PERMITS

§ 118.30 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, interconnect with, or use any alarm system within the city without a current valid permit therefor as provided in this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 6-805) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993) Penalty, see § 118.99

§ 118.31 PERMIT APPLICATION; FEES.

   (A)   Each application for an alarm system permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the Chief of the department to which the application is made, and shall contain the following information:

      (1)   The name, address, and telephone number of the owner or lessee, who shall be an adult occupant of the protected premises;

      (2)   The type of premises (home, office, other), and any business name by which the premises are known;

      (3)   The address of the protected premises, including, if the premises are in a multiple unit residential, commercial or industrial structure or complex, any name by which the structure or complex is commonly known;

      (4)   The names, addresses, and telephone numbers, including home phone numbers, of all agents having authority or responsibility with respect to the structure or complex;

      (5)   If the alarm system component consists of automatic dialers, the number and type thereof, the location of all remote annunciators, and the names and telephone numbers of all persons or businesses which are or may be preselected for automatic dialer contact;

      (6)   The name, address, and telephone number of the person with whom the owner or lessee has contracted for maintenance of the alarm system;

      (7)   The name, address, and telephone number of the persons, not less than two, who can be contacted by the department 24 hours a day and seven days a week to turn off or deactivate the alarm system; and

      (8)   A statement that the owner or lessee, in consideration of the issuance of the requested permit, has read and agrees to be bound by the terms of this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 6-805.01)

   (B)   If any alarm system component is to be connected to an alarm panel in the Fire or Police Department:

      (1)   The application for an alarm system permit shall be accompanied by a connection fee in the amount of as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule; and

      (2)   The owner or lessee shall pay annually, in addition, a maintenance and monitoring fee in the amount as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule. The latter fee shall be payable, in the first instance, with the application, but no connection fee shall be payable by owners or lessees of an alarm system component which is connected to the alarm panel at the time of enactment of this chapter.

   (C)   If the alarm component is an automatic dialer to be interconnected to a telephone in a city department, or is a system which provides for a third party relay of calls to such a telephone, the owner or lessee shall pay to the city department annually a monitoring fee in the amount as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule, and a fee in such amount shall be paid, in the first instance, with the application for a permit.

   (D)   If a permit shall be issued, fees which accompanied the application shall be retained; otherwise, they shall be refunded.

   (E)   This section shall not apply to alarm system components owned or leased by the city or other public law enforcement officials or departments.

(Prior Code, § 6-805.02)

(Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)

§ 118.32 INVESTIGATION; PERMIT ISSUANCE.

   Upon receipt of the permit application and fee, if any, the Chief of the Department shall cause to be made such investigation as he deems necessary. If it appears to the Chief that the proposed system will comply with the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall issue to the applicant a permit bearing an identifying number, specifying the alarm system for which it is used, and setting forth the expiration date of the permit. A permit to interconnect a component of an alarm system situated outside the corporate limits of the city with an alarm panel or telephone(s) of the city shall not issue unless the Chief of the Department shall find in writing that the connection will not overburden the Department's alarm system during the period of the permit.

(Prior Code, § 6-805.03) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)

§ 118.33 PERMIT RENEWAL.

   Alarm systems permits shall not be extendable or renewable as a matter of right beyond the period for which a maintenance or monitoring fee has been paid as provided in § 118.31.

(Prior Code, § 6-805.04) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)