(a) A person commits an offense if he operates or causes to be operated an alarm system at a commercial or residential alarm site without a valid alarm permit issued under this article. A separate permit is required for each alarm site.
(b) The chief shall refuse police response to any alarm notification from a commercial or residential alarm site that does not have a valid alarm permit, unless the alarm notification was:
(1) a duress alarm;
(2) a hold up alarm;
(3) a panic alarm; or
(4) reported to a 9-1-1 emergency telephone number or to the police department by a person other than an alarm company.
(c) The nonrefundable fee for an annual permit, an annual permit renewal, or a permit reinstatement is:
(1) $50 for a residential alarm site;
(2) $50 for a residential unit of an apartment complex;
(3) $50 for a master alarm permit for an apartment complex;
(4) $50 for the nonresidential areas of an apartment complex; and
(5) $100 for a commercial alarm site.
(d) An application for an alarm permit must be made on a form provided by the chief and include the following information:
(1) the name, address, telephone number, and driver’s license number (or, if the person does not have a driver’s license, the number on any other government-issued personal identification card containing a photograph) of the person who will be the permit holder and be responsible for the proper maintenance and operation of the alarm system and payment of fees assessed under this article;
(2) the classification of the alarm site as either residential or commercial;
(3) identification of the alarm system as either a burglar alarm system, a holdup, panic, or duress alarm system, or a combination of alarm systems; and
(4) other information required by the chief that is necessary for the enforcement of this article.
(e) Within 30 days after receipt of a completed application form, the chief shall approve issuance of an alarm permit to the applicant by the special collections division of the Dallas water utilities department, unless:
(2) the applicant has had an alarm permit for the alarm site revoked, and the violation causing the revocation has not been corrected;
(3) the applicant has made a false statement of a material matter for the purpose of obtaining an alarm permit; or
(4) the alarm system for which a permit is requested has had eight or more false alarm notifications within the preceding 12-month period.
(f) Approval by the chief does not authorize the applicant to operate an alarm system until the applicant pays the applicable permit fee required in Subsection (c) to the special collections division of the Dallas water utilities department and obtains an alarm permit.
(g) An alarm permit cannot be transferred to another person or to another alarm site. A permit holder shall inform the chief of any change that alters any information listed on the permit application within two business days. No fee will be assessed for such changes. (Ord. Nos. 17586; 19854; 20112; 20736; 21026; 21057; 22038; 22571; 22910; 24743; 26134; 26200; 26919)