(A) No person shall install or cause to be installed, use or maintain or possess an alarm system at any residence or on any business premises owned or in the possession or control of the person within the unincorporated area of San Benito County without having obtained an alarm user’s permit from the Sheriff’s Department. The application for an alarm user’s permit shall be filed with the Sheriff. The Sheriff shall prescribe the form of the application and request such information as is necessary to evaluate and act upon the permit application. The application shall include the address of the premises where the system is or shall be located and the name, address and telephone number of the applicant, and the person who will render service or repairs during any hour of the day or night. The application shall also include a statement that the applicant has posted the house number of the premises at the street or roadway next to the driveway of the premises. For those alarm systems already in existence on the date of this chapter, permits shall be obtained within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Every application for an alarm user’s permit shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance.
(C) A permit shall be denied by the Sheriff if the alarm system does not comply with this section or the standards adopted under § 9.03.009.
(1966 Code, § 20-7) (Ord. 568, § 1(part))