(A) Any alarm company operator installing, maintaining, altering, selling on premises, monitoring, or servicing an alarm system within the city limits, whether that company is located within California or outside California shall, on or before April 1, 2010, apply to the Director, on a form to be furnished by the Chief of Police, for a permit to operate as an alarm company operator. The application shall (i) be signed by the individual proprietor of such business, or by a partner, or by the proper corporate official, as is appropriate for the form of the business seeking the permit, (ii) set forth the owner’s name, age, business and residence address if a natural person, the name, age, business and residence address of each partner if a partnership, and the names of the principal officers and business address if a corporation, and (iii) shall include a statement the applicant will inform the Police Department within ten days after any substantial change in the information required by this chapter.
(B) Applicants already doing business in the city before the date set forth in division (A) above, may continue to do business while their permit application is being processed. An applicant not doing business in the city on the date set forth in division (A) above, shall not commence doing business until its application is approved.
(C) Each application for an alarm business permit required under this section shall be accompanied by a fee the amount of which shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
(D) Any person installing, maintaining, altering, monitoring, a private alarm system within the city limits shall, on or before April 1, 2010, apply to the Director, on a form to be furnished by the Chief of Police, for a permit to operate the private alarm system. The application shall (i) be signed by the individual operating the private alarm system, (ii) set forth that person’s name, age and business and residence address, and (iii) shall include a statement the applicant will inform the Police Department within ten days after any substantial change in the information required by this chapter.
(E) Applicants already operating a private alarm system in the city before the date set forth in division (D) above, may continue that operation while their permit application is being processed. An applicant not operating a private alarm system in the city on the date set forth in division (D) above, shall not commence that operation until a private alarm system permit is approved.
(F) Each application for a private alarm system permit required under this section shall be accompanied by a fee the amount of which shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
(‘83 Code, § 8.36.030) (Ord. 887, passed - -85; Am. Ord. 1329, passed 6-2-10)