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PRESS RELEASE

Date:  03.16.2011

Subject:  False Alarm Ordinance Revision – Chapter 733 Marysville Codified Ordinances

For Further Information Contact:
Marysville Division of Fire
209 South Main Street
Marysville, Ohio 43040
Ph: (937) 642-2065

The City of Marysville false alarm ordinance originally enacted in 2000 was recently updated. These changes   include necessary modifications commensurate with current alarm industry technology and emergency response call volume/priorities. This false alarm ordinance is meant to protect the citizens of our community.

Major changes include:

  1. Elimination of excessive false alarm fines to the alarm user. This will also eliminate “ticketing” for false alarms. Language also identifies “excessive false alarms” as six (6) within a twelve (12) month period. Remedies and guidelines to have false alarms “excused” remain unchanged. It remains the responsibility of the occupant/owner to request a “false alarm waiver” as outlined in section 733.11.

  2. In instances where excessive false alarms have occurred and “reasonable efforts” toward the correction of the false alarm situation have not been made, an “order to disconnect” shall be issued until the alarm system has been repaired. It is still mandatory for individual alarm users to make a one-time-application for an alarm user’s permit ($10), and for alarm business installers to reapply on an annual basis (prior to Feb. 1st), submitting proper documentation and a $100 fee. Alarm users failing to register their systems may also be given an “order to disconnect” for knowingly failing to apply for a user’s permit (733.10, 733.11, and 733.18).

  3. Automatic dialing or calling devices that automatically dial or call the Police Department are not permitted. Those devices that are in use at the time of these changes will be permitted to remain connected to the Police Department under strict guidelines as long as the Police Department is able to accommodate these interconnections (733.12).

Alarm business license permits and alarm user permits may be obtained by clicking on the links at the top of this page or by calling the Marysville Fire department at (937) 642-2065.

Click Here to view the Amended Ordinance.

 

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