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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
         Chap. 703.   Alarm Systems.
         Chap. 704.   Amusement Devices.
         Chap. 705.   Billposters and Distributors.
         Chap. 709.   Boxing and Wrestling.
         Chap. 711.   Cable Service and Competitive Video Service.
         Chap. 713.   Circuses and Carnivals.
         Chap. 715.   Sweepstakes Terminal Café.
         Chap. 717.   Dances.
         Chap. 721.   Distress Merchandise Sales.
         Chap. 725.   Fair Housing Practices.
         Chap. 729.   Juke Boxes.
         Chap. 733.   Junk Yards.
         Chap. 734.   Medical Marijuana Entities.
         Chap. 735.   Massage Parlor Establishments.
         Chap. 736.   Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers.
         Chap. 737.   Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors.
         Chap. 741.   Railroads.
         Chap. 745.   Rummage Sales.
         Chap. 746.     Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation.
         Chap. 747.   Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments.
         Chap. 749.   Taxicabs. (Recodified)
         Chap. 750.   Taxicabs.
         Chap. 753.   Temporary Stores.
         Chap. 757.   Weapon Sales. (Repealed)
         Chap. 761.   Weights and Measures.
CHAPTER 703
Alarm Systems
703.01   Definitions.
703.02   Permit required.
703.03   Permit applications.
703.04   Amendments to permit applications.
703.05   Systems installed prior to effective date; operation without valid permit.
703.06   Validity of permits; transfers of property.
703.07   Permit fees.
703.08   Nontransferability of permits.
703.09   Permits to be kept at alarm site for inspection.
703.10   Responsibilities of persons in control of property.
703.11   Repairs. (Repealed)
703.12   Access or assistance to Police and Fire Divisions.
703.13   Installations.
703.14   Registration of businesses with Police and Fire Divisions.
703.15   Changes of licensed managers and telephone numbers of personnel.
703.16   Information provided to Safety- Service Director.
703.17   Responsibilities of alarm system businesses re maintenance and service.
703.18   Central stations and telephone answering services.
703.19   Intentional activation of alarm systems.
703.20   Charges for response to alarm; false alarms.
703.21   Revocation of permits.
703.22   Written revocation notice to permit holder; hearing.
703.23   Requirements after revocation.
703.24   Inspection requests. (Repealed)
 
703.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Police Division - see ADM. Ch. 135 
   Fire Division - see ADM. Ch. 137 
   Theft alarms - see TRAF. 337.19 
   False alarms - see GEN. OFF. 509.06, 509.07 
   Fire alarms - see BLDG. Ch. 1394; FIRE PREV. 1505.02 
703.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   "Alarm site" means the specific property or area of the premises upon or within which an alarm system is installed.
   (b)   "Alarm system" means any device used to detect or prevent burglary, theft, fire or other such emergency situations which, when activated, causes notification to be made directly or indirectly to the Police Division or Fire Division or any device or system designed primarily for the purpose of giving an audible or visual signal of an attempted burglary, theft, fire or other such emergency, or any device that, when manually or automatically activated, will sound an audio or visual warning device on or off the protected premises and which will cause notification to be made directly or indirectly to the Fire Division or Police Division.
   An alarm system does not include:
      (1)   An alarm installed on a motor vehicle;
      (2)   An alarm designed so that no notification is given to the Police Division or the Fire Division until after the occupant or an agent of the owner or lessee has checked the alarm site and determined that there is physical evidence at the site showing that the alarm was the result of criminal activity of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice, if a person who is able to grant access to the alarm site remains at such site until the Police Division or the Fire Division arrives whenever it is notified after an alarm has been activated, and such person renders access and such other assistance as he or she is able to give and that is needed by the Police Division or the Fire Division to properly investigate the situation; or
      (3)   An alarm installed upon premises occupied by the United States Government, the State, the City or any county government situated within the corporate limits of the City.
   (c)   "Alarm system business" means any person who installs, services or responds to an alarm system for remuneration.
   (d)   "Automatic dialing device" means any device connected to an alarm system which automatically sends a prerecorded message or coded signal indicating the activation of the alarm system to a predetermined location.
   (e)   "Burglar alarm" means any device intended to prevent or detect an unauthorized entry or attempted unauthorized entry into the alarm site.
   (f)   "Central station" means that part of an alarm system business which intercepts signals indicating the activation of an alarm device and which relays this information by live voice to the Police Division or the Fire Division.
   (g)   "False alarm" means any alarm which was not the result of an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice.
   (h)   "Fire alarm" means a functionally related group of devices that will sound audio or visual warning devices on or off the protected premises when either manually or automatically activated.
   (i)   "Thirty-minute shut-off" means an automatic device associated with a local alarm which automatically causes the alarm to shut off and discontinue the emission of an audible signal after not more than thirty minutes of continuous operation.
   (j)   "Hold-up alarm" means any device activated by human action as a result of a robbery or attempted robbery at or of the alarm site.
   (k)   "Local alarm" means any alarm emitting audible and/or visual signals in, at or on the alarm site when activated and which causes notification to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Police Division or the Fire Division.
   (l)   "Permit" means a certificate of authorization issued by the Director of Safety-Service to the person in control of the property which authorizes the operation of an alarm system.
   (m)   "Permit holder" means the individual, corporation, partnership or other legal entity to whom or which an alarm system permit is issued.
   (n)   "Safety-Service Director" means the Safety-Service Director of the City or his or her authorized representative.
   (o)   "Telephone answering service" means any business, other than an alarm system business, which intercepts signals indicating the activation of an alarm system and which relays this information by live voice to the Police Division or the Fire Division.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.02 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   No person shall operate, cause to be operated or permit the installation of an alarm system, unless a current permit has been issued by the Safety-Service Director for such system. However, this section shall not be applicable to an alarm system business which monitors, services or monitors and services an alarm system installed and designed to protect property under the control of a person other than the alarm system business, but the person in control of the property which the alarm system is designed to protect shall be subject to prosecution if he or she permits the operation of such system without a valid permit.
   The person in control of the property shall obtain a separate permit for each alarm system on so much of the premises that is under the direct control of the applicant for the permit. A separate permit shall be obtained for hold-up alarms, burglar alarms and fire alarms.
   For purposes of the fees set forth in Section 703.07, an alarm system means and includes all alarms operated under one permit.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.03 PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
   An application for a permit for the operation of an alarm system shall be made by a person having control over the property on which the alarm system is to be installed and operated. Such application shall be made in writing to the Safety-Service Director on a form designated by the City for that purpose. On such application, the applicant shall set forth:
   (a)   The name, address and telephone number of each person in control of the property;
   (b)   The street address of the property on which the alarm system is installed and operated;
   (c)   Any business name used for the premises on which the alarm system is installed and operated;
   (d)   Whether or not the alarm system is a local alarm and whether or not the alarm system is designed to give notice of a burglary, hold-up or other type of emergency;
   (e)   The name of the person or alarm system business who installed or will install the alarm system;
   (f)   The names and telephone numbers of two persons, or of an alarm system business, who or which is able to and has agreed to:
      (1)   Receive notification at any time;
      (2)   Come to the alarm site within one and one-half hours after receiving a request from a member of the Police Division or the Fire Division to do so; and
      (3)   Grant access to the alarm site and deactivate the alarm system if such becomes necessary;
   (g)   The name and telephone number of an alarm system business which is able to and has agreed to receive calls at any time and to give the Police Division or the Fire Division the names of persons listed with that company as set forth in paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) hereof if:
      (1)   The permit holder has given the alarm system business the names and telephone numbers of two persons who are able to and have agreed to receive notification at any time, to come to the alarm site within one and one-half hours after receiving a request from a member of the Police Division or the Fire Division to do so, to grant access to the alarm site and to deactivate the alarm system if necessary.
      (2)   Whenever a person listed with the alarm company pursuant to paragraph (g)(1) hereof is unwilling or unable to perform the duties set out, the permit holder gives the alarm system business the name and telephone number of another person who is able and willing to perform the duties so that at least two persons able and willing to perform such duties are listed with the alarm system business at all times.
      (3)   The permit holder has authorized the alarm system business to provide the names listed with that business pursuant to paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) hereof to the Police Division or the Fire Division whenever that Division has requested that information in order to obtain assistance after an alarm has been activated.
   (h)   Whether or not all fees charged to such applicant under Sections 703.07, 703.20 and 703.21, if applicable, have been paid.
   Such application shall be subscribed to by the person making application for the permit.
   The Safety-Service Director shall issue a permit to the individual, corporation, partnership or other legal entity in control of the property upon submission of an application therefor in accordance with this section and upon payment of the permit fee, unless the Director finds that any statement made in the application was incomplete or false.
   Immediately after receipt of the application for a permit and payment of the permit fee, the Director shall forward the application to the Police Division or the Fire Division. The Police Division and the Fire Division shall protect all information on such application as confidential information. However, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the use of such information for legitimate law enforcement purposes and for enforcement of this chapter.
(Ord. 87-133. Passed 6-1-87.)
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