(A) Permit required. No person shall operate or use any alarm system, as defined in this subchapter, which is designed to elicit, either directly or indirectly, a police, fire or rescue response without first obtaining a permit for the alarm system from the county police or its designee. No person shall use an alarm system when the alarm permit for that system has been revoked pursuant to this subchapter.
(B) Application. The permit shall be requested on an application form provided by the County Police Department. An alarm user has the duty to obtain an application from the police. The application may be obtained in person or via the County Police web site link, under alarm ordinance.
(C) Transfer of possession. Alarm system permits shall be issued in the name of the person or entity in actual possession of the premises which the alarm system is designed to protect. When the possession of the premises at which an alarm system is maintained is transferred, the person obtaining possession of the property shall file an application for an alarm user permit within 30 days of obtaining possession of the property. Alarm system permits are not transferable.
(D) Reporting updated information. Whenever the information provided on the alarm user permit application changes, the correct information must be provided by the alarm user to the Alarm Systems Coordinator in writing within 30 days of the change. In addition, permit holders may periodically receive a form from the Coordinator requesting updated information. Upon receipt of the request, the permit holder shall complete and return this form to the Coordinator when any of the requested information has changed.
(E) Alarm reset required. An alarm user may not install, maintain or use any audible alarm system which can sound continuously for more than 15 minutes.
(F) Exemption. Any audible alarm system which does not contact an alarm monitoring company but contacts police, fire or rescue for a response.
(G) Issuance of permit decals. No person shall use an alarm system without posting at the front entrance of the premises served by the alarm system the alarm permit decal issued by the county or its designee. This decal must be prominently posted at the front entrance of the premises so that the information provided on the decal is visible from the outside of the structure.
(H) Multiple alarm systems. If an alarm user has one or more alarm systems protecting two or more separate structures having different addresses, a separate permit will be required for each structure.
(Ord. KOC 15-320-001, passed 2-18-2015) Penalty, see § 93.99