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Local City Alarm Ordinances
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Auburn

City Web Page

False Alarm Program

Ordinance 9.30

 Annual Registration, one time fee of $18.50.
Bellevue Ordinance 9.16 Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms ($75-$250).
Bothell Ordinance 9.13 Alarm Response Card required.
Burien
 False Alarm Ordinance
 Verified Response required --  when an alarm center receives an alarm at a residence or business, the alarm company must send someone to the alarm site to verify if a crime, attempted crime or emergency exists that requires police response to avoid a false alarm fine.
False Alarm Response Fee
$150.00 per occurrence
Call Cancellation Fee
 $100.00 per cancellation
Prohibited Call Fee
 $100.00 per occurrence

The prohibited call fees, false alarm response fees, and call cancellation fees are cumulative and not exclusive.
Des Moines

Alarm Registration Form

Alarm Brochure

 Registration Fee $25, require display of alarm decal, 2 false alarms per year allowed free, 3rd false alarm is $100 fine, 4 or more are $200 fine each.
Edmonds

City Web Page

Alarm Registration Form

Ordinance 5.20

 Alarm Registration, two free false responses, $50 fine for subsequent false responses.
Everett Ordinance 9.10 Alarm Registration, two free false responses, $25-$50 fines for subsequent false responses.
Federal Way

Alarm Registration Form

Ordinance 3.0

 Alarm Registration, service charge for excessive false responses.
Issaquah City Web Page Escalating fees for excessive false responses, $25-$100.
Kent
 Chapter 9.08
AUDIBLE INTRUSION ALARMS		 The police department is granted the discretion to order a maximum charge of ten dollars ($10) for each false alarm received or responded to by the police department.
$100 fine for violation of other alarm ordinances - see link to the left.
Kirkland City Web Page One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$200.
Lynnwood Ordinance 10.40 One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $25-$200.
Maple Valley
 False Alarm Policy
 No permit required. In a 6 month period, a 2nd false alarm = warning; 3rd false alarm = $75.00; fourth or more false alarms = $100.00 each.
Medina

On-Line Registration

Ordinance 8.12

 Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$250.
Mercer Island

City Web Page

Alarm Registration Form

Ordinance 8.10

 Emergency Response Card, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$100.
Mill Creek
 Mill Creek Municipal Code

Emergency Response Card Required

False Alarm Fee Assessment
 Emergency Response Card required to be on file.

Two free false responses (if an emergency card is on file). Third response within 6 months to an alarm system with an emergency card on file will be fined.
Mountlake Terrace Ordinance 8.05 Two free false responses, $25 fee for subsequent false responses.
Newcastle Ordinance 8.05 Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $41.00 annually and $65 per false response.
Olympia

City Web Page

False Alarm Prevention Class

Ordinance 6315

 Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $36.00 annually and $65 per false response.
Redmond

City Web Page

Alarm Registration Form

Ordinance 9.2

 Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $25-$100
Renton

City Web Page

Alarm Registration

Ordinance IV.3

 Alarm Registration, two free false responses, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$100
Sammamish

Ordinance 099-34

King County Ordinance 12-32

 One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response.
Seattle

City Web Page

Ordinance #121932		 Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $11.00 annually and $95 per false response.
Shoreline Ordinance 9.2 Contact card, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$75 per response.
Tacoma Ordinance 6B.40 Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $41.00 annually and $65 per false response.
Tukwila Ordinance 8.08 Two free false responses, subsequent fees are $25 per false response.
University Place
 Alarm Permit Information
 Each permit holder is allowed one (1) false alarm response within a six (6) month period. A service charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) is charged for the second false alarm during a six (6) month period, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the third, and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for all subsequent false alarms.
Woodinville

False Alarm Flyer

Alarm Registration Card Available at City Hall

Ordinance 8.05		 Alarm Registration, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$100 per false response.
Yarrow Point Ordinance 8.12 Emergency Response Card, one free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$150 per false response.
King County Ordinance 12.32 One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response.
Pierce County

Unmonitored Alarm Registration

Ordinance 2005-101		 Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges $275 per false response.
Snohomish County Ordinance 10.52 One free false response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $150-$1,000.00!

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