(A) The existing burglary, robbery and fire alarm systems connected to the city’s Police Department for monitoring shall be connected to a central board owned and operated by the city, within 60 days after the acquisition by the city of such a central control board.
(B) An electric or control system covering fire, robbery and burglary alarm devices connected with the Police Department of the city shall only be installed in business or public establishments and with the prior permission of the City Council. No automatic telephone dial or radio alarms which are designed to call the city’s Police Department shall be permitted in the city. Any corporation, person or individual servicing, installing or permitting the servicing or installation of an automatical telephone dial or radio alarm system in the city shall be assessed a fine of $500. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs. Corporations, persons or individuals already having an automatic telephone dial or radio alarm system installed shall have six months from the effective date of this section to remove same.
(C) Any corporation, person or individual servicing or installing a burglary, robbery or fire alarm system in any commercial, institutional or industrial establishment within the city shall first submit a proposed installation plan to the Chief of Police and to the Chief of the Fire Department, and such system to be connected to the city-owned electric control board. Any such system proposed shall comply with all the rules and regulations for fire prevention and safety as established by the state’s Department of Public Safety, as they are presently established or as they are, from time to time, amended.
(D) The installation of any such alarm on any premises in the city shall be installed under the supervision of the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department.
(E) The Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department are hereby empowered to enforce the provisions of this section to the end that the said system may be unified and operated through the city-owned control board.
(F) The City Council shall decide all questions arising as to the use and operation of such systems, through the city-owned electric control board.
(G) Before permission is granted to any corporation, person or individual for the installation of a burglary, robbery or fire alarm system, or combination thereof, he, she or it shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of $100, constituting a connection fee for such system.
(H) The above connection fee hereby established shall be for the purpose of defraying the cost of supervising the installation of the fire, robbery and burglary alarm control systems to the city-owned central control board. The actual cost of installation shall be borne by the corporation, person or individual installing same and connecting it to the city-owned central control board.
(I) Any corporation, person or individual requesting permission to install a system through the city-owned electric control board shall be advised in writing by the City Clerk that the city assumes no liability whatsoever for the proper installation or maintenance of the system so installed, and shall be further advised in writing that the city assumes no liability whatsoever for the malfunctioning of any such system. The city’s only obligation shall be to monitor any alarms sounded through its central control board, and to respond to such alarms in the manner such alarms are usually responded to by either the Police or Fire Departments of the city.
(J) In addition to the connection fee as hereinbefore established, the City Clerk shall collect a fee of $50 per annum from the corporation, person or individual connecting any such burglary, robbery or fire alarm system to the central control board owned and operated by the city. Such fees shall be collected annually at the beginning of each fiscal year. Any corporation, firm or individual connecting any such system to the city-owned central control board after May l of any given year shall pay the sum of $5 per month, based upon the remaining months of the year, and such sum to be paid in advance for the remainder of the year.
(K) Any corporation, person or individual already having installed a system through the city-owned electric control board shall not change from one alarm system to another without prior permission of the City Council. Any corporation, person or individual already having installed a system through the city-owned electric control board who wishes to disconnect same shall give written notification to the City Clerk prior to disconnection. Thereafter, any corporation, person or individual shall be permitted to reconnect only with prior permission of the City Council and the payment of a new connection fee.
(1960 Code, § 3.33) (Ord. 2870, passed - -; Ord. 3394, passed 10-18-1976) Penalty, see § 33.999