§ 94.18  APPLICATION FOR ALARM SYSTEMS.
   (A)   Every alarm user shall apply for an alarm system permit and shall state on the application form to be prepared by the Fire Department, his or her name, the address of the residence or business or businesses in or upon which the alarm system has been or will be installed, his or her telephone number, the type of alarm system, the alarm business or businesses selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, responding to or maintaining the alarm system, and the name and telephone number of at least two other persons (in the case of a corporate alarm user applicant, at least three persons) who can be reached at any time, day or night, and who are authorized to respond to an alarm and who can open the premises in which the system is installed.
   (B)   (1)   Every alarm user authorized under this section shall be required to have its alarm system inspected at least once a year by a licensed alarm business, and post a certificate of the inspection on the premises in plan view where the alarm system is maintained.
      (2)   Every alarm business that has a service line connected to the Police Department Communication Center shall pay an annual permit fee of $25. The first annual permit fee shall be payable 30 days after the passage of this subchapter, and yearly thereafter.
      (3)   Every alarm user shall obtain a permit annually for the use of its alarm system.
   (C)   The information contained in an alarm system application required by this section and other information received by the Fire Chief through correspondence or communications with an alarm user shall be securely maintained and restricted to inspection only by the Fire Chief or certain officers or village employees specifically assigned the responsibility for handling and processing alarm user permit applications in the course of official duties. The Fire Chief or any employee of the village who is found to have knowingly or willfully revealed information contained in an alarm user application or in correspondence or communications with an alarm user to any person for any purpose not related to this subchapter or official law enforcement matters without the express written consent of the alarm user shall be subject to dismissal form the service of the village in the manner provided by law.
   (D)   Alarms which are designed to detect the products of combustion and which sound an alarm which is not audible outside the protected area, "Smoke Detector," which is installed in single-family or two-family residential structures and which is not connected to any outside communication line shall be exempt from the licensing provisions of this section.
(Ord. 84-422, passed 4-17-1984)