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 Isle of Wight County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION.
 Article V. False Alarms.

  § 2-22. Service fee for false alarms.

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  • (a)

    Response by fire and/or rescue personnel. .....Fees in an amount as shall be set forth in the Isle of Wight County Uniform Fee Schedule, as adopted by the board of supervisors, as it may be amended, shall be assessed against commercial alarm system users for false alarms resulting in response by fire and/or rescue personnel and occurring during any period of one hundred eighty successive days, and against residential alarm system users during any period of ninety successive days. Alarm system users shall pay such service fee for false alarms within thirty days of billing.

    (b)

    Response by sheriff's office personnel. .....Fees in an amount as shall be set forth in the Isle of Wight County Uniform Fee Schedule, as adopted by the board of supervisors, as it may be amended, shall be assessed against commercial alarm system users for false alarms resulting in response by sheriff's office personnel and occurring during any period of one hundred eighty successive days, and against residential alarm system users during any period of ninety successive days. Alarm system users shall pay such service fee for false alarms within thirty days of billing.

    (c)

    Exceptions. .....Service fees shall not be charged for false alarms from alarm systems in premises owned, leased, occupied or under the control of the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any of their officers, agents or employees while they are acting or are employed in their official capacity. However, all other requirements of this article shall apply to such systems.

    (d)

    Billing; interest on unpaid charges. .....The chief and the sheriff shall notify the county emergency communications center of each false alarm to which they respond and such information shall be retained and maintained by the county emergency communications center. At the end of each month, the emergency communications manager shall notify the Isle of Wight County Treasurer of service fee assessments for false alarms. The emergency communications manager shall provide the name of the alarm system user, the address of the false alarm, and the amount due for the false alarm. The Isle of Wight County Treasurer shall bill the user and notify the emergency communications manager when any account is more than thirty days in arrears. Any account more than thirty days in arrears shall be subject to interest at the legal rate provided by the Code of Virginia, commencing when the account is more than thirty days in arrears. (12-19-13; 5-1-14.)

    (STATE LAW REFERENCE—Sec. 15.2-911 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.)