False alarms.

Meridian Code of Ordinances § 7-264

in effect

Sec. 7-264. - False alarms. (a) Service fee. Any owner, lessee, or user, having an alarm or alarm system on any premises, shall after six (6) grace false alarms or malfunctions per alarm system per calendar year, be required to pay a service fee for each fire department, police department, and/or other city service response, due to a malfunction or false alarm in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per response, beginning with the seventh false alarm or malfunction per calendar year. (b) Reports. The fire chief, for fire alarms, and the police chief, for all other alarms, shall within thirty (30) days of each false alarm, give notice in writing to the licensee of the false alarm, stating the number of grace false alarms to date and the number of remaining grace false alarms before action will be taken to require a report, or further action. After the sixth grace false alarm, form an alarm user within a calendar year, the fire chief or police chief shall notify the user of the fact and require that the alarm user report to the appropriate chief within fifteen (15) days of the notice, describing the user's efforts to discover and eliminate the cause of the false alarms. The report may be extended by the chief giving notice, for a reasonable time, not to exceed forty-five (45) days. Failure to file the required reports as provided herein, is a violation of this article. (c) Findings. If the fire chief, for fire alarms, or the police chief, for all other alarms, determines that the report is unsatisfactory or that the alarm user has failed to show that he or she has taken or will take reasonable action to eliminate false alarms, or if after making reports, the appropriate chief determines that the report is inadequate or does not make sufficient provision for rectifying problems with the alarm, then the user shall be deemed in violation of this article and shall be subject to suspension or revocation of licensure. (Ord. No. 4126, § 7, 7-6-99; Ord. No. 4248, § 1, 6-1-2004)

Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH7BUBURE_ARTXALSY_DIV1GE_S7-264FAALFetched: 11/1/2026