(A) Any alarm system user using an 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 use an alarm system. The application shall:
(1) Be signed by the individual responsible for the use the alarm system at the subject location,
(2) Set forth that person’s name, age, business and residence address,
(3) Include the date of installation of that alarm system,
(4) Include the name, address, and telephone number of the alarm company operator who installed the alarm system, the alarm company operator who is monitoring the alarm system if different from the one who installed that alarm system, and the alarm company operator responsible for providing repair service to the alarm system, if different from the one who installed or is monitoring that alarm system,
(5) Include a statement the alarm system user will inform the Police Department within ten days after any substantial change in the information required by this chapter,
(6) Include a statement a set of written operating instructions for that alarm system, including written guidelines on how to avoid false alarms, have been left with the alarm system user by the alarm company operator, and
(7) The alarm company operator has trained the alarm system user in proper use of the alarm system, including instructions on how to avoid false alarms.
(B) Applicants already using an alarm system in the city before the date set forth in division (A) above, may continue to use and have that alarm system while their permit application is being processed. An applicant not having or using an alarm system in the city on the date set forth in division (A) above, shall not commence using or having an alarm system until its application is approved.
(C) Each application for an alarm system user 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) If an alarm company operator monitors or installed the alarm system for which a permit is required pursuant to this section, then the fees required by division (C) above, or § 91.065 shall be paid by that alarm company operator.
(E) The alarm company operator referred to in division (D) above, shall be jointly and severally responsible for the filing of the required application.
(Ord. 1329, passed 6-2-10)