(A) Applications for permits to install, maintain, and operate an alarm system shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer of the town with an application fee of $10, for alarm systems to be installed, maintained, and operated for residential use, by merchants, and businesses for commercial and industrial use. The permit shall be renewable every two years beginning in January of 1985.
(B) The alarm user applying for the authorization required shall state on the application form the following:
(1) His name.
(2) The address of the residence, business, or businesses, in or upon which the alarm system has been or will be installed, also telephone number.
(3) Type of alarm system (local, burglar signaling device, holdup signaling device, fire signaling device).
(4) The alarm equipment supplier selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, responding to, or maintaining the alarm system.
(5) The name and the telephone number of at least two other persons (in case of a corporate alarm user applicant) and at least three persons who can be reached at any time, day or night, who can open the premises in which the system is installed. The alarm user shall provide updates when changes occur in the contact persons.
(C) The information contained in an alarm user authorization application required by this section, and other information received by the Police Chief through correspondence or communications with an alarm user, shall be securely maintained and restricted to inspection only by the Police Chief or town employees specifically assigned the responsibility for handling and processing alarm user authorizations in the town. Town officials and employees assigned these duties shall not knowingly or willfully reveal the information contained in an alarm user authorization application or in correspondence or communications with an alarm user, to any other person for any purpose not related to this chapter or official law enforcement matters without the express written consent of the alarm user sypplying the information.
(D) The Clerk-Treasurer and Police Chief shall approve the application if they find that the applicant has provided the information required in this section. The Police Department shall certify that the requirements are met and shall supply this certification to the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 412, passed 8-21-85)