HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 05 27 False AlarmORDINANCE NO. 05/27
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 4, SECTION 4.504 (a) (4) PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
FALSE BURGLARY ALARMS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 4, Section 4.504 (a) (4), of the Code of
Ordinances, City of University Park, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.504 Penalties for False Alarm Notification
(4) The penalty for the signaling of a false alarm by a burglary alarm system
may not be imposed unless at least three other false alarms have occurred
during the preceding twelve-month period. The penalty for a false alarm
shall be established as part of the City's Master Fee Resolution."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby,
be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other provisions of the ordinances of
the City of University Park not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase or section of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby,
be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, the same shall not
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affect the validity of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as a whole, or any
part or provision thereof, other than the part decided to be invalid, illegal or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. That any person, finn or corporation violating any of the
provisions of the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby shall be subject to the
penalty set out in the City's Master Fee Resolution.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases
provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas,
on the 2nd day of August 2005.
OLUES III, _AYOR
CITY ATTO~EY
(~D/7/12/05)
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