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West Miami adopts ordinance to fine repeated false fire alarms
Summary
The City Commission approved an ordinance that allows fines for permit holders when a permitted fire alarm generates three or more false alarms in a six-month period. The change responds to repeated alarms at apartment complexes and gives the city enforcement tools and recertification requirements for habitual problems.
The City Commission of the City of West Miami on June 4 approved an ordinance that levies fines against fire alarm permit holders when a permitted fire alarm produces three or more false alarms in any six-month period.
Commissioners said the measure responds to repeated alarm activity in neighborhoods near multiunit buildings and is intended to reduce disturbances while preserving the fire department’s responsibility to respond. The measure…
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