(a) Every alarm user in the Municipality, shall apply to the Chief of Police for an alarm user permit for each system in use. Applicants already employing an alarm system on the effective date of this chapter shall submit an application for permit no later than ninety days after this chapter becomes effective. Otherwise, the use of an alarm system is prohibited until a permit is secured. The permit shall be posted on the premises in such a fashion that it is visible to the public.
(b) Application for an alarm user's permit shall include the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the alarm user.
(2) The name, address and telephone number of the alarm business which installed or maintains applicant's alarm system.
(3) In the case of a business entity, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three responsible persons who can be contacted by the Munroe Falls Police or Fire Department if needed.
(4) A description of the system including the theory upon which such system operates and the zones within the building structure or facility that are protected by the alarm.
(c) Application for the renewal of alarm user's permit shall be made every year within thirty days immediately preceding the July 1 of every year.
(d) If the Police or Fire Department records false alarms from the user's protected premises within a permit year, the following procedure shall be utilized:
(1) The Police Chief shall notify by personal service or certified mail any alarm user which has received two false alarms forty-eight hours or more apart on its record within the permit year citing the location and date of each such false alarm. Such notice shall include a statement that an accumulation of four false alarms forty-eight hours or more apart within the permit year can be cause for revocation of permit.
(2) After the accumulation of four false alarms forty-eight hours or more apart, the Chief of Police will by personal service or certified mail serve notice to the alarm user and the alarm business of any permit revocation and direct that the user submit a report to the Police Chief within ten days of the receipt of the notice describing actions taken or to be taken to discover and eliminate the cause of the false alarms.
(3) If the alarm user submits a report as directed, the Police Chief shall determine if the actions taken or to be taken will prevent the occurrence of false alarms; if he determines that the action will prevent the occurrence of false alarms, he shall notify the alarm user and the relevant alarm business in writing that the permit will not be revoked at the time and that if one more false alarm occurs within the permit year, the permit will be revoked.
(4) If no report is submitted, or if the Police Chief determines that the actions taken or to be taken will not prevent the occurrence of false alarms, he shall give notice by certified mail to the user that the permit will be revoked without further notice on the tenth day after the date of the notice if the user does not file within that period a written request for a hearing.
(5) If a hearing is requested, written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be served on the user by the Police Chief by certified mail at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(6) The hearing shall be before the Mayor. Alarm user shall have the right to present written and oral evidence. If the Mayor determines that four or more false alarms forty-eight hours or more apart have occurred in a permit year, he shall decide whether the user's permit should be revoked in order to avoid undue burden on the Police or Fire Department.
(7) An alarm user shall immediately discontinue use of the alarm system upon being notified by certified mail of the revocation of a permit.
(8) An alarm user whose permit has been revoked may apply for a re-issued user's permit as provided in subsection (e) hereof. A re-issued user's permit may be revoked by the same procedure as an original permit.
(e) A re-issued user's permit shall be obtained from the Chief of Police by updating the original application containing the information as provided in subsection (b) hereof, and paying the fee set forth in Section 163.33 of these Codified Ordinances.
Each permit shall bear the same expiration date as the date on the user's original permit. The permit shall be physically upon the premises which is using the alarm system and shall be available for inspection by the Munroe Falls Police Department.
(f) The fee established in Section 163.33(d) will be charged to an alarm user who is more than 30 days delinquent in renewing a permit.
(g) An alarm user which is a governmental political unit shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter; but a permit shall be issued without payment of a fee and shall not be subject to revocation, payment of additional fees, or the imposition of any penalty provided herein.
(Ord. 50-2003. Passed 12-16-03; Ord. 08-2013. Passed 7-2-13; Ord. 2014-11. Passed 11-4-14.)