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Board updates alarm ordinance, shifts review authority to sheriff and removes court review

Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners · March 25, 2025
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Summary

At a public hearing the board approved an update to the county's security alarm ordinance to modernize definitions, move enforcement to the sheriff's alarm-review authority and let appeals proceed administratively rather than through the court; the measure passed unanimously.

The county adopted an update to Charlotte County’s security alarm systems ordinance March 25, moving the administrative review and fines for repeated false alarms out of the court system and into an alarm-review authority housed with the sheriff’s office.

Terry Cochran spoke on behalf of Sheriff Pramello, saying technology and alarm use have changed since…

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