(1) The petition shall contain specific defenses to the assessment. Affirmative defenses to a false alarm service fee assessment may include evidence that a false alarm was caused by an act of nature, action of the telephone company, telephone line outage, power outage lasting longer than the life of a fully charged battery, and other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user.

(2) Any petition submitted pursuant to subsection (A)(1) of this section shall be received by the chief of police or his/her designee within the time specified. If the petition is not timely submitted, any petitioner shall be deemed to have waived the right to any further review or hearing as provided herein and the initial assessment shall be final.

(1) If it is determined a valid defense to the false alarm assessment has been set forth, a notice will be sent to the alarm user that no assessment will be made for that particular alarm activation. The notice shall specifically set forth the findings and conclusions of the chief of police or his/her designee with respect to the review of the initial assessment.

(2) If the chief of police or his/her designee determines that a defense to the initial notice of assessment has not been set forth, a notice of decision shall be sent by mail to the alarm user that he/she will be assessed pursuant to the appropriate section. The notice of decision shall contain the specific findings and conclusions of the chief of police or his/her designee with respect to the review of the initial assessment. (Ord. No. 2013-03, §§ 1, 2, 6-4-13. 1976 Code § 4-2-9)