HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 10-2019 - Amending City Code Chapter 9, Related to Alarms - 04/25/2019 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 10-2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA,AMENDING
CITY CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.10 RELATING TO BURGLAR, ROBBERY AND
SAFETY ALARMS; 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. Chapter 9, Section 9.10, Subdivision 1 of the City Code is hereby amended by deleting
those words that are in str-ilethfeugh font contained in brackets [ ] and adding those words that are
underlined, to read as follows:
Subd. 1. Purpose. The purpose of section 9.10 A and 9.10 B are to protect the police and
fire services of the City from misuse and to provide for the maximum possible service to
alarm users. The ordinance is intended to provide for the regulation of Burglar, Robbery
and Safety Alarm Systems and Fire Alarm Systems, establish a [user] fee for false alarms
Ss] in order to improve the reliability of such systems and reduce or eliminate false
alarms. Section 9.10 A regulates Fire Alarm Systems. Section 9.10 B regulates Burglar,
Robbery and Safety Alarm Systems.
Section 2. Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B, Subdivision 4 of the City Code is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
Section 3. Chapter 9, Section 9.10 B, Subdivision 5.A of the City Code is hereby amended by
deleting those words that are in stfilethfough font contained in brackets [] and adding those words
that are underlined, to read as follows:
A. Notice of Suspension of Police Response. [ ,
]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 4. 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" are hereby adopted in their entirety, by reference, as though repeated verbatim
herein.
Section 5. 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 16th day
of April, 2019 and finally read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said City on the 16th day of April, 2019.
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Kat een Porta, City Clerk Ronald A. Case, Mayor
PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on April 25, 2019.
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 10-2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA, AMENDING
CITY CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.10 RELATING TO BURGLAR,ROBBERY AND
SAFETY ALARMS; 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 City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.10 relating to
Burglar,Robbery and Safety Alarms by deleting the requirement that Burglar,Robbery and Safety
Alarm systems be registered with the Police Department.
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication.
ATTEST:
Ka Teen Porta, City Clerk Ronald A. Case, Mayor
PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on April 25, 2019.
(A full copy of the text of this Ordinance is available from City Clerk.)
Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Newspapers
State of Minnesota )
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County of Hennepin )
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the authorized agent of the
HENNEPIN COUNTY, publisher of the newspapers known as the Eden Prairie News and Lakeshore Weekly News and
MINNESOTA has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE
NO.10-2019 (A)This newspaper has complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
AN ORDINANCE OF THE newspaper,as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02,331A.07,and other applicable laws,as
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE., amended.
MINNESOTA,AMENDING CITY
CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTION Q
9.10 RELATING TO BURGLAR, (B)The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No.3s
ROBBERY AND SAFETY was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
ALARMS; AND ADOPTING Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit.Said notice was cut from the columns of
BY REFERENCE CITY CODE the newspaper specified.Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z,both
CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION inclusive,and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
9.99 WHICH, AMONG OTHER and publication of the Notice:
THINGS, CONTAIN PENALTY
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Summary: This ordinance By:
amends City Code Chapter 9,
Section 9.10 relating to Burglar, Laurie A.Hartmann
Robbery and Safety Alarms by
deleting the requirement that Burglar, Robbery and Safety Subscribed and sworn before me on
Alarm systems be registered with
the Police Department.
Effective Date: This
Ordinance shall take effect upon this4;t_.,) day of 2019
Publication.
Ronald A.Case,Mayor
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