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An alarm system, other than an alarm system in a local, state or federal governmental entity or in a financial institution, which transmits automatic alarm notifications directly to the communications center of the police department, shall be prohibited.
(Ord. 15750, § 1, passed 11-18-2003)
(a) The police dispatcher receiving the alarm notification and/or the police officer responding to a dispatch resulting from a burglar, robbery or personal hostage or robbery alarm notification shall cause to be recorded in the police information systems such information as necessary to permit the chief to maintain records, including, but not limited to, the following information:
(1) Identification of the permit holder;
(2) Identification of the alarm site;
(3) Dispatcher received time, dispatch time and officer arrived at scene time;
(4) Date of occurrence; and
(5) Name of permit holder’s representative on premises, if any.
(b) The responding police officer shall prepare and submit the appropriate reports in regard to any criminal offenses, attempts or other incidents which contributed to the alarm notification as determined by investigation.
(Ord. 15750, § 1, passed 11-18-2003)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 16908, § 8, adopted April 25, 2006, repealed § 12-15, which pertained to system performance reviews and appeals. See also the Code Comparative Table.
(a) (1) The holder of an alarm permit or the person in control of an alarm system shall pay a service fee in the following dollar amounts for each false alarm notification when a burglar alarm system has signaled at least three other false alarms during the preceding 12-month period:
# of False Alarms | Fee |
0—3 | No charge |
4—5 | $50 |
6—7 | $75 |
8 or more | $100 |
(2) A service fee of $60 shall be charged for all users for each robbery or other manually activated alarm system that is in excess of two alarms within any 12-month period.
(b) An alarm notification will not be counted in determining when a service fee will be assessed or when revocation proceedings commence if the permitee can prove that the alarm notification was the result of severe weather condition, such as a tornado, hurricane or earthquake or other weather condition that causes physical damage to the alarm site, or the result of a malfunction in the operation of telephone lines for the transmission of alarm signals, proof of the latter being documented in the form of telephone company work orders or time stamped records from the alarm company showing the periods of interrupted service. If there is evidence that an alarm is the result of some other circumstance that is beyond the reasonable control of the permit holder, the alarm unit supervisor, at his or her discretion, will not count the alarm notification when determining service fees or alarm revocation. If a service fee is assessed or revocation proceedings commence as a result of the alarm notification determination, the applicant or permit holder may appeal the decision to the chief by filing a written request for a conference within ten days of the decision by the alarm unit.
(c) An alarm notification will not be counted when determining when a service fee will be assessed or when revocation proceedings commence if more than 30 minutes elapse between the time the police department’s communications division receives the notification and the time a responding officer arrives at the location of the alarm notification.
(Ord. 15750, § 1, passed 11-18-2003; Ord. 16622, § 3, passed 9-27-2005; Ord. 16908, § 9, passed 4-25-2006)
(a) An alarm company, an alarm permit holder or a person in control of an alarm system commits an offense if he or she violates by commission or omission any provision of this chapter that imposes upon him or her a duty or responsibility.
(b) A person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion of a day during which the violation is committed, continued or permitted, and each offense is punishable by a fine of not more than $500 but not less than:
(1) Two hundred dollars upon first conviction; and
(2) Two hundred fifty dollars for the second and each subsequent conviction.
(c) In addition to prohibiting or requiring certain conduct of individuals, it is the intent of this chapter to hold a corporation, partnership or other association criminally responsible for acts or omissions performed by an agent acting in behalf of the corporation, partnership or other association, and within the scope of his or her employment. A person or business utilizing an alarm system shall maintain at each alarm site a complete set of written operating instructions for each alarm system. Special codes, combinations or passwords must not be included in these instructions.
(Ord. 15750, § 1, passed 11-18-2003)