§ 40-5. Service fees.

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Required. Any person who maintains or has an alarm system which signals a false alarm (any signal by an alarm system which causes a police response when an emergency situation does not exist) shall pay a service fee to the County of Butte as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule. False alarms in excess of six (6) per calendar year are considered a nuisance and subject to the false alarm fee, plus a penalty that is equal to the amount of the fee.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 2644, § 5, 11-17-87; Ord. No. 3880, § 19, 6-22-04; Ord. No. 3971, § 20, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 35, 3-24-09; Ord. No. 4129 , § 4, 6-13-17)

                    
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