CHAPTER 5.22
ALARM SYSTEMS; INTRUSION AND PHYSICAL DURESS

SECTION:

5.22.010: Purpose And Scope

5.22.020: Definitions

5.22.030: Registration Required To Operate Intrusion And Physical Duress Alarm System Business; Fee

5.22.040: Individual Employee's Registration

5.22.050: Registration Procedure

5.22.060: Alarm User Permits Required

5.22.070: Alarm Information

5.22.080: User Instructions

5.22.090: False Alarms; Permit Revocation

5.22.100: Inter-Agency Communications

5.22.110: Deliberate False Alarms

5.22.120: Penalties

5.22.130: Policies

5.22.010: PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

   A.   The purpose of this chapter is to protect the emergency services of the city from misuse.

   B.   This chapter governs intrusion and physical duress alarm systems, requires permits and registration, establishes fees, provides for the allocation of revenues and deficits, provides for revocation of the permit, provides for punishment of violations and establishes a system of administration. (1999 Code)

5.22.020: DEFINITIONS:

ALARM BUSINESS: The business by any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, removing, moving, installing, planning the installation or assisting in the installation of any alarm system.

ALARM SYSTEM: Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which peace officers are expected to respond.

ALARM USER: The person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization thereof of any kind in control of any building, structure or facility wherein an alarm system is maintained.

AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE: A device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit by voice message or code signal any emergency message indicating a need for emergency response.

COORDINATOR: The individual designated by the sheriff to issue permits and enforce the provisions of this section.

FALSE ALARM: An alarm signal eliciting a response by peace officers when a situation requiring a response by them or other emergency response unit in fact does not exist. It includes an alarm signal caused by conditions of nature which are normal for that area and subject to control by the alarm business operator or alarm user. "False alarm" does not include an alarm signal caused by extraordinarily violent conditions of nature not reasonably subject to control.

INTERCONNECT: To connect an alarm system, including an automatic dialing device, to a telephone line, either directly or through a mechanical device that utilizes a telephone, for the purpose of using the telephone line to transmit a message upon the activation of the alarm system.

INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEM: An alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system.

LOCAL ALARM: Any noise making alarm device.

PHYSICAL DURESS SYSTEM: An alarm system signaling a robbery or other physical endangerment.

PRIMARY TRUNK LINE: A telephone line serving the Valley 911 system or sheriff dispatch that is designated to receive emergency calls.

SHERIFF: The Salt Lake County sheriff, or the city's other designated law enforcement services provider.

VALLEY 911 AND SHERIFF DISPATCH: The governmental facilities used to receive emergency and general information from the public to be dispatched to the sheriff's office. (1999 Code)

5.22.030: REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO OPERATE INTRUSION AND PHYSICAL DURESS ALARM SYSTEM BUSINESS; FEE:

   A.   License And Registration Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to own, manage, conduct or carry on the business of selling, leasing, installing, servicing, maintaining, repairing, replacing, moving or removing, or causing to be sold, leased, installed, serviced, maintained, repaired, replaced, moved or removed in or on any building, residence or other property within the city any device known as an intrusion or physical duress alarm system, or automatic dialing device connected to an answering service, unless such person is licensed therefor in accordance with Utah Code Annotated section 58-55-101 et seq., and any other applicable laws or ordinances, and the name, address and certificate number or ID card number of such person is registered with the sheriff as provided herein.

   B.   Fee: The fee for an intrusion or physical duress alarm system business license shall be as specified on the fee schedule adopted pursuant to section 5.06.050 of this title. (1999 Code)