11.56.100 False alarms and payment of costs.

         A.     In addition to any other fines or penalties established by law, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department shall collect costs from any subscriber of or operator of an alarm system which signals three (3) or more false alarms within a calendar year.

         B.      No person shall intentionally initiate a false alarm except for purposes of testing an alarm system and then only after having given the Sheriff’s Department prior written notice thereof. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and also shall be required to pay to the City of Lake Forest costs in addition to any fines or penalties established by law. The Sheriff’s Department is authorized to collect such costs on behalf of the City of Lake Forest.

         C.      For purposes of this section, “alarm system” means any manual, mechanical or electrically operated circuits, instruments, and/or devices, which when activated, emit a sound or transmit alarms, a message, and/or trouble signals which necessitates, solicits, or requests response from the Sheriff’s Department.

         D.     For the purposes of this section, “costs” means the costs incurred by the Sheriff’s Department in responding to the false alarm, which shall be established by the City Council through resolution. (Ord. 205 § 1, 8-4-2009)