that
genuinely have emergencies from getting needed assistance and
places law enforcement and other safety personnel at great risk.
(iii) The City Council has heretofore adopted Ordinance 04
(1993) setting forth requirements and standards relating to public
safety alarm systems in order to curtail the rate of false alarms
occurring in the City and to protect law enforcement and other
safety personnel from needless risks to their safety;
(iv) Section 3.9.0 of this Ordinance states that any
alarm system generating three (3) or more false alarm in any twelve
(12) month period shall be declared a public nuisance;
(v) The City Council may, pursuant to Section 3.9.0,
-- assess a service charge, in an amount prescribed by Resolution, to
any person maintaining a public nuisance alarm;
(vi) The City Council has conducted a duly noticed public
hearing pursuant to California Government Code Section 66016 and
concluded said hearing prior to the adoption of this Resolution;
and
(vii) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this
Resolution have occurred.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar as follows:
Section 1. In all respects as set forth in the Recitals,
Part A, of this Resolution.
Se o The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar
hereby declares that the adoption a service charge for maintaining
a public nuisance alarm is in the public's best interest in that it
eliminates -unnecessary waste of tax dollars through emergency
response to false. alarms and provides alarm owners with a direct
financial incentive to deal directly with the problem of false
alarms and -formula-te their own ideas, solutions, and mitigation
measures to prevent false alarms from occurring time and time
again.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, by
this Resolution, declares that the service charge for maintaining
a public nuisance alarm, as set forth by Section 3.9.0 of Ordinance
04 (1993), shall be $125.00.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution and shall cause the same to be posted in three (3)
public places within the city of Diamond Bar within fifteen (15)
days after its passage in the manner prescribed by Resolution No.
89-6.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 7th day of September, 1993.
Ma
I, LYNDA BURGESS, the City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar on the 7th,
day of September, 1993, by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: MacBride, Mayor Pro Tem Papen,
Forbing, Mayor Miller
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Werner
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
Lyr4i Burgess, Gi.,v tletk
City of Diamond. -tax