(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, organization or association to lease, control, or own an alarm system or be in control of any premises including single family and multi-family dwellings and business places wherein an alarm system is operated or maintained without first obtaining and filing an alarm subscriber registration with the village, except no registration shall be required for alarm systems contained in or on vehicles or for alarm users registered under an agency as provided herein.
(B) Premises which utilize alarm systems with multiple devices may be issued more than one alarm subscriber registration under the following circumstances: where heat, smoke, or other fire alerting devices are located in adjacent businesses or housing units which transmit signals into a shared control panel located on the combined premises. A single registration may be issued to the property owner or his agent or to a property owner association as long as such person or organization has legal control and accountability for the entire alarm system and information required under the application for registration is completed for each business entity in which a part of the alarm system is contained.
(C) An application for an alarm subscriber registration shall be filed with the Village Clerk and copies sent to the Police and Fire Departments to be reviewed by the Alarm Coordinator. The application shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(2) Name, address and telephone number of the premises where the alarm system is located.
(3) General description of the alarm system which classifies it as burglary, safe, holdup, fire, medical or other; also, the type of alarm - silent, audible, visual, third party monitoring, or other, including any combination thereof. Any alarms classified as other shall include a brief description as to category and type.
(4) Any third party monitoring alarm system must include the name and telephone number of the monitoring service.
(5) A listing of names, addresses and telephone numbers of at least three persons responsible for the premises where the alarm system is located and who should be contacted to de-activate the alarm system and respond to the premises.
(6) The name, address and telephone number of the person, firm, or corporation that installed the alarm system and of the person, firm, or corporation responsible for any maintenance or repair of the alarm system.
(7) The name and telephone number of an emergency board-up service which has been authorized in advance by the alarm subscriber to respond if so needed.
(D) An agency doing business as an alarm agent may register any or all of its contracted alarm subscribers with the village under its own name provided the agency:
(1) Completes a registration form as provided by the Village Clerk. The registration form shall include the agency's name, address and telephone number as well as the agency's license number if registered under the Illinois Private Detective and Private Security Act of 1983;
(2) Delivers once a month to the Alarm Coordinator a current alphabetized list of all alarm users registered under the agency's name; and
(3) Promptly pays all fees and fines resulting from false alarms on the property or premises of an alarm user registered under the agency's name.
(Ord. 2062-90, passed 9-5-90)