Bell Municipal Code Art. III Direct Alarms

No person shall install, maintain or cause or permit to be installed or maintained, any direct alarm, or equipment in connection therewith, without first having obtained a permit to do so as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 1180 § 1, 2010)

A. Any person desiring to obtain a direct alarm permit shall file a written application with the alarm administrator stating the name, address and telephone number of the applicant, the location of the premises to be served by the alarm system and such further information as required by the rules and regulations which shall from time to time be promulgated by the alarm administrator. Such application shall give satisfactory evidence that all necessary arrangements have been made by the subscriber, at the subscriber's sole responsibility and expense, with a telephone company for the providing of a wire for the transmitting of the alarm signal impulses from the subscriber's premises to the police facilities.

B. Such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as provided by ordinance or resolution.

C. Notwithstanding any other fees required, all new applications for a direct alarm permit shall be accompanied by an installation fee as provided by ordinance or resolution.

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A. Every direct alarm permit issued shall expire on the thirty-first day of December and shall be renewed each year by paying, within 30 days thereafter, the appropriate fee as provided by ordinance or resolution.

B. Any direct alarm permit which is not promptly renewed as required by this chapter, shall be deemed to be null and void and of no legal effect. Thereafter a new application shall be required pursuant to this chapter.

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No permit authorized by this chapter shall be granted except upon the following terms and conditions which shall be deemed accepted by the applicant or permittee upon issuance of the permit:

A. All materials and labor necessary to make the connection between the private system and the terminal point in the city police shall be furnished by the applicant at the applicant's sole expense.

B. The applicant shall furnish to the alarm administrator, upon demand, a wiring diagram adequately describing, with particularity, the equipment to be installed and placement of such alarm system. After installation, which shall be in accordance with such wiring diagram, no change, modification or alteration of the equipment shall be made or permitted unless, and until, the applicant or permittee furnishes an amended or modified wiring diagram showing such changes and such changes are approved in writing by the alarm administrator.

C. The applicant, within 10 days after the installation of the alarm system, shall furnish in writing satisfactory evidence to the alarm administrator, that any person or persons authorized to activate the alarm has or have been adequately instructed in the proper procedure relating thereto and, further, that there shall be made, by the applicant or other persons authorized by the applicant, periodic on-site inspections to ensure the continued proper operation and maintenance of such alarm and related equipment and further, upon demand, shall submit evidence to the alarm administrator that such periodic on-site inspections were conducted.

D. No person shall adjust, repair, remove, inspect or otherwise tamper with any portion of such equipment unless such person is authorized to do so and presents, upon demand, reasonable proof of such authorization to any member or representative from the city police division. Any such adjustments, repairs and the like shall be made at the sole expense of the applicant or permittee and shall be his or her sole responsibility.

E. If the alarm administrator determines that any malfunctions which have developed in any direct alarm system will jeopardize the proper operation of any other terminal facilities or communications system in the police division, or that any such direct alarm system is or has been producing excessive or chronic false alarms, service shall be disconnected and shall not be reactivated until, and unless, the applicant or permittee furnishes sufficient proof to the alarm administrator that such malfunctions or cause for the false alarms have been corrected. Any such corrections shall be at the sole expense and are the sole responsibility of the applicant or permittee.

F. Applicant or permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the city from and for any liability, injuries, damages, costs or fees incurred or sustained by the applicant arising out of any malfunction of such direct alarm systems, and disconnection in consequence thereof, and for any failure to respond, or delay in responding, to the alarm for whatever reason.

G. All alarm equipment, installations and repairs shall comply with all applicable ordinances, standards and codes promulgated by the city pursuant to the provisions of Sections 14050 and 14051 of the Penal Code of the State of California, shall comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the alarm administrator regulating the terms and conditions under which such installations and repairs may be made, and shall be kept and maintained in good working condition at all times.

H. The applicant or permittee shall keep on file in the police division or to its designee the alarm administrator as applicable, the names, addresses and phone numbers of at least two persons to contact in the event of any emergency, and such information shall be kept current at all times.

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All alarm systems shall be connected only from a source authorized and approved, prior to such connection, by the alarm administrator.

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The alarm administrator may, with the approval of the city chief administrative officer, enter into an agreement to provide a terminal monitor module.

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