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1 Any alarm user having failed to obtain a permit as required under Section V of this Ordinance or who has failed to display the plastic insignia with the permit number on it as required under Section V shall be subject to a Twenty-Five Dollar ($25.00) fine for violation of this Ordinance. Violations shall be enforced by the Police Chief of the Town of Mooresville or one of his Town Marshalls or duly appointed representatives including the Mooresville Fire Department representative who shall execute the ticket and cite it into the Mooresville Town Court. SECTION X REVOCATION OF PERMIT A. False alarms on more than ten (10) dates in one (1) calendar year from any alarm system (at one specific site) for which alarm user authorization has been obtained, six (6) or more false alarms in any six (6) month period (at one specific site), or failure to pay the fine pursuant to Section IX of this Ordinance may constitute grounds for revocation of the permit granted subject to provisions of this Section. B. After the Police Department has recorded false alarms on four (4) dates in any ninety (90) day consecutive period from any authorized user at one specific site, it shall notify the authorized alarm user, (with a copy to the alarm equipment supplier), specifically those persons authorized to deal with police authorization and inform them of the facts and ask that they within fifteen (IS) days, submit a written report describing efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarms. If the authorized alarm user fails to submit a report within fifteen (IS) days or such longer period as the Police Chief may reasonably grant or if by said report, the alarm user fails to show that he has taken or will take reasonable steps to eliminate or reduce false alarms, the police Chief may revoke the alarm user's authorization. C. When alarm conditions are received by the Police Department that evidence a failure to comply with the requirements of this Ordinance, the Police chief is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of such device, or his representative, disconnect such device until it is made to comply with the requirements of this Ordinance. D. The Police Chief may revoke or suspend any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance after giving written notice to the alarm user and an opportunity for the alarm user to effect compliance within fifteen (15) days if he determines that the alarm system under said permit has been installed, maintained or operated in violation of this Ordinance or of any term or condition of said permit, or if any fine is unpaid. E. An alarm system user whose authorization has been revoked is not precluded under this Section from applying for a new authorization pursuant to Section V of this Ordinance. Provided, however, that before a new permit is issued, the Clerk/Treasurer shall have a report from the Police Chief as hereinafter defined and in addition, all fines due must be paid and the 6