(a) No person shall use a private security alarm system without first obtaining a license from the Safety Director of the City as provided herein.
(b) The Safety Director shall not issue a license for the use of private security alarm systems unless all of the following is true:
(1) The user makes application providing the following information:
A. Name.
B. Current resident address.
C. Home and alternate phone numbers.
D. Social Security Number.
E. Description of type of Security System installed.
F. Name and address of installer.
G. Name and ages of family members and/or persons likely to be present.
H. Type of property to be protected.
I. Reasons for installation of the alarm.
J. Release of all City's liability.
K. Acknowledgement that City may revoke license at any time.
L. Signed by user in presence of Notary.
M. Deposit with the City its costs associated with the connection.
N. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) application fee.
(2) The issuance of such license will not interfere with or impair the primary function of the City owned dispatch and/or communication system.
(3) The issuance of such license will not require modification, enlargement or extention of the City's communication system not specifically authorized by Council.
(4) The issuance of such license will be limited to places located within the geographic jurisdiction of the City.
(c) The license fee for each separate user shall be the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per year for residential users and the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year for commercial-industrial users. The first payment shall be prorated to the end of the year. The following payment shall be received no later than January 10, for the next successive year the termination for which shall result in no refund. Such license shall not be issued or shall be revoked if the fees are not paid as herein provided.
(d) All moneys accruing to the City by reason of the application fees, deposits, license fees and fines shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund.
(e) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 36-87. Passed 10-5-87.)