§ 32-38. Appeal from fines.

(a)

Any alarm user may appeal the assessment of any fine or warning notice to the alarm review board by filing a written request with the alarm administrator for a hearing. That written request shall set forth the reasons for the appeal and shall be made within 20 days after the receipt of the fine or warning notice. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing with the alarm review board will stay the assessment of the fine until such time that the alarm review board has made a final decision.

(b)

The alarm review board shall conduct a formal hearing and consider the evidence presented by any interested person. The board shall make its decision on the basis of the preponderance of the evidence presented at the hearing including, but not limited to, evidence that a false alarm dispatch was caused by a defective part repaired or replaced or that an alarm dispatch request was caused by a criminal offense. The board must render a decision within 30 days after the request for an appeal hearing has been filed. The board shall affirm, reverse or modify the assessment of any fine, the rendering of any warning notice and/or any adverse determination made to the appellant. The decision of the board will be final as to administrative remedies within the city-parish consolidated government.

(Ord. No. O-246-98, § 4¼-6, 9-23-98)