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A. Every alarm user shall have on his premises or in his possession an alarm user permit issued by the sheriff at no charge.
B. It shall be unlawful for any alarm business to report to the sheriff or other emergency service agency, any alarm system on any premises for which the alarm user has not obtained an alarm user permit. (1999 Code)
A. Submission Of Information Card: An alarm information card will be completed and submitted to the sheriff's alarm coordinator by the user of any alarm system prior to the operation of the system.
B. Content Of Card: This card shall set forth the full name, address and telephone number of both the owner or lessee on whose premises the system will be installed, operated, connected or maintained, and the name of the person or licensed alarm system business installing, maintaining, or servicing the system, as well as the type of system to be installed, operated or maintained. The card shall further contain the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) individuals who may be contacted by peace officers responding to an alarm. The persons listed shall have authority to act for the alarm user in granting peace officers access to any portion of the premises concerned and be knowledgeable in the basic operation of the alarm system. The alarm information card shall contain such additional information as the sheriff shall reasonably deem necessary to properly identify and locate the user, the alarm business installing, servicing or maintaining the alarm system, and the persons to be contacted in the event of the filing of an alarm report.
C. Code Number: In addition to submitting the alarm information card, users of audible outside local alarm systems shall post near the alarm and at a position readable from ground level, a code number furnished by the alarm coordinator to allow reference to the alarm information card required by this section. (1999 Code)
Every alarm business selling, leasing or furnishing to any user an alarm system which is installed on premises located in the city shall furnish the user with written instructions that provide information to enable the user to operate the alarm system properly. (1999 Code)
A. Revocation Of Permit: Any alarm user which has seven or more false alarms within a twelve (12) month period shall be subject to revocation, assessments, and/or misdemeanor violation. Revocation of a user permit shall be in accordance with the license revocation provisions specified in this title.
B. Service Fee: A service fee is hereby imposed as provided in section 5.06.050 of this title for all false alarms on a physical duress or intrusion alarm system to which peace officers respond. (1999 Code)
No person shall cause to be transmitted any intrusion or physical duress alarm knowing the same to be false or without basis in fact. Central stations shall not request law enforcement officers to respond to alarm scenes when monitoring equipment indicates an alarm system malfunction signal. (1999 Code)
A. Misdemeanor: Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Failure To Pay Service Fees: All service fees assessed under this chapter are due and payable within thirty (30) days after written notice of any fee due is issued by the city. A penalty of ten percent (10%) of the fee due shall be assessed upon any person who fails to pay the fee within thirty (30) days. The penalty shall be assessed for each thirty (30) day period, or fraction thereof, that the fee remains unpaid beyond the original payment period.
C. Revocation: Failure to timely pay any service fees imposed by this chapter may result in an action to revoke the business license of the alarm business. (1999 Code)
The city council may from time to time adopt or modify by ordinance written policies governing the allocation of the city's law enforcement resources and other emergency services to alarm systems. Such policies may, without limitation, prohibit response by the city's law enforcement personnel to alarms of specific types, specify the conditions under which the city's law enforcement personnel will respond to alarms of specific types, or in any other manner control and protect from misuse the city's emergency services. (1999 Code)