(a) A tenant of an apartment complex shall obtain an alarm permit from the chief before operating or causing the operation of an alarm system in the tenant’s residential unit.
(b) The owner or property manager of an apartment complex in which an alarm system is installed in one or more individual residential units shall obtain a master alarm permit from the chief.
(c) For purposes of assessing service fees and enforcing this article against an individual residential unit of an apartment complex:
(1) the tenant is responsible for payment of all service fees for any false alarm notification emitted from the alarm system in the tenant’s residential unit; and
(2) the master alarm permit holder is responsible for payment of all service fees for any false alarm notification emitted from an alarm system in any unoccupied residential unit in the apartment complex.
(d) The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall obtain a separate alarm permit for any alarm system operated in a nonresidential area of the apartment complex, including, but not limited to, common tenant areas and office, storage, and equipment areas. (Ord. Nos. 20112; 22038; 22571; 26200; 26919)