[Amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
A. Any person desiring to use an alarm system in the City of Reading shall, within 60 days after of the effective date of this chapter, file an application for an alarm user permit, for each system, with the Alarm Coordinator. The application shall contain such information as is reasonably required by the Chief of Police to administer and enforce this chapter.
B. Applicants for alarm user permits shall agree in writing and as a condition for receiving and keeping permits to notify the Alarm Coordinator within 14 days of any substantial change affecting the validity of the permit.
C. Following the completion of the application and payment of the appropriate fee as indicated in § 120-113, the Department of Police shall have 15 working days to investigate the applicant, process the application, and to grant or deny a permit.
D. Alarm user permits to any applicant shall be denied if:
(1) The applicant does not agree to comply or fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(2) The applicant has knowingly made false, misleading, or fraudulent statements of a material fact in the application or in any report or record required to be filed with the City of Reading; or
(3) The applicant has had a similar type permit previously revoked for good cause in the past unless the applicant can show a material change in the circumstances since the date of revocation.
E. When an application for a permit is denied, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the denial with the basis thereof. If the reason(s) for denial are correctable, the applicant will be so advised with suggestions on how these corrections can be made and what time limit has been set for making said corrections.
F. The Alarm Coordinator shall, after investigation, issue an alarm user permit to an applicant meeting the requirements of this section. Each permit shall bear the signature of the Coordinator and be valid for the period that the owner or tenant owns or leases the premises upon which the alarm system is installed. The permit shall be physically present upon the premises upon which the alarm system is installed and shall be available for inspection by the Chief of Police, the Alarm Coordinator or his representative.
G. Applicants already using alarm systems in the City of Reading may continue to use the alarm systems while their permit applications are being processed. All alarm systems installed after the effective date of this chapter shall not commence use until their alarm user permit application is approved.
H. By submitting an application for permit for the installation of an alarm system and the subsequent installation of such a system or by the continuation of the use of an alarm system already installed at the effective date of this chapter, the owner, lessee or user thereof shall agree that such permit application constitutes a waiver of the right to bring or file action, claim or complaint whatsoever against any police officer or other agent of the City who makes a forced entry in response to such an alarm into the premises on which such an alarm is installed as a result of entry into the protected premises.
I. In the event the owner of such a premises is a person other than the alarm user permit applicant, as in the instance of a lessee or other use not the owner of the premises on which the alarm is installed, such permit application shall constitute an indemnification agreement by the applicant to hold harmless any police officer, the City of Reading, the Police Department, or other agent, as appropriate, from any all damages whatsoever claimed by the lessor or owner of the premises on which the alarm is installed.