Section 401.5 of the International Fire Code is amended to read as follows:

Section 401.5. It is unlawful for any person, business or legal entity, having or conducting a private fire alarm system to transmit three (3) or more false alarms within a ninety (90) day period. The owner of any residence, business or premises in which said alarm system exists, shall be responsible for payment of the City of Pasco of its reasonable costs for labor, equipment, fuel and materials, as determined by the Pasco Fire Chief, for a response by the Fire Department for the third and each subsequent false alarm in a ninety (90) day period. For the purposes of this section, the term “False Alarm” means the activation of a fire alarm because of accident, malfunction or an inadvertent activation, at a time when no fire exists on the premises.