§ 30-36. Appeal of false alarm fee.

The fee assessed in section 30-35 and timely appealed to the chief of police, or in fire alarm cases to the fire chief, for waiver may be appealed to the code enforcement board or special magistrate. The appeal must be in writing and received by the building department within 30 days of the denial of an appeal to the chief of police, or fire chief, as appropriate, for waiver. The code enforcement board or special magistrate shall waive any assessed fee which it concludes upon majority vote was improperly assessed pursuant to this article. The party making the appeal shall have the burden of proving that the fee was improperly assessed.

(Code 1985, § 11-112; Ord. No. 2414, § 1, 10-19-93; Ord. No. 2010-13, § 6, 12-1-09)