15.26.080 SERVICE AGREEMENT—PRIVATE CONTRACTOR.

(a) The City is authorized to enter into a service agreement with an alarm system contractor to provide twenty-four (24) hour service to silence nuisance alarms. When such a service agreement is in effect, any employee of that alarm system contractor may utilize the authority granted in section 15.26.070 above if accompanied by a police officer or police service aide.

(b) The service agreement may provide that the alarm system contractor shall bill the owner of the nuisance alarm in not more than a reasonable amount for services in silencing the nuisance alarm. The owner of the nuisance alarm is liable to the City's alarm system contractor in a reasonable sum for his or her services in silencing the nuisance alarm. Should the owner fail to pay the sum due the contractor for his or her services, the City may pay the contractor for his or her services, and the City Manager may cause the amount of the payment to become a lien on the owner's property through the procedures provided by Chapter 10.08 of this Code.