(A) Contracted for by individual tenant.
(1) If an alarm system installed by an individual tenant in an apartment complex unit is monitored or repaired, the tenant shall provide the name of a representative of the apartment owner or property manager who can grant access to the apartment to the alarm business which is providing the monitoring or repair service.
(2) A tenant of an apartment complex shall also obtain an alarm permit from the alarm administrator before operating or causing the operation of an alarm system in the tenant's residential unit. The annual fee for this permit or the renewal of this permit shall be the same as the fee for a residential alarm site.
(3) For purposes of enforcing this chapter, against an individual residential unit, the tenant shall be responsible for false alarm dispatches emitted from the alarm system in the tenant's residential unit.
(B) Furnished by the apartment complex as an amenity.
(1) If the owner or property manager of an apartment complex provides alarm systems in each residential unit as an amenity, then the owner or property manager of the apartment complex shall obtain a master alarm permit from the alarm administrator. The annual fee for this permit and for each renewal of this permit shall be $20.
(2) For purposes of assessing fees and enforcing this chapter, the master alarm permit holder shall pay those fees for false alarm dispatches emitted from the alarm systems in residential units.
(3) The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall obtain a separate alarm permit for any alarm system operated in a nonresidential area of the apartment complex, including, but not limited to, common tenant areas and office, storage and equipment areas. An annual fee for such a permit shall be the same as the fee for a commercial alarm site. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. passed 3-8-99; Am. Ord. passed 4-11-22) Penalty, see §
96.99