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BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO . ~
SERIES OF 2006
COUNCIL BILL NO . 18
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER WOODWARD
AN ORDINANCE AME NDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 68, SECTION 11, OF THE
ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 2000, PERTAINING TO POLICE AND FIRE ALARM
SYSTEM REPORTS.
WHEREAS , lhc passage of !his Ordinance will allow lhc Englewood Municipal Judge flc xibilily
and discretion in determining appropriate penaltie s in individual cases: and
WHEREAS, !his amcndmcnl will allow lhc Englewood Municipal Court 10 be in alignmcnl
with mo st other metro area jurisdictions regarding false alarm penalties ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS :
~. The Ci ly Council of !he Cily of Englewood hereby approves amending Tille 7,
Chapler 6B , Scc1ion 11. of !he Englewood Municip al Code 2000 , wilh lhc dclelion of
Subsection E in its entirety, to read as follows:
7-6B-1 I: Police and Fire Alarm Syslem Reports .
A. II shall be unlawful for a person 10 knowingly cause a false alarm for fire , poli ce, or
other emergency to be tran smi tted to or within any organization , official or vohmtccr .
B. II shall be unlawful for a person 10 knowingly cause a false alarm for fire , police, or
olher emergency 10 be 1ransmi11ed lo a public safely agency .
C. False alann shall mean any alann signal originaling from an alarm device , dial alann ,
audible alarm device or ccnlral alam1 Slalion 10 which a public safety agency responds
and which resulls from :
I. False aclivalion where !he ac1iva1or knows or should reasonably know Iha! such
alarm is false, including reporting a robbery where no aclual or ancmpled robbery
has occurred or reporting a burglary where !here is no evidence to subS1an1ia1e an
allempled or forced enlry 10 !he premises or reporting a fire or medical
emergency where there is no evidence to substantiate such an emergency :
2. Alarm lriggered by negligence;
3. Failure 10 corrccl a malfunclion in an alarm sySlcm which has previously rcsullcd
in a false alann , including overly sensitive se ttings .
D. When an alarm gives nolicc lo a public safety agency, ii is presumed Iha! lhc
owner/lessee of the alarm sySlcm ac1iva1cd lhc alarm .
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~ Sali:IY Cl•Hil'$, The Cily Co uncil hmby lind,, dc1cm1inc,, and declares 1ha1
1his Ordinance is promulyalcd undcr 1hc ycncral rolice power of the Cily of Englewood, that
ii is pro111ulya1cd for 1hc hcallh, sal~ly, and welfare of 1hc public , and 1ha1 1h is Ordin ance is
necessary for lhc prc ,er\'aliun uf hcallh and safely and for 1hc pro1cction of public
rnn\'cnicncc and welfare . The Cily Council funhcr dctem1incs that the Ordinance bears a
rational rclatiun 111 lhc pruper lc~ishui vc ohjccl souglll 10 be obiaincd .
~ Si:wrnhHlly , If any douse. scn1cncc. pamgrnph . or part of this Ordinance or
the applka1 ion tlum:uf lu an)' rcrson or drcumstunccs shall fo r any re aso n be adjudged by a
coun uf co111pc1e111 jurisdicliun invalid, such judgment shall nol affect, impair or invalidate
the rcmn indcr of this OrJiru11u:c or ii 11prilica1ion lo other pcrsons or circumstances .
~. llll'UO SJSls:nt OrJinuns:c s, All other Ordinanccs or por1ion s thereof
incnnsi.,enl ur <o nt1ic1 l11~ wilh thi s Ordinance or any ponion hereof arc hereby repealed 10
the cxh.•nt of 1mch hu·on"ls11.•ncy nr conflict .
~. FIT.:c1 nf' n:p.:al nr modilkalion The repeal or modi ficati on of any pro visio n
11f lhe Cude of lhc Cily of Englewood by this Ordinance shall nol release . extinguish , allcr,
modify, or clrnnge in whole ur in pan any penally, forfeiture, or liabilit y, either ci\'il or
1.·rimhml , which sh11II huvc hccn incurred undcr such provision, and each provision shall be
lrealed and held as siill ren111 ini11g in for ce fur lhc pu,roscs of susiaining any and all proper
:h:tion), sun,, rrocccdint;s, 1111d pro sec utions for the enforcement of the penalt y, forfeiture,
,,r liabllily, as well as for lhc purpose of suSlaining any j ud gment, lccrec, or order which can
,1r may he rcmkn:J , 1.•ntcrcc.l, or 11111c.lc in such actions, sui 1s, proceedings, or prosecutions .
.fu:l:.li.ilJl., hwllU'., The Penally Provision o f Section 1-4-1 EMC shall apply lo each
:md every viulutton nf this Ordinance .
lnlr<klncc,I , read in 1\111 , und passed on lirst reading on lhc 15th day of May, 2006.
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Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 19th day of May , 2006 .
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 5th day of June, 2006 .
Publi shed by title as Ordinance No .&, Series of 2006, on th e 9th day of June, 2006 .
1, Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is jy(rue copy of the Ordinance passed o inal reading and published
by title as Ordinance No .~• Series of 2006 . d,
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
Date : Agenda Item : Subject:
May 15, 1006 9 a ii A m endments to Sec ti o n 7-6 8-11 of th e
EMC 1000 pe rt ai ni ng to Poli ce and Fir e
Al arm Sys tem Repo rt s
Initiated By : I Staff Source:
Safety Se rvices and M uni cipa l Cou rt Tamara Wolfe, Court A dm in istrato r
COUNCIL GOAL Alm PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
C ity Cou nci l has rev iewed th e False Alarm policies and th e proposed Ordinance am e ndme nt m os t
recently at th e Study Ses si o n o n April 3, 1006.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Th e Municipal Court recom n1ends Council approva l o f a Bill fo r an O rdinance rega rd in g Po li ce and
Fire Alarm Sys tem Rep orts th at d eletes th e entire sec ti o n E. rega rd in g man d atory pen al ti es and
ap p lies th e General Pena lty p rovis io n to this section of th e Cod e .
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
This amen dmen t w ill all ow the M unicipal Judge fl ex ibility and disc reti o n in d etermin in g ap p ropri ate
p ena lties in indivi dual cases. In additio n, thi s chan ge w ill all ow En glewood Muni ci p al Court to b e in
ali gnm ent w itll mos t o ther metro area jurisdicti o ns regar din g fais e alarm im posa ble pena lties.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
N o ne.
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Bill fo r an O rdinance