A. The Police Department shall provide an educational program for the prevention of false alarms. The Police Department shall allow an alarm subscriber or proprietor alarm owner to attend any false alarm prevention program for the purposes provided in this section and Section 10-78(C). Each alarm subscriber and proprietor alarm owner who attends the false alarm prevention program shall pay a fee of ten dollars. The Police Department shall collect the fee before or at the time of a person’s attendance in the program.

B. If an alarm subscriber or a proprietor alarm owner successfully completes the false alarm prevention program, the Police Department shall issue the person a certificate. The certificate may be used to satisfy the requirements of Section 10-78(C) or in lieu of payment of one service fee assessment imposed pursuant to Section 10-76, provided that the certificate is submitted with a timely appeal of the initial assessment of false alarm service fees or submitted within ten days of the date of mailing of the notice of decision under Section 10-76(B)(4), and the certificate is submitted within one year of its issuance.

C. An alarm subscriber or proprietor alarm owner who attends any false alarm prevention program provided pursuant to this section is not eligible to attend a false alarm prevention program again within twelve months from the day on which the person last attended the program unless such attendance is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 10-78(C).

D. When an alarm business, alarm subscriber or proprietor alarm owner has installed an alarm system component, certified by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. as false alarm resistant, and has submitted to the Police or Fire Department, as applicable, proof of purchase and installation of the certified equipment within ten days of installation, the Police or Fire Department shall issue the alarm subscriber or proprietor alarm owner a certificate that may be used to satisfy the requirements of Section 10-78(B) or in lieu of payment of one service fee assessment imposed pursuant to Section 10-76; provided, however, the certificate is submitted with a timely appeal of the initial assessment of false alarm service fees or submitted within ten days of the date of mailing of the notice of decision under Section 10-76(b)(4), and the certificate is submitted within one year of its issuance. The proof of purchase shall include the name and address of the installing alarm business, the name of the installing alarm agent, the date of installation, type of component installed, the specific manufacturer name and model number of the component, and the signatures of the installing alarm agent and alarm subscriber or proprietor alarm owner. The component must be labeled by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and shall specifically include the control panels labeled CP-01 and passive infrared sensors labeled PIR-01. In the event any passive infrared sensors are installed in the protected premise, all passive infrared sensors installed and connected to the control panel must be labeled PIR-01. Misrepresentation of the installation of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. false alarm resistant components is unlawful. The provisions of this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, the provisions of Section 10-79 (Ord. No. G-3755, § 1; Ord. No. G-4003, § 11, 1997; Ord. No. G-4378, § 6, 2001; Ord. No. G-5393, § 1, 2009)