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Ordinance No. 2003-11 C. Each automatic dialing alarm system shall be programmed to first dial the City emergency dispatch center for public safety response . The system shall next dial a number selected by the property owner to notify a person having authority to access the building for which an alarm has sounded. (3) Installation. Arry residential premises, single or multiple family, or, other commercial business establishment, whether retail, industrial or office, which is located within the City and which is equipped with an automated, fire alarm system, shall do so only in accordance with the Ohio Fire Code and this Chapter, including the pcryment of any and all inspection fees required by Section 1701.13, and, when applicable, upon compliance with the Ohio Building Code and Part Thirteen of this Code. (4) Certification of Contractors. No person or company shall instadl, service, test, repair or maintain an automated fire alarm system without cerfification in fire protection systems by the State Fire Marshall pursuant to Revised Code Section 3737.65. Certified contractors shall either register with the Buidding Department, pursucmt to Chapter 1317 of this Code, to perform new instadlations or register with the Fire Chief to engage in the business o f a fire protection systems contractor to perform service, testing, repair or other mainterrance. The Fire Chief shall collect an anrruad registration fee of $100 and shall issue such registration upon presentation of a valid State Fire Marshald certificate in fire protection systems. SECTION 2: That there be and hereby is created Section 1701.27 of the Fire Prevention Code, entitled "FALSE ALARMS" which, as created, shall read in its ernirety as follows: 1701.27 FALSE ALARMS. (a) A charge established in accordance with the provisions of pazagraphs (b) and (c) below shall be assessed against property owners for false alarms received by the Fire Department through any automated fire alarm system, as defined in Section 1701.18 (e), or for each false alarm received through any other alarm service which the City has otherwise received, with the exception that there shall be no charges assessed against Single or Two Family Residences as described in Section 1701.18(a). (b) No charge shall be made for a first false a1ann, as monitored on an annual basis; nor shall there be any charge for a false alann for which no actual fire department or squad run has, in fact, been dispatched in response thereto; nor when the cause has been proven to be an act of God; nor when the cause has been proven to be due to the malfunction, by testing or repairing, of telephonic lines maintained and operated by public utilities under regulation of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. (c) In the event that a false alarm is not a first false alarm for a property, as monitored on an annual basis or is not otherwise excepted in paragraph (a) or (b) above from the charges provided for by this Section, then the Fire Chief shall review the alarm believed to be a"false alarm" and shall determine whether, under the facts and circumstances sunounding the false alarm, a charge should be assessed against the property owner. If the Fire Chief determines that a charge should be assessed,