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M.V. ORDINANCE N0. 82- 57 Page -2- 971.11 FALSE ALARMS. (a) NO PERSON SHALL FAIL TO MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT UNDER HIS CONTROL DESIGNED TO GIVE ALARMS OF ANY TYPE AT LESS THAN THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE NECESSARY TO PREVENT FALSE ALARMS FROM BETNG EMITTED. (b) IT SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF UNSATISFACTORY MAINTENANCE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 971.11(a) IF TWO (2) ALARMS ARE EMITTED AND REPORTED IN ANY MANNER TO THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR WHICH NO EXTERNAL CAUSE CAN BE FOUND, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALARMS OCCUR WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. (c) NO PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION, OR AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF A FIRM OR CORPORATION, SHALL NEGLIGENTLY, RECKLESSLY, OR PURPOSELY CAUSE A FALSE ALARM OF ANY TYPE TO BE TRANS- MITTED. IT SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF NEGLIGENCE OR RECKLESSNESS IF TWO (2) OR MORE ALARMS ARE EMITTED AND REPORTED IN ANY MANNER TO THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE SAME LOCATION WITHIN A SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD. (d) THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SECTI01`d 971.11(a) SHALL BE FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. PRIOR TO FORMAL PROSECUTION THE PERSON TO BE CHARGED SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION AND FINED AND SHALL BE GIVEN NOT LESS THAN TEN (10) DAYS NOR MORE THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS TO VOLUNTARILY WAIVE HIS RIGHT TO BE CHARGED AND PRESENT A DEFENSE BY SIGNING A WAIVER AND PAYING THE FINE. THERE- AFTER, PROSECUTION MAY BE INSTITUTED. FAILURE TO MAKE SATISFACTORY REPAIRS AFTER CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE EACH DAY SUCH CONDITION REMAINS UNABATED. (e) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FINE TO BE ASSESSED, AS SET FORTH HEREINABOVE, NO CHARGE SHALL BE MADE FOR A FALSE ALARM TO lnTHICH THERE IS NO RESPONSE BY THE DIVISION OF POLICE OR THE DIVISION OF FIRE NOR WHEN THE CAUSE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE AN ACT OF GOD. Section 3. Section 971.99 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, is hereby enacted to read as follows: