A. An alarm user who wants to appeal validity of a false alarm determination may appeal to the Sheriff for a hearing. The appeal must be in writing and must be received by the Sheriff within fourteen (14) days from the date of notice. Failure to contest the determination in the required time period results in a conclusive presumption for all purposes that the alarm was false.

B. If a hearing is requested, the Sheriff will notify the alarm user of the time and place of the hearing no later than ten (10) days prior to the hearing date, which date will not be more than twenty-one (21) nor less than ten (10) days after the request for hearing is received unless agreed upon by both parties.

C. The hearing shall be before a hearings officer. The alarm user has the right to present written and oral evidence, subject to the right of cross-examination. If the Sheriff determines that the alleged false alarms occurred in a permit year, the Sheriff will issue written findings waiving, expunging or entering a false alarm designation on an alarm user's record at the Sheriff’s discretion. The decision of the Sheriff’s or hearings officer is final. If false alarm designations are entered on the alarm user's record, the Sheriff may find that the alarm user is liable for hearing costs including costs of the hearings officer and witnesses and will pursue fee collection as set out in this chapter. (Ord. 8-2010, 2010.)