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ORDINANCE NO. 5381
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADDING CHAPTER
16.35 TO TITLE 16 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FALSE
ALARMS
WHEREAS, the occurrence of false alarms requiring a response
from the Anaheim Fire Department needlessly diverts limited
resources from legitimate emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a system of
fees to recoup City incurred costs associated with unnecessary
responses.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That new Chapter 16.35 be, and the same is hereby, added to
Title 16 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 16.35
FALSE ALARMS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
16.35.010 Definitions.
As used in this Chapter:
.101 'Alarm' means the giving, signalling or transmission to
any public fire station or company or to any officer or
employee thereof, whether by telephone, spoken word or
otherwise, information to the effect that a fire or
emergency situation exists at or near the place
indicated by the person giving, signalling or
transmitting such information.
.020 'Automatic Fire Sprinkler System' means an integrated
system of underground and overhead piping designed in
accordance with fire protection standards, and which is
normally activated by heat from a fire, and discharges
water over the fire area.
.030 'City' means the City of Anaheim, California.
.040 'City Council' means the legislative body of the City.
.050 'False alarm' means an alarm necessitating response by
the Anaheim Fire Department where a fire or emergency
situation does not exist.
.060 'Fire alarm system' means a system consisting of a
control unit and a combination of electrical
interconnected devices designed and intended to detect
a fire condition and to actuate an alarm or warning of
fire in a building or structure by either manual or
automatic activation, or both, and includes the systems
installed throughout any building or portion thereof.
.070 'Fire Chief' means the Fire Chief of the City, or his
designee.
.080 'Notice' means written notice, given by personal
service upon the addressee, or given by the United
States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person
to be notified at his last known address. Service of
such notice shall be effective upon the completion of
personal service, or upon the placing of the same in
the custody of the united States Postal Service.
.090 'Person' means any natural person, firm, partnership,
association or corporation.
16.35.020 Testing Alarm.
Persons shall notify the Anaheim Fire Department through the
North Net Joint Powers Communications Center prior to any
service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alterations,
or installations of automatic fire sprinkler or fire alarm
systems which might activate a false alarm, which would
normally result in an emergency response. Any alarm
activated where such prior notice has been given shall not
constitute a false alarm for purposes of this Chapter.
16.35.030 Fees Imposed.
The following fees are hereby imposed regarding false fire
alarms:
.010 The owner or lessee of any premises containing a
fire alarm system shall be assessed a fee as provided
in this Chapter for each false alarm in excess of two
(2) occurring within any thirty (30) day period, or in
excess of three (3) occurring within any six (6) month
period.
.020 The owner or lessee of any premises containing an
automatic fire sprinkler system or fire alarm system
shall be assessed a fee as provided in this Chapter for
any false alarm activated following a failure to notify
the Fire Department prior to service, testing, repair,
maintenance, adjustment, alterations, or installation
of automatic sprinkler systems or alarm systems.
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.030 Any person who intentionally initiates or reports
an alarm where no fire or emergency situation exists
shall be assessed a fee as provided in this Chapter.
16.35.050 City Council to Set Fees.
The City Council shall by resolution establish the
amount of all fees imposed pursuant to this Chapter
which fees shall constitute debts owing to the City of
Anaheim.
16.35.050 Collection of Fees.
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to collect fees
pursuant to this Chapter."
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason
to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have
passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the
elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
SECTION 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal
of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect
the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be
construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal
provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions
of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as
ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relating to
the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 29th -day of ,Tune
1993.
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I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 5381
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 22nd day of June, 1993,
and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 29th day of
June, 1993, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Feldhaus, Hunter, Simpson, Daly
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Pickier
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 5381 on the 30th day
of June, 1993.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 30th
day of June, 1993.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of
Ordinance No. 5381 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 8th day of July, 1993.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM