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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
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703.04 AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
   Whenever a person listed on a permit application or listed on an amendment to the application is unable or unwilling to perform the duties set forth in Section 703.03(f), the permit holder shall file an amendment to the permit application, listing a person or company who or which is able and will perform those duties so that at all times the application on file with the Police Division or the Fire Division designates at least two persons who are, or an alarm system business that is, able and willing to perform such duties.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.05 SYSTEMS INSTALLED PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE; OPERATION WITHOUT VALID PERMIT.
   No person shall operate or permit the operation of an alarm system which was installed on his or her property prior to the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 87 -193, passed June 1, 1987), unless a permit for such alarm system is obtained within 180 days of such effective date. To obtain such a permit, the person in control of the property shall file an application therefor pursuant to Section 703.03 and pay the permit fee. However, this section shall not be applicable to an alarm system business which monitors or 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.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.06 VALIDITY OF PERMITS; TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY.
   Each permit issued in accordance with this chapter shall be valid until such time that the control of the property is transferred from the permit holder. Upon such transfer of control of the property, a new permit shall be obtained. Permits may be revoked for nonpayment of response fees, as provided in Section 703.21.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.07 PERMIT FEES.
   The fee for a permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). However, the fee for a permit for an alarm system installed on premises used solely as a residence shall be five dollars ($5.00). No fee shall be charged if the person in control of the property paid a fee and obtained a permit pursuant to Ordinance 84-187, passed September 17, 1984, unless the control of the property has been transferred from the holder of such permit.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.08 NONTRANSFERABILITY OF PERMITS.
   Each permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be personal to the permit holder and is not transferable.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.09 PERMITS TO BE KEPT AT ALARM SITE FOR INSPECTION.
   The permit holder for an alarm system shall keep such permit at the alarm site and shall produce such permit for inspection upon the request of any member of the Police Division or the Fire Division.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.10 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS IN CONTROL OF PROPERTY.
   The person in control of the property on which an alarm system is installed shall:
   (a)   Ensure that any person listed with the Police Division or the Fire Division, pursuant to Sections 703.03 and 703.04, is able 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; and
   (b)   Train all persons who may activate the alarm system in the proper operation of the alarm system.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.11 REPAIRS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 703.11 was repealed by Ordinance 87-193, passed June 1, 1987.)
703.12 ACCESS OR ASSISTANCE TO POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS.
   Any person who is notified by any member of the Police Division or the Fire Division of the activation of an alarm system and who is able to give access to the alarm site shall come to the alarm site within one and one-half hours of the time such person is notified of such activation and shall provide the Police Division or the Fire Division any necessary access or assistance.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
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