(A) Applications.
(1) Applications for permits to install, maintain, and operate an alarm system shall be filed with the County Sheriff with an application fee of $10 renewable annually by January 1.
(2) The alarm user applying for the authorization shall be required to state on the application form his or her name, the address of the residence or business in or upon which the alarm system has been or will be installed, his or her telephone number, both home and business, the type of alarm system (local, burglar, holdup, fire), the alarm equipment supplier selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, responding to, and/or maintaining the alarm system, and the name and telephone number of at least two other persons (in case of a corporate alarm user applicant, at least three persons) who can be reached at any time day or night, and who can open the premises in which the system is installed.
(3) The alarm user shall update any changed in the name, residence, address or phone number of the person or persons who can be reached at any time who is authorized to deal with police authorities and who can open the premises in which the system is installed. The information contained in the alarm user's application required by this section and other information received by the County Police Department through correspondence or communications with an alarm user shall be securely maintained and restricted to inspection only by the County Police Department Personnel specifically assigned the responsibility for handling and processing alarm user authorizations.
(B) Confidentiality. County police personnel assigned the foregoing duties shall not knowingly or willfully reveal the information contained in an alarm user authorization application, or in correspondence or communications with an alarm user, to any other person for any purpose not related to this chapter or official law enforcement matters without the express written consent of the alarm user supplying such information.
(C) Approval.
(1) Applications shall be approved by the Sheriff when:
(a) A statement that the equipment does comply with the standard of the Underwriter Laboratories National Fire Protection Association, Factory Mutual, Canadian Standards Association, or equal; and
(b) The alarm equipment supplier installing the device maintains an adequate service organization to repair, maintain, and otherwise service the system sold, leased or installed by him or her.
(2) The Sheriff is authorized to rely on information gathered by the Police Department in determining whether the foregoing requirements are met.
(Prior Code, § 96.24) (Ord. 1111B, passed 3-10-1992; Ord. 1111B-1, passed 10-12-1993)