People v. Cortlandt Medical Building Associates

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gerald M. Klein, J.

Defendant is accused of violating section 6-8A (2) of the Town of Cortlandt Code requiring police and fire departments to report any false alarm to the Town Director of Code Enforcement within 24 hours of the incident. The Director is required to keep an annual record of such false alarms.

Subdivision 1 of section 6-8A requires mandatory fines as follows:

*693"No. of False Alarms

Residential Commercial

"1 Warning $ 50.00

"2 $30.00 $100.00

"Each after 2 $30.00 $100.00”.

Subdivision (2) states that failure by the owner or lessee to pay the fine within 30 days of…