Section
114.01 Definitions
114.02 Alarm system permits
114.03 Application for permit
114.04 Issuance of permit
114.05 Permit fee and term
114.06 Location of permit
114.07 Licensing of alarm business
114.08 Application for license
114.09 License fee and term
114.10 Identification cards required
114.11 Installation of alarm systems
114.12 Prohibited activity
114.13 Automatic dialing devices
114.14 Enforcement
114.15 False alarms; nuisance alarms
114.99 Penalty
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM AGENT. Any person who is employed by an alarm business either directly or indirectly, whose duties include selling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing on or in any building, structure, facility or grounds any alarm system.
ALARM BUSINESS. Any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity who in addition to
selling alarms systems also leases, maintains, services, repairs, alters, replaces, moves or installs any alarm system or causes to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed any alarm system in or on any building, structure, facility or grounds.
ALARM SYSTEM. Any device used for the detection of an unauthorized entry or attempted entry into a building, structure, facility or grounds or for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act within a building, structure, facility or grounds, which when activated causes notification to be made directly or indirectly to the Marion Police Department or the Grant County Sheriff’s Department. For the purposes of this chapter, an alarm system shall not include:
(1) An alarm installed on a motor vehicle;
(2) An alarm designed so that the Marion Police Department or the Grant County Sheriff’s Department are not notified until after the occupants, an agent of the owner or lessee or an agent of an alarm system business has checked the alarm site and determined that the alarm was the result of criminal activity of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice;
(3) An alarm which signals or alerts only the occupants of the premises protected by the alarm system;
(4) An alarm installed upon premises occupied by the United States, the State of Indiana or any political subdivision thereof.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING DEVICE. Any device connected to an alarm system which automatically sends a prerecorded message or
coded signal to a law enforcement agency indicating the activation of the alarm system.
FALSE ALARM. An alarm eliciting a police response when the situation does not require police services. For the purposes of this chapter, this does not include alarms triggered by severe atmospheric conditions or other circumstances not reasonably under the control of the alarm user, installer or maintainer.
PERMIT HOLDER. The individual, corporation, partnership or other legal entity to whom an alarm system permit is issued.
(Ord. 30-1991, passed 11-6-1991)
(A) It shall be unlawful for a person who owns or controls property to operate, cause to be operated or permit the operation of an alarm system on that property unless a current alarm system permit has been obtained from the City Controller; provided, however, no permit shall be required for an alarm system located on a private residence if the only response on activation of the alarm system is an external sounding alarm that automatically stops within 15 minutes after activation. If police are routinely notified and dispatched to a private residence to investigate an activated alarm, a permit shall be required.
(B) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a $25 fine unless an alarm system permit is obtained within ten days after receiving notification of the violation, provided that prior notification has not been given.
(C) Any activation occurring within 30 days after installment of a new alarm system shall be exempt.
(Ord. 30-1991, passed 11-6-1991)
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