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115 Number of False Alarm Dispatches Action Taken 1 2 3 4-7 8-11 12 -15 16- Fees 0 0 On Site Written Notice & Warning Letter #1 On Site Written Notice & Warning Letter #2 On Site Written Notice & Assessment of Fine $50 Required Site Inspection and Meeting with Alarm Administrator On Site Written Notice & Suspension of Permit $100' On Site Written Notice & Warning Letter $150' On Site Written Notice & Revocation of Permit $200* On Site Written Notice & Possible Criminal Action $400* *Fees shall be for each occurrence of a False Alarm Dispatch (B) Any Person, operating a non-permitted Alarm System (whether revoked, suspended or never acquired) will be subject to a criminal citation and an administrative processing fee of $200 for each False Alarm Dispatch, in addition to any other fines. (C) Alarm Dispatch Requests caused by actual criminal offense, attempted criminal offense, actual fire or emergency medical situation, natural events (electrical storms) or events caused by man (other than alarm user) which can be determined to have caused the alarm activation shall not constitute a False Alarm Dispatch. (D) The Alarm Administrator may reinstate a suspended permit upon receipt of acceptable evidence that the cause of the suspension has been addressed and appropriate corrective action has been taken as outlined in Section 15. (E) Ail administrative processing fees shall be payable in and to the Cabarrus County Developmental Services / Fire Marshal's Office. SECTION 12. APPEAL FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING FEES. (A) kn Alarm User may appeal assessment of an administrative processing fee to the Alarm Administrator by filing a written request for hearing identifying the basis for the appeal within ten (10) days after assessment of the fee. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing with the Alarm Administrator shall stay the assessment of the fee until the Alarm Administrator, or Alarm Review Authority on appeal, makes a final decision. (B) The Alarm Administrator shall review the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the fee assessment and may conduct a formal hearing and consider the evidence presented by any interested Person(s). The Alarm Administrator shall enter his/her decision on the preponderance of evidence found through his/her assessment of the circumstances or presented at the hearing including, but not limited to, evidence that a False Alarm Dispatch arose from a defective part that has been repaired or replaced or that an Alarm Dispatch Request arose from an actual emergency. The Alarm Administrator shall render a decision within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the request for a review. The Alarm Administrator shall affirm, reverse or modify the assessment of the fee. The decision of the Alarm Administrator may be appealed to the Alarm Review Authority if written notice is given to the Authority within 20 days after he/she renders a decision on the appeal. Actions and decisions by the Alarm Review Authority are final administrative decisions by the County. SECTION 13. REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OR LOSS OF ALARM PERMIT. (A) In addition to suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 11, the Alarm Administrator may suspend or revoke an alarm permit if he/she determines that: (1) there is a false statement of a material matter in the application for a permit; (2) the permit holder has failed to make timely payment of a fee assessed under Section 11 (B), or; (B) A Person shall commit an offense if he operates an Alarm System during the period in which his alarm permit is suspended or revoked. (C) Unless there is separate indication that there is a crime in progress or there is an actual fire or emergency medical need, the Sheriff/Chief/or other responsible department head who has command authority for the dispatch center may refuse to dispatch law enforcement, fire or emergency medical response to an Alarm Dispatch Request at an Alarm Site for which the alarm permit is revoked, suspended or has never been issued. (D) If the alarm permit is reinstated pursuant to Section 15, the Alarm Administrator may revoke the alarm permit if it is determined that three (3) subsequent False Alarm Dispatches occur within sixty (60) days after the reinstatement date. SECTION 14. APPEAL FROM DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A PERMIT.