(a) Any residence or business located within the City may be equipped with an alarm system for the purpose of detecting and signaling the presence of a fire or smoke, unauthorized intrusion, or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which the Police and/or Fire Department are expected to respond.
(b) No alarm installation contractor shall install any alarm system referred to in this chapter in a residential or business until an installation permit has been obtained pursuant to Chapter 1327 of the Codified Ordinances, from the Building Department upon a form presented by the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector and approved by the Director of Public Safety.
(c) A permit shall be refused to any applicant whose equipment is incompatible with City equipment, is unreliable or whose owners, officers, and/or agents and/or employees are unable to reasonably demonstrate that they will protect the confidentiality and integrity of the system.
(d) All alarm subscribers shall obtain an alarm permit, renewable annually on the date of issuance, for each premise from the Building Department. Each permit, or renewal thereof, shall bear the signature of the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector, and be for a one-year period. The permit shall be physically upon the premises using the alarm system and shall be available for inspection if requested by any City official.
(e) No person or firm or emergency alert organization shall provide alarm or alerting services requesting a response by City safety personnel without complying with the provisions of this chapter.
Any person or firm or emergency alert organization failing to comply shall be charged the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each call requesting response by the City plus the fee set forth in Section 702.12 and such other penalties as may be provided pursuant to Section 702.99.
(Ord. 1989-53. Passed 3-7-89.)
(Ord. 1989-53. Passed 3-7-89.)