(A) Any alarm user which has more than one (1) false alarm within a twelve (12) month period may be assessed false alarm fees. The fees of this Section will be adopted by resolution of the Governing Body.

(B) Any person operating a nonregistered alarm system may be assessed false alarm fees in addition to any other fines or fees. The Alarm Administrator may waive this additional fee for a nonregistered system if the alarm user submits an application for alarm registration within ten (10) days after notification of such violation.

(C) An alarm user may attend an alarm user awareness class in lieu of paying one (1) fee per twelve (12) month period.

(D) No fee will be assessed if cancellation occurs prior to law enforcement arriving at the scene.

(E) The alarm installation company will be assessed a fee if the officer responding to the false alarm determines that an on-site employee of the alarm installation company directly caused the false alarm. This false alarm will not be counted against the alarm user.

(F) The monitoring company will be assessed a fee for each failure to verify alarm system signals.

(G) The alarm installation company will be assessed a fee if the Alarm Administrator determines that an alarm installation company employee knowingly made a false statement concerning the inspection of an alarm site or the performance of an alarm system.

(H) The Alarm Administrator must include a notice of the alarm user’s or alarm company’s appeal rights under this chapter with the fee assessment notification.

(I) Failure to appeal a fee assessment or otherwise satisfy the fee assessment as provided in this Section creates a presumption that the alarm signal at issue is a false alarm and that a violation of this chapter occurred.

(J) Failure to pay false alarm fees is a violation of this chapter. Nothing contained in this Section precludes: