Baltimore City Council
File #: 12-0064    Version: 0 Name: Burglar Alarms - No Fees For User Registrations
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 4/16/2012 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 10/26/2012
Enactment #: 12-61
Title: Burglar Alarms - No Fees For User Registrations FOR the purpose of specifying that a burglar alarm user may not be charged a fee for registering an alarm with the Police Commissioner, lowering the fines for burglar alarm violations, and generally relating to the registration and regulation of burglar alarms.
Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Edward Reisinger
Indexes: Alarms, Burglar, Fees, Registration
Attachments: 1. 12-0064 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Law - 12-0064.pdf, 3. Police - 12-0064.pdf, 4. HCD - 12-0064.pdf, 5. ECB - 12-0064.pdf, 6. Finance - 12-0064.pdf, 7. 12-0064 - 3rd Reader.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
10/26/20120 Mayor Signed by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/22/20120 City Council Approved and Sent to the Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20120 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Recommended Favorably with Amendment  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20120 City Council Amended  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20120 City Council Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/20120 The City Council Referred for a Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/10/20120 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/20120 The City Council Referred for a Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/20120 The City Council Referred for a Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/20120 The City Council Referred for a Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/20120 The City Council Referred for a Report  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/16/20120 City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/16/20120 City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
 
      * WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
      THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
      INTRODUCTORY*
 
      CITY OF BALTIMORE
      COUNCIL BILL           
                                                                                                                                                            
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
                                                                                                                                                           
 
      A BILL ENTITLED
 
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Burglar Alarms - No Fees For User Registrations
 
FOR the purpose of specifying that a burglar alarm user may not be charged a fee for registering an alarm with the Police Commissioner, lowering the fines for burglar alarm violations, and generally relating to the registration and regulation of burglar alarms.
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BY adding
  Article 19 - Police Ordinances
  Section(s) 8-5(c)
  Baltimore City Code
   (Edition 2000)
 
BY  repealing and reordaining, with amendments
  Article 19 - Police Ordinances
  Section(s) 8-8(b)
  Baltimore City Code
   (Edition 2000)                                          
 
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
  Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
  Section(s) 40-14(e)(3) and 41-14(2)
  Baltimore City Code
   (Edition 2000)
 
 
  SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
 
      Baltimore City Code
 
      Article 19.  Police Ordinances
 
      Subtitle 8.  Burglar Alarms - Registration and Regulation
 
 
 
§ 85.  Registration — Users.
 
(C)      NO REGISTRATION FEE FOR USERS.
 
A USER MAY NOT BE CHARGED ANY FEES FOR REGISTRATIONS OR RENEWALS OF REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
 
§ 88.  False alarm fees.
 
     (b)  Fee Schedule.
 
After 2 false alarms in any 12-month period, a false alarm fee is imposed for each false alarm, based on the following schedule:
 
False alarms within
12-month period                                                        Fee
 
              3rd                                                                         $  50
              4th                                                                           100
              5th                                                                           150
              6th                                                                           200
              7th                                                                           250
              8th                                                                           300
              9th                                                                           [400] 350
              10th                                                                     [500] 400
              11th                                                                     [600] 450
     12th AND ABOVE                                                   500            
[Noncommercial users                                        700
Commercial users                                             2,000
              13th
Noncommercial users                                        800
Commercial users                                           2,000
              14th and above
Noncommercial users                                    1,000
Commercial users                                          2,000]
 
Article 1.  Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
 
Subtitle 40.  Environmental Control Board
              
§ 4014.  Violations to which subtitle applies.
  
   (e)  Provisions and penalties enumerated.
 
(3)      Article 19.  Police Ordinances
        ......
 
        § 8-18.  Burglar alarms: Penalties
Users                                                                                                [$250]
1ST OFFENSE                                                                              $  50
2ND OFFENSE                                                                              $100
3RD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE                                                      $150
 
 
Contractors, Monitors, Others                                                      $500
 
.........
 
Subtitle 41.  Civil Citations
 
§ 41-14.  Offenses to which subtitle applies - Listing.
     
   (2)  Article 19.  Police Ordinances
 
     ......
 
     § 8-18.  Burglar alarms: Penalties
Users                                                                                                      [$250]
1ST OFFENSE                                                                                    $  50
2ND OFFENSE                                                                                    $100
3RD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE                                                            $150
 
Contractors, Monitors, Others                                                            $500
 
...........
  
   SECTION 2.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
 
  SECTION 3.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
 
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