(a) No person shall operate, or permit on premises under his or her control the operation of, an alarm system, unless such person first registers such alarm system with the Police Department. Such registrations shall be completed without fee.
(b) If an alarm user has more than one alarm system protecting two or more separate structures having different addresses, a separate registration shall be required for each system.
(c) Applications for alarm user registration shall be made on forms provided by the Police Department. The application shall include the name, address and telephone number of the applicant and the name, address and telephone number of the property to be serviced by the alarm.
(d) Each application to register an alarm system which pertains to a residence shall provide the name and telephone number of at least one other person to be contacted in case of an emergency when the user is unavailable. Each application to register an alarm system which pertains to a building, structure or facility, other than a residence, shall provide at least three such names, unless such facility employs fewer than three persons. An alarm monitoring company name may be substituted for the required names if a contractual arrangement exists between the user and the monitoring company.
(e) Each holder of an alarm user registration shall, within ten days of any change in the information of the registration application, notify the Police Department, in writing, of any such change.
(f) The Department shall mail to each registration holder a notice of expiration not less than thirty days before the expiration of the registration. This notice shall be sent to the service address provided on the registration application and shall include a form on which renewal may be requested.
(g) Renewal of such registration shall be accomplished by signing the request for renewal and returning it to the Department prior to the expiration of the registration. The signature shall certify the accuracy of the information currently on file regarding the registration, or may correct and update such information, and shall be the signature of the alarm system user or any person listed on the application currently on file.
Changes in information given on the application for renewal which were not previously reported at the time of any such change and which had not been ascertained by the Department prior to the time of renewal shall not be subject to any action under Section 806.99.
(h) All alarm user registrations shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.
(i) No alarm user registration shall be transferred, assigned or used by any person other than the alarm user to whom such registration was issued.
(j) Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall subject the alarm user to the penalties set forth in Section 806.99, and may, in addition, be cause for denying the issuance of an alarm user registration or for revocation of an existing registration. (Ord. 96-107. Passed 7-16-96.)