§ 11-46 ALARM USERS AND ALARM USER PERMITS.
   (a)   An alarm user shall:
      (1)   Maintain the premises and security alarm system in a manner that will minimize or eliminate false alarms;
      (2)   Review all alarm system operating instructions, including those for verification of an alarm;
      (3)   Notify the alarm system monitoring company of a false alarm activation as soon as the user is aware of the false alarm; and
      (4)   Not manually activate an alarm except when needing an immediate sheriff’s office response to an emergency.
      (5)   Obtain all required permits under county ordinance.
   (b)   In order to ensure that alarm system users have necessary information properly documented and that violations can be accurately billed and proper notification sent out, all alarm users shall be required to obtain an alarm user permit from the sheriff’s office. The alarm user permit shall be effective so long as the permittee remains at the address that is the subject of the permit. The cost of the alarm user permit shall be $10.
   (c)   In the event that an alarm user changes addresses, the information on the alarm user permit must be updated within 30 days. After 30 days no response will be afforded to alarm users that have failed to comply with the permit update requirements of this section.
(1976 Code, § 11-46) (Ord. 3354, § 1, passed 4-18-2000)