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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM SITE. Area controlled by a single alarm system, including those alarms which are designed to elicit a response from the City Police Department.
ALARM SYSTEM. Any alarm system which automatically causes a contact with the City Police Department for the purpose of reporting an active alarm.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007)
(A) No person shall install an alarm system or use or possess an operative alarm system without first notifying the City Police Department. The Department shall require detailed information regarding the alarm system.
(B) Any alarm company servicing equipment in the city limits shall:
(1) Submit a list of alarm customers within the city limits to the City Police Department; and
(2) Keep a log of requests for service for each alarm system. These logs shall be available for review by the City Police Department and shall be kept for a period no less than 120 days from the date that service was requested by the alarm user.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Each alarm user shall be permitted six false alarms per alarm site per calendar year (i.e., six false police-response (i.e. burglary) alarms each year).
(1) After the sixth false alarm, the City Police Department will assess a per run fee to defray the cost of the excessive number of runs/responses to the city. The alarm user shall inform the City Police Department of action taken to prevent further false alarms.
(2) The fee schedule is as follows:
City Police Department | False Alarm Responses per Calendar Year |
0 to 6 false alarms | $0 |
7 to 12 false alarms | $50 each response run |
13 or more false alarms | $100 each response run |
(B) After an alarm user experiences three false alarms per alarm site per calendar year, the alarm user shall notify his or her or its alarm service provider of the recurring malfunction and shall produce proof to the City Police Department of the service call conducted by the alarm service provider within ten days of the false alarm or show proof if the alarm was activated by employee error, the employee has been trained in the correct use of the alarm system. Any alarm user who violates this section of the ordinance by failing to present proof within the stated time period shall be penalized by acceleration of the fee schedule set forth above so that every false alarm following the third false alarm shall result in a response run fee of $50 per City Police Department response run.
(C) No alarm user shall be subject to a per run fee for false alarms that result from acts of God, civil disturbance or abnormal weather conditions. Nor shall a fee be charged if the activation was a result of an alarm company's failure to provide service within 24 hours of reporting a malfunction and requesting service. It shall, however, be the burden of the alarm user to provide reasonable proof that service was requested.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007)
(A) Any and all persons, firms, corporations or other business entities providing alarm protective services to alarm sites within the city limits of the city shall within 30 days following enactment of the ordinance notify and inform alarm systems users for whom the alarm protective service provider installed an alarm system or otherwise provides services, that the alarm system user must obtain an alarm permit registration from the City Police Department on or before the operational date of this chapter.
(B) Any and all persons, firms, corporations or other business entities providing alarm protective services shall, before installing, servicing, repairing, maintaining or replacing an alarm system at an alarm site within the city limits, notify and inform the alarm system user for whom the services are to be performed that the alarm system user must have obtained an alarm permit application from the city police. If the permit application has been obtained, the city police must be notified before any modification, installation or repairs are made.
(C) No person shall install, service, repair, maintain or replace an alarm system at an alarm site without the alarm system user having first obtained a valid alarm permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007)
Any and all persons who own, have or acquire an interest in any business entity which provides alarm protective services or who are employed by the business entity shall, prior to acquiring the interest or commencing business or the employment, register with the city, by completing application for and obtaining a permit authorizing the conduct of business within the city limits of the city.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007)
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