Ordinance 072• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 72
ALARM USERS ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ALARM SYSTEMS
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known, cited and referred
to as the "Alarm Users Ordinance," except as herein referred
to as "this ordinance."
SECTION 2. Purpose and Scope. The purpose of this
ordinance is to protect the public safety services which serve
the City of Chanhassen from misuse and to provide for the
maximum possible service to alarm users. This ordinance provides
regulation for the use of burglary, robbery, fire, and medical
alarms and establishes a system of administration and an alarms
users fee.
SECTION 3. Definitions. For the purposes of :this ordinance,
certain terms and words are defined as follows:
3.01. Public Safety Personnel means all personnel employed
by any law enforcement agency, and any fire -fighting personnel
and any ambulance personnel.
3.02. Alarm User means any person in control of any
building, structure, facility or tract of land wherein or whereon
an alarm system is used or maintained within the City of Chanhassen.
3.03. Public Safety Communications Center means the
central facility used to receive emergency requests for public
safety services and general information from the public to be
dispatched to public safety personnel.
3.04. Alarm System means any equipment or device which
emits an audible, visual, or electric signal upon the detection
of a potential burglary, robbery, fire, medical emergency, trespass,
or property intrusion. The term alarm system does not -include
anti -theft or tampering alarms installed in any motor vehicle.
The term alarm system does not include smoke detectors which emit
only an audible alarm signal and which are installed within
individual dwelling units.
3.05. Sheriff means the Carver County Sheriff or his
designee.
3.06. Person means any human being, any corporation,
partnership, firm, association, or other organization, any
receiver, trustee, assignee, agent, or other legal representative
it of any of the foregoing, or any other legal entity.
3.07. False alarms means an alarm signal eliciting
• a response by public safety personnel when a situation requiring
a response does not exist, and which is caused by the
activation of the alarm system through mechanical failure,
alarm malfunction, improper installation or the inadvertence
of the owner or lessee of the alarm system or of his employees
or agents. False alarms do not include alarms caused by
climatic conditions such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, utility
line mishaps, violent conditions of nature or any other
conditions which are clearly beyond the control of the alarm
manufacturer, installer or alarm user.
SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE.
4.01. Compliance. No person shall locate, install,
construct, alter, repair, use, or maintain any alarm system
within the City of Chanhassen, except in full compliance with
this ordinance and the standards adopted herein.
4.02. Audible Alarms. All audible alarms shall meet
the following requirements:
1. Every person maintaining an alarm system with an
audible alarm signal shall post a notice containing
the name and telephone number of a person to be
notified to render repairs or service to such alarm
system during any hour of the day or night upon
activation of such alarm system. Such notice shall
be posted at the main entrance to such premises
or near the alarm in such a position as to be legible
from the ground level adjacent to the building.
2. Alarm systems with audible alarm signals
that sound like police or fire sirens are
prohibited.
3. All alarm systems with audible alarm signals,
except for fire alarms, shall have an automatic
shut-off which will silence the audible alarm
signal within a period not to exceed fifteen (15)
minutes.
4.03. Registration. All persons using or maintaining
any alarm system w thiTn the City of Chanhassen shall register
such alarm system with the Sheriff, utilizing registration
forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, no later than the later
of the following dates:
a) the 60th day after the effective date of this
ordinance, or
b) the 30th day after the installation of such
alarm system.
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Any alteration or modification of any previously registered
• alarm system shall be registered with the Sheriff, utilizing
registration forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, within
thirty (30) days of the commencement of such alteration or
modification.
4.04. In -House Annunciation Panel. Financial
institutions having an alarm system with a robbery signal
feature, shall have an on -premises annunciator panel providing
specific annunciation of the sensors at a private monitoring
location on said premises. When in the judgment of the
Sheriff no such on -premises monitoring location is feasible,
the requirements of this section may be waived by the Sheriff.
All alarm systems installed in financial institutions after
the effective date of this ordinance shall have such annunciator
panels wheninstalled. All alarm systems currently used by
financial institutions shall have the annunciator panels installed
within one year from the effective date of this ordinance.
4.05. Multiple Function Alarm Systems. Alarm systems
that have more than one alarm signal function (burglary,
fire, etc.), must report specifically which of the functions
has been violated, when reporting to the Public Safety
Communication Center for the purpose of dispatching public
safety personnel to the site of the alarm system.
4.06. Communication Center. No alarm system shall
connect directly to the Public Safety Communications Center
except financial institutions, and/or public buildings. All
other alarms must report to the Public Safety Communications
Center in some other manner. No automatic telephone dialing
devise shall be allowed to dial direct or be programed so
that it dials directly into the Public Safety Communications
Center.
SECTION 5. USER FEES.
5.01. User Fee Imposed. An alarm user fee is hereby
imposed upon any alarm user from whose alarm system eminates
more than three (3) false alarms within any twelve (12)
consecutive month period. The fees payable under this section
are as follows:
Number of False Alarms
Per Twelve Consecutive
Month Period
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4th
5th
6th
7 th
19 8th
Each
alarm
2nd, or 3rd
additional false
in excess of 8
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Alarm User Fee
No charge
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.0
$ 50.00
$ 100.00
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5.02. Exemptions.
1. Public Buildings. All Federal, State, County
and/or Municipal buildings and all public schools
shall be exempt from the alarm users fee.
2. New Alarm Systems. All newly installed alarm
systems are hereby granted a thirty (30) day
probationary period, commencing on the date of
first operational use thereof, during which period
false alarms will not be counted for the purpose
of computing the amount of any alarm user fee imposed
by this ordinance.
3. Alterations to Existing Alarm Systems. All
alarm systems h ch are altered by the addition to
any new alarm feature are hereby granted a fifteen
(15) day probationary period, commencing on the
date of first operational use of said new feature,
during which period false alarms will not be counted
for the purpose of computing the amount of any alarm
user fee imposed by this ordinance.
5.03. Payment of Alarm User Fees. Subsequent to any
false alarm, the Sheriff shall notify the affected alarm user
in writing of the date of such false alarm, the apparent
reason therefor, and the alarm user fee imposed pursuant to
this ordinance, It shall be the duty of each alarm user to
pay all alarm user fees imposed by this ordinance to the
Sheriff within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing of the
Sheriff's fee statement specifying the amount of such alarm
user fees. For the purpose of mailing the Sheriff's fee
statement under this section, such statement shall be mailed
to the affected alarm user at his/its address shown on the
registration form required by Section 4.03 of this ordinance.
One-half of all alarm user fees collected by the
Sheriff shall be remitted to the City to defray its administra-
tive and prosecution costs incurred in connection with the
enforcement of this ordinance. The other half of said alarm
user fees shall be retained by the Sheriff to defray his
administrative costs incurred in enforcing this ordinance.
SECTION 6. ENFORCEMENT.
6.01. User to Respond. If in the judgment of public
safety personnel at the scene of an alarm, it is determined
that the alarm user should appear at the location of any alarm
for the purpose of admitting public safety personnel to the
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subject premises to investigate any alarm system signal, or
for the purposes of deactivating any alarm system signal, or
for the purpose of identifying third parties found on the
subject premises during the investigation of any alarm
system signal, such alarm user shall appear immediately if so
requested by the Sheriff.
6.02. Remedial Action By User. If an alarm user
has had more than three 3 false alarms in a twelve (12)
month period, said alarm user, upon the written request of
the Sheriff, shall be required to submit in written form
a description of any steps being taken to remedy any
problems with false alarms eminating from the alarm users
location.
6.03. Administrative Rules/Regulations. The Sheriff
shall promulgate such rules regulations as necessary for
the implementation and/or administration of this ordinance.
SECTION 7.
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
7.01. Misdemeanor. Any person who fails to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor, in addition to being subject to the alarm users fees
imposed by this ordinance. A separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
7.02. Injunctive Relief. In the event of a violation
or a threat of violation of this ordinance the City may
institute appropriate action or proceeding, including
requesting injunctive relief to prevent, restrain, correct, or
abate such violation or threatened violation.
7.03. Civil Action. If a person fails to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance, the City may recover
costs, damages, or alarm user fees in a civil action in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
7.04. Governmental Services Lien. In addition to
the remedies specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.D2 above, but
in lieu of the remedy specified in Section 7.03 above, the
City may certify any unpaid alarm user fees to the County
Auditor or County Finance Director as a governmental services
lien for collection with the real property taxes imposed on
the real property upon which the alarm system is or was
located.
SECTION 8. TITLES OF SECTIONS. Any titles of the several
parts, sections, and subsections of this ordinance are -inserted
for convenience of reference only, and shall be disregarded in
construing or interpreting any of its provisions.
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SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. The standards, procedures,
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and provisions adopted herein shall be effective immediately
from and after the passage and publication of this ordinance.
SECTION 10. SEVERABILITY. It is hereby declared to be
the intention of the City Council that the provisions of
this ordinance shall be severable in accordnace with the
following:
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If any court of competent jurisdiction
shall adjudge any provision of this
ordinance to be invalid, such judgment
shall not affect any other provisions of
this ordinance not specifically
included in said judgment.
SECTION 11. PROVISIONS ARE ACCUMULATIVE. The provisions
of this ordinance are cumulative to all other laws, ordinances,
and regulations heretofore passed or which may be passed
hereafter, covering any subject matter in this ordinance.
Passed by the Council this 3rd
Mav 1982.
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Attest:
City Clerk Manager
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Publish in the Carver County Herald on
May 19, 1982 .
official Publication NoE 9250
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN,
iMfII�TNESOTA ,
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THE COUNCIL Or THE CITY OF• CHANHASSEN
ORDAINS:
Section -1. This ordinance shall be known, cited
except
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Section 2. Propose and Scope. The purpose of this
ordinance is to protect the public safety services
which serve the City of Chanhassen from misuse
and to provide for the maximum possible service to
alarm users. This ordinance provides regulation for
the use of burglary, - robbery, fire, and medical
alarms and establishes a system of administration
and an alarms users fee.
Section 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this or-
dinance, certain terms and words are defined as
follows:
3.01. Polie Safety Personnel means all personnel
employed by any law enforcbment agency, and any
fire -fighting personnel and any ambulance person-
nel. , 1.
3.02.User tlleans may. person in control of
any building, structure, facility or tract of land
wherein or whereon an alarm system is used or
maintained within the City of Chanhassen.
3.03. Public Safety` Communications Center
means the central facility used to receive emergen-
cy requests for public safety ' services and general
information from the public to be dispatched to
public.safety personnel.
3.00. Alarm System means any equipment or,
device which emits an audible, visual, or electric
signal uponete_ Von of a potential burglary,
robbery, fire, GOe 54W',,,trespass, or pro-
perty intrusion. Theft not in-
elude anti -tom RT r
ed in
any mater vbtae' e: oes not
include.a Oftb audible
alarm s' tyitlsin in-
dividual d* ' ,�,� '
3.06iSheriff means ' &Asir County Sheriff Or
his deoignee•
3.06. Person means any human being, any cor-
poration, partnership, firm, association, or other
organization,, any receiver, -trustee, assignee,
agent, or other legal representative of any of the
foregoing, or any other legal entity.
3.07. False alarms means, an alarm signal
eliciting: a response by public safety personnel
when a situation requiring a response does not ex-
ist, and which is caused by the- activation of the
alarm system through mechanical failure, alarm
malfunction, improper installatiop or the .in-
advertence of the owner or lessee of the alarm
system or of his employees or agents. False alarms
do not include alarms caused by climatic conditions
such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, utility line
mishaps, violent `conditions of nature or any other
condiUa ns which are clearly beysnd the control of
the alarm manufacturer, installer or alarm user.
SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE.
4.01. Compliance. No person shall locate, install,
construct, alter, repair, use, or maintain any alarm
system within the City of Chanhassen, except in full
compliance with this ordinance and the standard's
adopted herein:,'. .
4.02. Alarms: -Al audile alarms shall
meet t ke f 4 r" e#nents s
1. E;ieryt 14fitabilifig Adiklarm system
with , s ell knotice con-
taining of a person
to bye ce to such
alarm sys#WW
�4s>` . tray or night
upon;activldift&af - Such notice
shall be a Vince to such
premises or � � position as to
be legible from `%vel adjacent to the
building.
2. Alarm systems with audible alarm signals that
sound like police or fire sirens are prohibited.
3. All alarm systems with, audible alarm signals,
except for fire alarms, shall have an automatic
slut -off which will silence the audible alarm signal
within a period not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
COL. 8 . All persons using or maintain-
ing any alarm system within the City of
shall regWw such alarip system with
the .Sheriff, uWWng •re0o"tiop forms to be, fur -
q d by the Sheriff, no later than the later of the
f� dates: -
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Stan R o 1 f s r u d being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during
all the time herein stated has been the publisher and printer of the newspaper known as Carver County Herald and has full
knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format
and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly
and is distributed at least once a week. (3) Said news paper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest
to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up
entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which
it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its
total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local
post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Chaska in the County of Carver and it has its known
office of issue in the City of Chaska in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the
gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said
newspaper, persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and at
which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical
Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates
of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1,
1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the
managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
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once each week, for _ successive weeks; that it was first so published on 'Jed the 19th
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a) the 60th day after the effective date of this or-
dinaPce, or.
A301h day,, after the installation of such
m atidmoar modification of any preciously
regsterod alarm systerrv-shall be registered with
the Sherr, utilizing registration forma to ire fur-
nished bpi .the Sheriff, within thirty (30) days of the
co6utiencement of such. alteration or modification.
4.04. In4Ubse A®ancistian PaseL Financial in-
stitutions 4ving an alarm system with a. robbery
signal feature, shall have an on -premises annun-
ciator, panel ptovididg specific annunciation of the
sensors at a private monitoring loeatign on said
premises. When in the judgment of the Sheriff no
such on -premises monitoring location is feasible,
the requirements of this section may be waived by
the Sheriff. All alarm systems installed in financial
institutions after the effective date of this Ordinance
shall have such annunciator panelswhen installed.
All alarm systems currently used by financial in-
stitutions shall have the annunicator panels install-
ed within one year from the effective date of this or-
dinaiice:
4.05. Multiple ;Function Alarm Systems. Alarm
systems that have more than one alarm signal func-
tion (burglary; fim,'etc.), must report specifically
w of, the 1upctions has been ..Violated, when
reporting to the Public Safety Communication
Center for the purpose of dispatching public safety
personnel to the site of the alarm system.
4.96. Communication Center. No alarm system
iut^e. y ,to the- Public Safety Com-
mmuca rear t fimuicial institutions,
and/or public buildings. All other alarms must
report to the Public Safety Communications Center
in some other manner. No automatic telephone
dialing devise shall, be allowed to dial direct or be
programrped jso tbt� dials directly into the Public
Safety Co mmi!* A" Center.
Section 5. User Fees.
L61. User Fee Imposed. An alarm user fee is
hereby imposed upon any alarm user from whose
alarm system eminates more than three (3) false
alarms within any twelve (12) consecutive month
periost. The fees payable under this section are as
follows:
Number of False Alarms
per. Twelve Consecutive
Month Period Alarm User Fee
1st, 2nd, or 3rd No Charge
4th $50.00
5th $50.00
6th $50.00
7th $50.00
8th $50.00
Each additional false
alarm in excess of 8 ;100.00
5.02. Exemptions.
1. Public Buildings. All Federal, State, County
aWor Muicipal buildings and all public schools
shalt,be-etcempt froth the alarm users fee..
2. lyew'Alarm Systems. All newly installed alarm'
systems am hereby granted a thirty (30) day proba-
tionary period, commencing on the date of first
operational use thereof, during which period false
alarms, will not be counted for the purpose of com-
puting the amount of any alarm user fele imposed
by this ordinance.
3..Als� to Ex ng :Alum' Systems. All
al*a sy*iuw..vyhiah are alteW by the addition to
any new alarm feature are hereby granted a fifteen
(15) day probationary period, commencing on the
id new feature,
counted for the purpose' ecinirtli ' r
any alarm dset�-fee,i Unposed by this a
5.03. Payment of. Alarm User Fen. Subsequent to
any false alarid, the Sheriff shall notify the affected
alarm user in ,writing of the date of -such false
alaim, the apparent reason therefor, and the alarm
user fee imposed pursuant to this ordinance. It shall,
be the duty of each alarm user to pay all alarm user
fees imposed by this ordinance to the Sheriff within
thirty (30) days of the date of' mailing of the
Sheriff's fee statement specifying the amount of
such alarm fuser fees. For the purpose of trailing
the Sheriff's fee statement under thio seed^:pwh
statement shall be mailed to the:`
user at his/its address sho ` tion'
form required- by $ectiot/# o�slttice.
One-half of all,1114", collected by the
Sheriff shall be rem to the City to defray its ad-
ministrative atrd='nt
on costs incurred in con-
nectiQ s *it* of this ordinance. The
other half .of said alarm user fees shall be retained
by the Sheriff to defray his administrative costs in-
curred in enforcing this or a
Section G. Enforcement., "r
6.01. User to Respond. If in the judgment of public
safety personnel at the scene of ' an alarm, it is
determined that the alarm user should appear at
the location of any alarm for the purpose of admit-
ting public safety personnel to the subject premises
toffiuvestigate any, alarm system signal, or for- the
of deac*yaWW'any alarm systelp signal,
r the purpose of identifying third parties found
+roue subject premises during the investigation of
aw-411 rm sy , su rm user ap-
pear immediately if so requested: by the Sheriff.
6.02. Remedial Action By User. If an alarm" user
has had more than three (3) false alarms in a
twelve (13) month period, said alarm user, upon the
written request of the Sheriff, shall be required to
submit in written form a description of any steps,
being taken to remedy any problems with false
alarms eminating from the alarm users location.
6.93. Administrative Rules/Regulations. The
Sheriff shall promulgate such rules/regulations as
necessary for the itapleitmentation and/or ad-
ministration of this ordinance.
Section 7. Violations aed Penalties.
7.01. Misdemeanor. Any person who fails to com-
ply with the provisions of this ordinance, is guilty of
a misdemeanor, in addition to beingsubject -to the
alarm users fees imposed by this ordinance. A
separate offense shall be deemed committed upon
each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
7.02. Injunctive Relief. In -the event of it violation
or a, threat of violation of a& ordinance the City
may ina thude action or proceeding in-
cluding regjunegve relief, to prevent,
.. thrftd�tioru abate such `violation or
7.O. Civil, Aralen. If a person fails to comply with
the provisiotus o€ this- ordinance, the City may
recover costa, 6104ges, or alarm user fees in a
civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
7.04. Governmental Services Lien. In addition to
the "Medies specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02
above, but in lieu of the remedy specified in Section
7.03 above, the City may certify any unpaid alarm
user fees to the County Auditor or County Finance
Director as a governmental services lien for collec-
tion with the real property taxes imposed on the
real property upon which the alarm system is or
was located.
Section. S. des of Any. biles of the
only, and shall be disregarded in construing or in-
terpreting any of its provisions.
Section 8. Effective Date. The standards, pro-
cedures, and provisions adopted herein shall be ef-
fective immediately from and after the passage
and publication of this ordinance.
Section 10. Severability. It is hereby declared to
be the intention of the City Council that the provi-
sions of this ordinance shall be severable in accor-
dance with the fonowing:
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall ad-
judge any provision of.this ordinance to be.invalid,
such judgment shall not 4&ctany ether provisions
of this ordinance not spicificany included in said
just. `!
11: Pavilions are accumulative. The pro.
visions of this dridinance are cumulative to all other
laws, ordinances, and regulations heretofore pass-
ed or which may be passed hereafter, covering any
subject matter in this ordinance.
Passed by the Council this 3rd day of May, 1982.
A/ Thomas L Hamilton
Attest: Mayor
/$/Don Ashworth
City Clerk/Manager
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