(a) Every alarm agent employed by an alarm business within this City shall be required to obtain a license in the form of an identification card from the Chief of Police. The owners, managers, corporate officers and partners of all alarm businesses are also required to obtain licenses from the Chief of Police if they directly engage in selling, installing, servicing, maintaining or responding to alarm systems within the City. Any person who is not an alarm agent, who, as an employee of a licensed alarm business has access to confidential information of an alarm user, must also obtain a license. Within thirty days of the effective date of this chapter, alarm agents and, if required by this subsection, owners, managers, corporate officers and partners shall submit applications to the Chief of Police for licenses. The application for the license shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief of Police and shall include the following:
(1) The applicant's full name and any other names previously used, residence and business addresses for the past five years, telephone numbers and social security number;
(2) The applicant's date and place of birth;
(3) A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions of the applicant;
(4) Two classifiable sets of fingerprints;
(5) One recent photograph of the applicant of a type prescribed by the Chief of Police;
(6) The name and address of the alarm business where the applicant is or will be employed;
(7) The applicant's employment record for the prior ten years;
(8) A statement that the applicant will inform the Chief of Police of any change in the above information or the termination of the applicant's employment by the alarm business within ten days of such change; and
(9) Any other information which the Chief of Police may deem necessary to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Every new alarm agent must submit an application to the Chief of Police for a license under this section within fourteen days of the commencement of employment with an alarm business.
(c) The identification card required by this section shall be carried by a person required to obtain a license whenever such person is engaged in the business of the licensee in the City and shall be exhibited at the demand of any lawful authority, customer or prospective customer of the licensee.
(d) An alarm agent shall be required to obtain a license even though he already has obtained a license from another City within Cuyahoga County, Ohio, or the county itself.
(e) Even though the Chief of Police is responsible to issue the license under this section, the initial application for a license shall be made with the Building Department which shall immediately forward such application, accompanying documents, and information to the Chief of Police for processing.
(Ord. 64-1978. Passed 11-27-78.)