(a) Upon proper application by any financial institution to connect installed equipment to the Willoughby Hills Police Station to receive emergency alarms, the Chief of Police or his authorized representative may issue a permit for such connection.
(b) Connection to the police or fire alarm panel shall be contingent upon the applicant having obtained permission from the company which maintains the alarm panel in the station to make such connection, provided that such company shall not deny permission if the equipment is compatible, and proper charges are paid to such company.
(c) No unit shall be installed or connected after the effective date of this chapter unless it is approved by the Fire Chief if designed to detect smoke or fire or by the Police Chief if designed to detect unauthorized intrusion, or both if designed to detect both smoke, fire, heat, or unauthorized intrusion. The Building Inspector or his representative shall inspect and approve the electrical installation and equipment of the applicant, or, upon failure to approve, shall state the reasons therefor, which the person making the installation shall forthwith correct.
(d) The City shall, within its capabilities, endeavor to accommodate every reasonable application for connection to the police or fire alarm panels.
(e) Each alarm connected to the police or fire alarm console shall be charged a one time permit fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) payable to the City, to cover the cost of installation and in addition thereto a maintenance fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) per year payable annually, in advance, to the City. All such payments shall become due January 1 of each year. All alarms connected to the City console after February 1 of each year shall be paid in advance for the ensuing year at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per month beginning the first day of the month of such application. Failure of the user to pay the annual maintenance charge by February 1 shall result in a late charge of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) per month per connection. Failure of the user to pay the annual maintenance fee with computed late charge by May 1 may result in the disconnection of the alarm or alarms from the Police Department panel. There shall be no additional fee for a permit for installation of any alarm connected to the police or fire alarm panel as of the date of passage of this chapter.
(f) Any alarm currently connected to the Police Department panel shall not be removed as a result of the passage of this chapter.
(Ord. 1998-70. Passed 12-10-98.)