December 2009 will bring significant improvements in the way you are billed for water, sewer and/or other services you are currently billed for on your utility bill from the City of Raleigh. The City wants to provide you with advance notice of the changes so you will have the information you need before the changes occur. Information will also be provided on the City of Raleigh website at http://www.raleighnc.gov/ and through various other media.

An alarm is false when, upon inspection by the police department, evidence indicates that no unauthorized entry, robbery or other such crime was committed or attempted in or on the premises which would have activated a properly functioning alarm system.  On Sept. 1, 2004, the false alarm ordinance went into effect. Below is a summarization of the program.