(a) Every establishment in the city of Travelers Rest having a security alarm system shall be entitled to report two false alarms to which the police department will respond without charge in each calendar quarter. After this, the third and fourth false alarm is deemed a violation of this article, and the alarm system user shall be penalized by a fine of one hundred dollars for each offense. The fifth and subsequent false alarms in which the police respond will be deemed a violation of this article and the alarm system user shall be penalized by a fine of two hundred dollars for each offense.

(b) A thirty-day grace period shall be afforded to new alarm system users after the installation of a new system and not be subject to subsection (a) of this section. Proper documentation, however, must be provided in order to have the fine waived. (Ord. O-16-04 (part), 2004)