8.48.090   Alarm user's permit--Approval/denial.
   A.   Approval.
   1.   Upon finding the requested alarm user’s permit application conforms to the provisions of this chapter and other applicable provisions of the Signal Hill Municipal Code, and that all applicable fees have been paid, the police chief shall issue or renew the alarm user’s permit.
   2.   The issuance of an alarm user’s permit is for registration purposes only. Issuance of the alarm user’s permit shall not constitute approval by the chief of police or the city as to the effectiveness or operability of any permitted alarm system. The issuance of the alarm user’s permit shall create no obligation or duty to the permittee or any other person by reason of any provision of this chapter or the exercise of any privilege by any permittee hereunder including but not limited to any defects in alarm systems and delays in transmission of an alarm message by an alarm service provider to the police department or damage caused by delay in responding to any alarm by any city employee, peace officer or agent or by reason of discontinuance or suspension of service. A notice of this subsection 2. shall be included with the alarm user’s permit. However, failure to receive a notice of this subsection with the permit shall not otherwise alter the rights or obligations provided herein.
   B.   Denial. The police chief shall deny the alarm user’s permit application if he/she determines any of the following:
   1.   The requested alarm user’s permit is in conflict with any provision of the Signal Hill Municipal Code;
   2.   The applicant, his employee or agent has knowingly made a false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application;
   3.   The applicant has had a similar permit revoked for good cause and has failed to show material change in the circumstances since the date of revocation;
   4.   The applicant has failed to pay all applicable fees, including without limitation any delinquent false alarm fees.
   Upon any such denial, the chief of police shall notify the applicant in writing, specifying the grounds for denial. Any such denial shall be final unless the applicant appeals the decision to the city council, in writing, within ten days of the mailing or other delivery of the notice of denial. The notice shall advise the applicant of the right of appeal and time deadlines for bringing the appeal.
(Ord. 2013-07-1456 § 1 (part))