What is the fee schedule and how does it work?

For each false alarm activation, over two in a calendar year, a fine will be imposed. The third false alarm activation will be billed at $100. Residential will escalate per false alarm to $1,000 per alarm for the 15th activation and for each one thereafter. Commercial will escalate per false alarm to $4,000 per alarm for the 20th activation and each false alarm activation thereafter.

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1. What is a false alarm?
2. Why does the county need a false alarm ordinance?
3. Have similar false alarm ordinances been successful elsewhere?
4. How much is the registration fee?
5. When does my registration expire?
6. Is a contact person someone other than myself?
7. What happens if I don't register?
8. What is the fee schedule and how does it work?
9. What happens if I don’t pay the false alarm fee?
10. What does no-response mean?
11. When should I contact my alarm company?
12. Who gets charged if the alarm company employee sets the alarm off?
13. What do I do to get the alarm / monitoring company to call me first?
14. If the power goes off, is that considered a false alarm?
15. How can backup batteries cause false alarms?
16. How can I reduce the chance that my battery will cause a false alarm?
17. Will a deputy always respond to my alarm?
18. Can my alarm registration be transferred to another person or alarm site?
19. How often should I have my system checked?
20. What do I do if I accidentally set off the alarm system?
21. I bought a house that has an alarm system installed. What do I need to do?