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(a) The alarm license fee (original or annual renewal) for a commercial premises shall be $60. The alarm license fee (original or annual renewal) for a residential premises shall be $40. The license shall be pro-rated, on a quarterly basis, for new licenses obtained after February 1.
(b) Beginning with fiscal year 2003-2004, the fees set in this Section may be adjusted, without further action by the Board of Supervisors, to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Controller.
No later than April 15th of each year, the Tax Collector shall submit the current fee schedule to the Controller, who shall apply the price index adjustment to produce a new fee schedule for the following year; provided, however, that the fees shall only be adjusted in five-dollar increments, when cumulative changes in the Consumer Price Index since the last fee adjustment justify an increase or decrease of at least five dollars.
No later than May 15th of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new fee schedule and certifying that: (a) the fees produce sufficient revenue to support the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed, and (b) the fees do not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed.
(Added by Ord. 154-02, File No. 021078, App. 7/12/2002; amended by Ord. 30-03, File No. 021995, App. 2/28/2003; Ord. 297-04, File No. 041336, App. 12/24/2004; Ord. 175-13
, File No. 130551, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013)
(a) On the effective date of this ordinance, every alarm monitoring company doing business in San Francisco shall send to the Tax Collector a complete list of its customers with alarm systems located in San Francisco; the list shall be in a format acceptable to the Tax Collector. The list shall include: the name of each customer, the customer's billing address, the location(s) of the alarm system(s), and such other information as the Tax Collector may request. The customer lists shall be kept confidential to the full extent allowed by law.
(b) No later than March 1, 2003, every alarm monitoring company doing business in San Francisco shall notify and bill each of its customers for the license fee required under this Article. This bill shall be due and payable within 30 days. The bill may be part of the company's regular billing or a separate billing, and shall be in a form approved by the Tax Collector. The company shall also provide the customer with a copy of the license application form. No later than April 1, 2003, the company shall send a follow-up notice to its customers who have not yet paid the fee in full. The company shall be responsible for collection of the license fee from the customer.
(c) No later than May 1, 2003, the alarm monitoring companies shall remit to the Tax Collector all license fees collected, all completed license applications received, as well as a list of customers who have not paid the fee in full and a list of customers who paid after April 1, 2003.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3720(a), license fees for existing customers of alarm monitoring companies as of March 1, 2003 shall not be prorated for calendar year 2003.
(Added by Ord. 30-03, File No. 021995, App. 2/28/2003)
(Former Sec. 3721 added by Ord. 154-02, File No. 021078, App. 7/12/2002; renumbered as Sec. 3722 by Ord. 30-03, File No. 021995, App. 2/28/2003)
The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. If a court determines that a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection, section, or other provision is invalid or that the application of any part of the provision to any person or circumstance is invalid, the remaining provisions and the application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances are not affected by that decision.
(Added as Sec. 3721 by Ord. 154-02, File No. 021078, App. 7/12/2002; renumbered by Ord. 30-03, File No. 021995, App. 2/28/2003)