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Ordinance No. 2277 Page 4 of 25 §6.56.050 Termination of police service. Violation of any of the following items may result in a fine or termination of police response to any alarm signal received by the police department and service may not be renewed until authorized by the chief of police, or designee. A. False alarms. 1. The following lists the allowable number of alarms within a specified time period, fines and the rules of violation: a. One false alarm in the prior 365 -day period: no action; b. Second or third false alarm in prior 365 -day period: fine as provided in Master Fee Schedule and attempt will be made to contact the business or residence advising of the existence of any alarm policy, ordinance and outlining expected remedial action; c. Fourth or more false alarms in any prior 365 -day period: fine as provided in the Master Fee Schedule, and failure to pay will result in placement on a no -response list; d. Sites with repeated false alarms may result in no response by the police department if such business or residence fails to take adequate action to address proper system operation in the reasonable determination of the chief of police, or designee. 2. The intentional activation of an alarm system by any person when an emergency situation does not exist. Such emergency situations are to include only those unlawful acts for which the alarm system was specifically designed to detect or to alert the police department. These alarms normally will be burglary, robbery, or intrusion alarms. B. Exceptions. 1. A 30 -day adjustment period will be allowed to correct mechanical problems for any new, improved or replaced alarm system: 2. If the user demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police, or designee, that a false alarm was solely the result of conditions beyond the user's control and not the result of negligence by user or any of user's employees, and if the result of any defect in the alarm system that a diligent user neither knew nor should have known in the exercise of due care, such false alarm may be determined by the Chief of Police, or designee, not to be a false alarm as used in this section. Amend §13.08.080 as follows. §13.08.080 Dogs in public parks. A. No owner of a dog shall permit such dog to be at large in any park and recreation facility except as provided in Section 7.16.010 of this code, this section, or Section 13.08.085 of this chapter. B. No owner of a dog shall permit such dog, whether leashed or unleashed, to be in or upon: 1. The fenced fields at the Ken Mercer Softball Complex, Val Vista Community Park, or Bernal Community Park; or 2. Any tennis court, pickleball court, volleyball court (whether paved or sand), or bocce ball court. C. Any dog, except a "dangerous dog" as defined in this section, may be at large in the designated dog exercise area of Muirwood Community Park, Cubby's Dog Park and any other dog exercise area as designated by the city council provided: 1. The dog is under the control of a person in charge of the dog. For the purposes of this section, a dog is under the control of a person when the person is aware of the dog's conduct, and the dog immediately and directly returns to the person when called; 2. The owner of the dog shall have a leash for the dog in the owner's possession; and