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shall notify the alarm user by regular mail, with affidavit of mailing, of the result of the Council's review. User fees, as determined by the City Council, shall be paid within fifteen (15) days of the date of mailing of the City's notice of the Council's decision. 816.070. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FEES. All delinquent charges for user fees shall be certified by the City Administrator or his /her designee - (-Clerk )-- to the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation for collection with taxes due against the property on which the alarm system is located. This certification process shall occur annually, subject to deadlines imposed by Ramsey County and /or State Statute - -(en - - -or—before—October—I0—of - -eaeh- year). 816.080. EXCESSIVE ALARM REPORT. When the operation of an alarm system has resulted in six (6) or more false burglar alarms or four (4) or more false fire alarms -{ twelve -- C12} or -more- false—alarms-1- within 365 days, the City shall request the alarm user to provide the City with a written report indicating the actions taken or to be taken within a defined time period by the alarm user to discover and eliminate the cause of the false alarms. Said report is to be completed and submitted to the City within fifteen (15) days from the date of the City's request as evidenced on this written notice. Failure to submit the written report within the time limits provided by the City Administrator or his /her designee -(Clerk)- shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance. In the case of fire alarms, failure to make the necessary corrections as outlined in the report or a determination by the Fire Marshall that planned corrections are inadequate to adequately resolve the problem of false fire alarms shall result in a violation of this ordinance due to risk to public safety. Any person who violates this provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or both. 816.090. CONFIDENTIALITY. All information, submitted in compliance with this Ordinance shall be held in confidence and shall be deemed a confidential report exempt from discovery to the extent permitted by law. Subject to the requirements of confidentiality, the City Administrator or his /her designee--(Clerk)- shall develop and maintain statistics for the purpose of ongoing alarm system evaluation. (Source: Ord. 281, Amended: Ord. 322, 327, 368) Page 54