Applications for licenses and permits shall be made as follows:
A. All businesses, firms, corporations or other commercial entities which are in the business of owning, operating, maintaining, installing, leasing or selling an alarm device or devices or system of alarm devices who desire to conduct business in the City of Glen Cove shall apply to the licensing authority for a business license on a form to be supplied by the licensing authority. The applicant must be fully and properly bonded. The application shall contain specific provisions relating to the type, quality, reliability and performance of the device or system of devices owned or to be operated, maintained, installed, leased or sold by the business licensee, testing procedures involved and other information the licensing authority shall determine to be reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter. Such application for license shall also include a description of the alarm device or devices offered for sale or lease to the public, a description of any services related to alarm devices offered to the public, and, in the case of alarm companies with prior business in the city, a complete list of the names and addresses of all persons in the city to whom or for whom alarm devices have been sold and/or who are under contract to the alarm business for alarm services. Such business license shall be issued for a one-year period, on a calendar year basis or part thereof, and no license shall extend beyond December 31 of each year. Notwithstanding this provision, a licensed alarm business may conduct such business through January 31 of the year following the expiration of the alarm business license.
B. Any person who is to be an alarm agent in the City of Glen Cove shall be of good moral character. He or she shall apply for and receive a revocable alarm agent license and identification card. The application shall be made to the licensing authority. The application shall contain the qualifications of the applicant as an alarm agent and such other information as the licensing authority shall determine to be reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter. Such license shall be issued for a one-year period, on a calendar year basis or a part thereof, and no license shall extend beyond December 31 of each year. Notwithstanding this provision, a person having an alarm agent license may act as such alarm agent through January 31 of the year following the expiration of his or her license.
C. Application for alarm user permit.
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(1) Any property owner or lessee of property in the City of Glen Cove desirous of obtaining an alarm device shall apply to the licensing authority for an alarm user permit, on a form designated by the licensing authority. Such alarm user permit is nontransferable. Such permit shall be applied for each alarm device. Such permit shall be valid for a one-year period on a calendar year basis, expiring on December 31 of each year. Notwithstanding this provision, a holder of an alarm user permit may continue to operate his or her permitted alarm system until January 31 of the year following the expiration of his alarm user permit.
D. The following rules and regulations shall cover any type of protective alarm system, whether audible or silent. The rules and regulations pertain in any case where the Police Department or Fire Department must respond to an alarm whether the system terminates at the police headquarters or not. Every owner/lessee of an alarm system or device must furnish the Glen Cove Police Department and the Fire Department with a current list of information which states the following:
[Amended 7-23-1996]
(1) The type of alarm system.
(2) The name, residence address and telephone number of lessee/owner and the nearest cross street of the building which houses the alarm.
(3) The name, address and telephone number of any other person at a different location who is authorized to respond to an emergency and open the place where the alarm system is installed to reset the alarm.
(4) In the case of a business location, the owner/lessee shall provide the Police Department and Fire Department with at least three persons to contact in case of an emergency and who have access to the building.