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Council reviews change to false-alarm ordinance to treat multi-building alarm panels as single site

2269558 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented a change to the city's false-alarm ordinance to clarify how "alarm site" is defined so apartment complexes on one panel are not treated as multiple separate alarm locations; council gave consensus to add "tract or parcel" language and move the amendment forward.

City staff asked the Salisbury City Council on Feb. 10 to amend the municipal false-alarm ordinance to clarify when multiple addresses served by a single alarm panel should be treated as one alarm site.

A staff member explained that fines currently escalate after repeat false alarms — for example, $45 after the first three…

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