1994-751
CITY OF HOPKINS
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
ORDINANCE NO. 94-751
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 930 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
ALARM SYSTEMS
The C~ty Council of the C~ty of Hopk~ns does hereby orda~n:
SECTION 1. That Sect~on 930.03, Subd~v~s~on 2 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 2. "Alarm" means a :HnEjle transrruss~on from any alarm ~nstallat~on
wh~ch summons pol~ce, f~re, or med~cal personnel.
SECTION 2. That Sect~on 930.03, Subd~v~sion 4 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 4. "Alarm ~nstallat~on" or "alarm system" means any mechan~cal,
electr~cal, or electron~c dev~ce wh~ch d~rectly or ~nd~rectly summons ~ pol~ce,
f~re or med~cal personnel dcpartment of the c~ty.
SECTION 3. That Sect~on 930.03, Subd~v~s~on 5 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 5. "Alarm user" means thc person ~n centrel ef any any person, owner,
occupant, tenant, f~rm, partnersh~p, associat~on, corporation, company, or
organ~zat~on of any k~nd upon whose prem~ses, bu~ld~ng, structure, or fac~l~ty %ft
wftreft an alarm ~nstallat~en system ~s ma~nta~ned.
SECTION 4. That Sect~on 930.03, Subd~v~s~on 7 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 7. "Automat~c d~al~ng dev~ce" means a dev~ce wh~ch ~s ~nterconnected
w~th a telephone l~ne and ~s des~gned or programmed to select a predetermined
telephone number and transm~t by vo~ce message or code s~gnal an emergency message
~nd~cat~ng the need for emergency pol~ce, f~re, or med~cal department serv~ces.
SECTION 5. That Sect~on 930.03, subd~v~s~on 8 be amended by delet~ng the current
language and replac~ng ~t ~n ~ts ent~rety:
81:lBa. 8. "Falsc alarm" meanD an alarm s~Ejnal cl~c~ t~nEj a reD~ensc BY f~re,
police, er safety ~ersonncl uhcn a D~tuat~en rcqu~r~nEj a reDponDe docs net ~n fact
en~stl thc teEm docs net ~ncl1:lde a s~Ejnal cauDed by v~elcnt cond~t~ons of nature er
ether unusual c~rcumstanccs net subJcct to the cant reI ef the alarm systcm or UDcr.
Subd. 8. "False Alarm" means an alarm message or
transmitted e~ther automat~cally or manually through an alarm
response by pol~ce, f~re or med~cal personnel when no
act~v~ty, med~cal or other emergency ex~sts.
s~gnal ~n~t~ated and
system wh~ch summons a
f~re, smoke, cr~m~nal
"False Alarm" shall also mean the fa~lure or refusal of an alarm user or author~zed
des~gnee to respond upon request to the activated alarm system locat~on to ass~st
pol~ce/f~re personnel, whether or not an emergency ex~sts.
"False Alarm" DOES NOT ~nclude an alarm caused by v~olent condit~ons of nature,
ut~lity l~ne m~shaps, power outages or other unusual c~rcumstances wh~ch are
deterrruned to be beyond the control of the alarm system or user.
SECTION 6. That Sect~on 930.05, Subd~v~s~on 4 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 4. Exempt~on. Alarm system perm~ts are not requ~red for the use or
operat~on of those alarms aff~xed to motor veh~cles. a1:ltefftee~lcs or o.mer ~Rstallea
a1:la~Ble alarms '.IRCR uoed ~R a private a\fell~REj.
SECTION 7. That Section 930.07, be amended by delet~ng the current language and
replac~ng ~t ~n ~ts entirety:
930.07. Falsc alarms I charEjes, fees. S1:lea~ 'J1S~OR 1. Repert. ..... false alarm
shall Be re~ertea ~R \lr~t~Rlj to thc c~ty by the ~erseR o\m~nlj or maiRta~R~Rlj aRY
alarm system, \ffi~ch re~ert, ameRlj ether iRformat~eR, m~st aeser~bc thc alarm system
aRd the reaseR fer S1:lch false alarm.
Subd. 2. Faloe alarm charljes. SubJcct to the e][empt~eRs here~R set ferth the
charljeo, \fIuch shall Be ~a~a BY thc pc~t holder te the c~ty fer each false alarm
from the ~ermittea ~reRlises, arc sct forth ~R CRa~ter X. (.'\mcRdcd Ord. No. 91 68Q)
Suea. 3. DiseeRRect~eRs. If a falsc alarm chaEge rema~RS 1:lR~a~a BeyeRa 60
days frem the date ef B~II~Rlj, the alarm term~Ral ~nvolved chall be d~sceRRected at
the police er fire headq~arters uRt~1 ~aymeRt ~s rece~ved. If aR alarm ~Rstallat~oR
has alarms conveyed by a cecur~ty company er ether orgaR~zat~on, ~t chall be
Ret~f~ed that response to such alarm \ull Ret Be made uRless the eHlergeRcy is
ceRf~rmea BY a rcspoRs~Ble ~erDon.
930.07 False Alarm Fees. Subd~v~s~on 1. For each Pol~ce false alarm ~n excess
of four per calendar year (January 1 through December 31), a fee shall be pa~d by
the perrrut holder to the C~ty of Hopk~ns. Th~s fee shall be set by C~ty Counc~l
resolut~on.
Subd. 2. False Alarm B~ll~ng. If a false alarm charge rema~ns unpa~d
beyond 60 days, unpa~d fees and late payment penalt~es may be collected by assess~ng
the amounts aga~nst the property where the false alarm occurred.
SECTION B. That Sect~on 930.09, be added to read as follows:
930.09 Proh~b~ted Acts. Subd~vis~on 1. Automat~c D~al~ng Dev~ces. No person
shall use or cause to be used any automat~c d~al~ng dev~ce that automat~cally
selects any telephone l~ne to the C~ty, pol~ce, f~re or any of ~ts departments or
d~v~s~ons.
Subd. 2. Test~ng of Equ~pment. No alarm system des~gnated to summon pol~ce,
f~re or medical personnel shall be tested or demonstrated w~thout f~rst notifying
the pol~ce department. The unannounced test~ng of equ~pment wh~ch results ~n
not~f~cat~on and response by pol~ce, f~re or med~cal personnel shall be ~n
v~olat~on of th~s sect~on and des~gnated as a false alarm.
Subd. 3. Intent~onal False Alarms.
a false alarm or otherw~se, d~rectly or
pol~ce, f~re, med~cal personnel.
No personal shall ~ntent~onally act~vate
~nd~rectly, cause a false response of
SECTION 9. That Sect~on 930.11, be added to read as follows:
930.11 Aud~ble Alarms. Alarm systems w~th aud~ble sounds shall not sound for a
per~od exceed~ng 15 rrunutes unless otherw~se author~zed.
SECTION 10. The effect~ve date of th~s ord~nance shall be twenty days after
publ~cat~on.
F~rst Reading of Ord~nance #94-751:
January 3, 1995
Second Read~ng of Ord~nance #94-751 and
approval of the summary of Ord~nance #94-751:
January 17, 1995
Date of Publ~cat~on of the Summary:
January 25, 1995
Effective Date of Ord~nance:
February 14, 1995
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CITY OF HOPKINS
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 94-751
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 930 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
REGARDING ALARM SYSTEMS
Th~s ordinance makes the follow~ng changes to the Sect~on 930 of the Hopk~ns City
Code:
1. Adds med~cal personnel to the l~st of emergency serv~ces wh~ch rrught be
summoned by an alarm system;
2. Expands the definit~on of an Alarm User;
3. Expands the def~n~t~on of what const~tutes a false alarm;
4. Amends the current language regard~ng false alarm fees to br~ng ~t ~nto
conformance w~th current pract~ce;
5. Adds language proh~b~t~ng alarm systems that automat~cally d~als the pol~ce or
f~re departments;
6. Adds language proh~b~t~ng the test~ng of alarm systems without not~fy~ng the
C~ty; and
7. L~rruts the sound~ng of audible alarms to 15 rrunutes.
A printed copy of the ent~re ord~nance ~s ava~lable from the C~ty Clerk and at the
Hopk~ns l~brary.
F~rst Read~ng of Ord~nance #94-751:
January 3, 1995
Second Read~ng of Ord~nance #94-751 and
approval of the summary of Ord~nance #94-751:
January 17, 1995
Date of Publ~cat~on of the Summary:
January 25, 1995
Effect~ve Date of Ord~nance:
February 14, 1995