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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 12-2009 - Amending City Code 9.10A & B relating to Alarms - 12/10/2009 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 12-2009 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTIONS 9.10A AND B REGARDING REGISTRATION, FEES, APPLICATIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99 WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS. The City Council of the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, ordains: Section 1. Code Chapter 9,Section 9.10A. Subd. 1. A. is amended by deleting in the first sentence the word "Finn"and inserting in its place the word"Fire." Section 2. Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10A. Subd. 2. A. is amended by deleting the phrase "Subd. 2" in the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the phrase"Subd. 1", and by deleting everything in the second sentence after the word "charge" and inserting in place thereof the words "in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the City Council." Section 3. Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 A. Subd. 4, A. 1. is amended by inserting a period after"Department" in the first sentence; in the second sentence inserting a period after the parenthetical phrase "(hereinafter referred to as `registration' or `registrations'); and at the end of the paragraph inserting a new sentence as follows: "The form shall contain information the City of Eden Prairie deems necessary to properly respond to and manage alarms." Section 4. Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10A. Subd. E.1. is amended by changing the word "charge" in the first and second sentences to the word"charged." Section 5. Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10A. Subd. E. 2. is amended by deleting everything in the first sentence after the word "charge" and inserting in place thereof the words "in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the City Council. Section b. Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B. Subd. 2. A. is amended by deleting everything in the second sentence after the word "charge" and inserting in place thereof the words"in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the City Council. Section 7. City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B. Subd. 4. A is amended in its entirety to read: "Every Burglar, Robbery and Safety Alarm System alarm user must file with the police department a registration for each alarm system used within (30) days of activation of the system and keep the registration information current. After the first response to an unregistered Burglar, Robbery and Safety Alarm System, the police department has the authority to not respond to subsequent alarms from that alarm system as long as that alarm system remains unregistered. The authority to not respond continues indefinitely, and the alarm user is not entitled to one response per year.,, Section 8. City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B. Subd. 4. C. is deleted. Section 9. City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B. Subd. 6. is renumbered Subd. 5; and the renumbered Subd. 5. A. is further amended in its entirety to read as follows: Subd. 5. Suspension of Police Response. A. Notice of Suspension of Police Response. Where the Burglar, Robbery and Safety Alarm System is unregistered (Unregistered System) or where an alarm user is more than 90 days overdue in payment of alarm fines (Overdue Payments), the City of Eden Prairie may serve, in-person or by U.S. certified mail addressed to the address at which the alarm is located written notice (hereinafter referred to as "Notice") that effective fourteen (14) days from the date of the Notice, the Eden Prairie Police Department will no longer respond to alarm dispatch requests from that site (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension"), unless there is an in-person call for assistance from a person at or near the premises or other independent information that verifies the need for an immediate police response. The Suspension will be revoked and Police response will be reactivated in the case of an Unregistered System when the alarm system is registered and in the case of an Overdue Payments once all Overdue Payments and fines have been paid. Section 10. City Code Chapter 1 entitled"General Provisions and Definitions Applicable to the Entire City Code including Penalty for Violation"and Section 9.99 entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor or Petty Misdemeanor" are hereby adopted in their entirety by reference as though repeated verbatim herein. Section 11. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on the I" day of December, 2009, and finally read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City on the 0 day of December, 09. Ka4ileen Porta, City Clerk PI oung, Mayor PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on the h eoday of eeix &t, 2009. CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 12-2009 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.14A AND B REGARDING REGISTRATION, FEES, APPLICATIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99 WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: Summary: This ordinance amends Chapter 9 of the City Code by changing late payment charges from a percentage to a fixed fee determined pursuant to the City Fee Schedule, amending the provision that specifics the contents of the Fire Alarm registration form; eliminating the Burglar, Robbery and Safety Alarm registration fee and amending the registration process; adding that after the first response to a unregistered Burglary, Robbery and Safety Alarm System the police have the authority to not response to subsequent alarms from that system as long as that alarm system remains unregistered; and making certain technical changes. Effective Date: This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. ATTEST: Kat teen Porta, City Clerk Phil Young,Mayor PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on (A full copy of the text of this Ordinance is available from City Clerk.) Affidavit of Publication Southwest Newspapers CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, State of Minnesota } MINNESOTA SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE }SS. 12.2009 AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY County of Hennepin } OF EDEN PRAIRIE,MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 9,SECTION 9.10A AND B REGARDING REGISTRATION, FEES, APPLICATIONS, Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the authorized agent of the TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND publisher of the newspaper known as the Eden Prairie News and has full knowledge of the facts ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY herein stated as follows: CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99 WHICH AMONG OTHER (A)This newspaper has complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal THINGS CONTAIN PENALTY newspaper,as provided by Minnesota Statute 331 A.02,331 A.07,and other applicable laws,as PROVISIONS. amended_ THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE- CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: (B)The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. Summary: This ordinance was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said amends Chapter 9 of the City Code Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit.Said notice was cut from the columns of by changing late payment charges the newspaper specified.Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z,bath from a percentage to a fixed fee inclusive,and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition determinedpursuanttotheCityFee and publication of the Notice: Schedule;amending the provision that specifics the contents of the abedefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz Fire Alarm registration form; eliminating the Burglar, Robbery , r i and Safety Alarm registrationLion y.and amending the registration process;adding that after the first Laurie A.Hartmann to a unregistered Burglary, Robbery and Safety Alarm System the police have the authority to not response to Subscribed and sworn before me on subsequent alarms from that system, as long as that alarm system remains unregistered;and making certain technical changes. Effective Date:This Ordinance this day of 2009 shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. Phil Young,Mayor ATTEST:Kathleen Porta,City JYNlME.;,BARK Clerk Y NOTARY f'IJ9LiC-MiNNES0 (A tixll copy of the text of this M NOTARY PUB I Ordinance is available from City Nota l is Y pire5 01/31/2013 Clerk.) (Published in the Eden PrairieNews on Thursday. December 10, 2009; No.3893) RATE INFORMATION Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space...$31.20 per column inch Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter...................................$31.20 per column inch Rate actually charged for the above matter...............................................$12.43 percolumn inch