Ord 2090 - False Police Alarms - Amending 14.50.100ORDINANCE 2090
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 2 OF THE LOS GATOS
TOWN CODE CONCERNING FALSE POLICE ALARMS BY AMENDING SECTION 14.50. 100
REGARDING APPEALS, ADDING SECTION 14.50.110 REGARDING "NO RESPONSE
STATUS" AND AMENDING SECTION 14.50.230 REGARDING EXEMPTIONS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Section 14.50.100, of Chapter 14, of the Town Code of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby
amended by adding "or a notice of a `no response status' pursuant to section 14.50.110" between "a six-
month period" and "may appeal," and shall read as follows:
Sec. 14.50.100. Appeals.
Any person who has filed a response to the Chief and has received an adverse decision
regarding a third or more false alarm within a six -month period or a notice of a "no
response status" pursuant to section 14.50.110 may appeal to the Town Manager by
filing a written notice of appeal with the Town Manager within fifteen (15) days after
service of the notice of Chief s decision. The written notice of appeal shall specify the
grounds for the appeal, and the stated grounds shall constitute the scope of review for the
appeal. Filing of a notice of appeal shall stay an assessment until the appeal has been
heard by the Manager. The appeal shall be set for hearing within thirty (30) days from
the filing of the notice of appeal. The Town Manager may overrule, affirm, or modify the
decision of the Chief of Police regarding the false alarm or assessment amount, and the
decision of the Town Manager shall be final and conclusive.
SECTION II
Section 14.5 0.110 is hereby added to Chapter 14 of the Town Code of the Town of Los Gatos
to establish "no response status" for certain locations and shall read as follows:
Sec. 14.50.110. No Response Status.
After the Los Gatos /Monte Sereno Police Department has recorded more than six false alarms
within any twelve -month period, and after the responsible party of the location has been notified
by first class mail that false alarms have occurred, the Chief of Police may authorize that the site
be placed on a "no response status." The effective date of any no response status shall be twenty
(20) days from the date of the notification, subject to an appeal filed pursuant to section
14.50.100.
Once established, a no response status shall remain in effect until the Chief of Police is satisfied
that adequate measures have been taken to eliminate the occurrence of false alarms, in which
event the no response status shall be provisionally stayed for a maximum period of twelve (12)
months. The occurrence of any additional false alarms during that provisional stay shall result
in an immediate and non appealable reinstatement of the no response status. When completed,
without additional false alarms, the provisional stay shall terminate. A responsible party whose
alarm system has been placed on no response status may appeal that decision as prescribed in
section 14.50.100.
SECTION III
Section 14.50.230, of Chapter 14, of the Town Code of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
See. 14.50.230. Exemptions.
For thirty (30) days after completion of an installation, new installations shall be
exempt from this division.
SECTION IV
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos on October 15, 2001, and adopted by the following vote as an Ordinance of the Town of Los
Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November 5, 2001. This
Ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Sandy Decker, Steve Glickman,
Mayor Joe Pirzynski.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None ,
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
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CLEITK OF THE TOWN OF S GATO
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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