"Alarm agent"
is any person who is self employed or employed directly or
indirectly by an alarm business operator whose duties include, but
are not necessarily limited to: selling, maintaining, installing,
monitoring, demonstrating or causing others to respond to an alarm
in or on any building, place or premises. This definition shall not
apply to local safety officers as defined in
Government Code Section
20019.4.
"Alarm business"
is any business which installs, maintains, alters, or services
alarm systems or which responds to such alarm systems. "Alarm business,"
however, shall not include a business which merely sells alarm systems
from a fixed location or manufactures alarm systems, unless such business
services, installs, monitors or responds to alarm systems at the protected
premises.
"Alarm system"
is any device designed for the detection of an unauthorized
entry on the premises where the system is located or for alerting
others of the commission of an unlawful act, or both, and when activated
emits an audible or silent signal or message and to which City law
enforcement personnel are expected to respond. It shall include those
devices which emit a signal within the protected premises only and
supervised by the proprietor of the premises where located, and otherwise
known as a proprietary alarm. Auxiliary devices installed by a telephone
company to protect its systems which might be damaged or disrupted
by the use of an alarm system are not included in the definition.
"Alarm user"
shall mean any person who uses an alarm system within the
City.
"Audible alarm"
shall mean an alarm system designed to emit an audible sound
outside of the protected premises to alert persons of an unauthorized
entry on the premises or of the commission of an unlawful act.
"Direct dial device"
shall mean a device which is connected to a telephone line
and upon activation of the alarm system automatically dials a predetermined
telephone number and transmits a message or signal indicating a need
for emergency response by the City.
"Nuisance alarm"
shall mean the activation of an alarm system due to other
than an unauthorized intrusion on the premises or the commission or
attempted commission of an unlawful act, which the alarm system is
designed to detect. Except that: an activation of an alarm system
caused by any malfunction of telephone line circuits or violent natural
catastrophic conditions does not constitute a nuisance alarm.
The City Manager or designee is the issuing authority for the
Operations Permit: Alarm System User.
(Ord. 2020-15)
To the extent authorized by state law, the information furnished
and secured pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential in character
and shall not be subject to public inspection and shall be kept so
that the contents thereof shall not be known except to persons charged
with the administration of this chapter.