(A) Within 60 days after the effective date of this chapter every alarm user shall obtain an alarm user permit for each alarm system he or she operates within the Town of Wilkesboro from the office of the Chief of Police or Fire Chief. This does not require that a licensed alarm system business obtain a permit under this section when it leases or provides services to alarm system users. If a licensed alarm business does, however, use an alarm system to protect its own premises, it shall obtain a permit for systems as required in this section. Local alarm system users are not required to obtain user permits required under this section.
(B) (1) The alarm user applying for the permit required in division (A) of this section shall state on the permit application form: his or her name, the address of the residence or business in or upon which the alarm system has been or will be installed, his or her telephone number, the type of alarm system, the alarm system business selling, monitoring, inspecting, responding to and/or maintaining the alarm system and the name, address and telephone number of at least 2 other persons who can be reached at any time, day or night, and who are authorized by the alarm user to respond to and open the premises in which the system is installed.
(2) At the time any information required as provided in division (B)(1) of this section is revised, modified, updated or in any manner changed, the alarm user shall make changes known by applying for a renewal application obtained and completed in the manner as provided in divisions (A) and (B)(1) of this section.
(3) A $10 fee shall be charged for each initial permit application approved by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief or his or her designee. No charge shall be levied for any subsequent renewal application unless renewal is the result of a permit revoked from an alarm user as provided in § 116.04 of this chapter. A renewal fee of $25 shall be charged for any renewal of a revoked users permit.
(4) The information contained in alarm user permit applications required by the section shall be securely maintained and restricted to inspection only by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief or his or her delegate assigned the responsibility for handling and processing alarm user permits in the course of official duties.
(C) The Chief of Police or Fire Chief or his or her designees shall approve alarm user permit applications if he or she finds that:
(1) The alarm system will not interfere with the orderly conduct of the Town of Wilkesboro business;
(2) The installer of the alarm system maintains a service organization capable of making necessary repairs within a reasonable period of time after notice of equipment malfunctions; and
(3) The installer of the alarm system is licensed by the State of North Carolina under G.S. Chapter 74C and subsequent revisions, rules and regulations adopted thereto.
(D) Each permit shall be physically placed upon the premises wherein the alarm system is installed and shall be available for inspection by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief or his or her delegate during normal business hours;
(E) Any alarm system user who operates an alarm system without a permit as required by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in G.S. § 14-4.
(Ord. passed 2-3-1992) Penalty, see § 10.99