(A) Before any alarm system monitored by an alarm business is activated, the alarm user shall register their alarm system with the False Alarm Administrator. The alarm user may register their alarm online or through mail. An alarm business shall provide an alarm user with the information needed to register the user's alarm. Each alarm user shall be charged a yearly registration fee of $15. No registration fee will be charged for any individual residential alarm registered to a person 65 years of age or older.
(B) Upon receipt of this alarm user registration information, the Alarm Administrator shall register the alarm user. Each registered alarm user shall be identified with a unique number designated by the Alarm Administrator.
(C) The Alarm Administrator shall provide both the alarm business and the alarm user with a list of the information that must be provided by the alarm user to register an alarm. This information shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Contact information for the alarm user;
(2) Contact information for the alarm business monitoring the alarm system;
(3) The classification of the alarm site; and
(4) The purpose of the alarm system.
(D) An alarm user with an alarm system provided by an alarm business or monitored by an alarm business shall inform the alarm business, in writing, of any change that alters any information originally provided to such business regarding the alarm user's information, within five business days of those changes.
(E) An alarm user registration cannot be transferred to another person or business. If a premises with a registered alarm system is transferred to a person or business other than the registered user, the new premises owner must register with the Alarm Administrator as an alarm user, as provided in subsection (C) of this section. The alarm business shall also provide new premises owner with information on how to register the alarm system in their name.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 156-2021, approved 11-11-2021)