(A) Alarm permits and permit fees.
(1) Any person, firm, or corporation who presently owns, shall take ownership, lease, or occupy a premises in which a burglar and/or fire alarm system has been installed and/or maintained shall be required to obtain a permit for such burglar and/or alarm system through the city’s authorized agent, regardless of any prior or existing permit or registration.
(2) Any person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating an alarm system at more than one premises within the city shall obtain an alarm permit for each separate premises.
(3) A non-refundable permit fee shall be established by Council and posted in the Office of the City Clerk for each permit required by this chapter to help defray the costs incurred by the city in the administration, maintenance, and supervision of the provisions of this chapter. The permit fee shall be waived for any person, firm, or corporation, who has registered its burglar and/or alarm system prior to the effective date of this section, however, a delinquent or late fee shall be established by Council and posted in the Office of the City Clerk incurred for a person, firm, or corporation which fails to reregister with the city’s authorized agent within 30 days of notification of reregistering by the city’s authorized agent.
(4) If at any time a registered alarm is relocated or changes ownership, the person, firm, or corporation who owns, takes ownership, or leases or occupies the premises in which the alarm was relocated, shall be required to reregister such alarm and pay the fee in the same manner as set forth in this division (A).
(B) Application for permit.
(1) The permit application must be completed by the alarm user of the premises on which the alarm system is maintained.
(2) The application shall include the following information:
(a) The address and telephone number of the premises on which the alarm system is maintained;
(b) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the premises;
(c) The name, address, and telephone number of the alarm user, if different than owner of premises;
(d) The name, address, and telephone number of the person, firm, or corporation installing and/or servicing the alarm system;
(e) Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons responsible for resetting or turning off the alarm or device, checking the premises, or responding to notice from the Police and/or Fire Department(s) of an activation of the alarm system;
(f) A description of the alarm system; and
(g) Such additional information as the Police and/or Fire Department may require.
(3) The application shall also contain a statement that the applicant(s) have read the copy of this chapter provided by the city or its authorized agent and are submitting the application with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this chapter and that said applicants will comply with this chapter. Submission of the application to city or its authorized agent shall serve as confirmation of this statement.
(4) The owner and the alarm user shall be required to keep all application information current.
(Prior Code, § 90.02) (Ord. D-665, passed 9-8-1964, effective 11-1-1964; Ord. D-1681, passed 12-21-1992, effective 12-31-1992; Ord. O-104, passed 10-25-2010, effective 11-4-2010)