Camarillo Municipal Code Art. IV Additional Requirements

Every alarm business that monitors alarm systems must:

A. Make every effort to verify the legitimacy of every alarm, except a 211 alarm or a takeover alarm, before making an alarm dispatch request;

B. Report alarm dispatch requests by using telephone numbers designated by the administrator;

C. Communicate verified cancellations of alarm dispatch requests in a form and to telephone numbers designated by the administrator;

D. Maintain for at least one year, records relating to all dispatches, including the name, address and telephone number of permittees; the time of request for dispatch; information concerning the alarm business' attempt to contact the alarm site by telephone or other electronic means before requesting the dispatch;

E. Make such records available to the administrator on request; and

F. Disconnect an alarm system located in a business, when directed to do so by the administrator.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 3(Exh. A), 2-26-2014)

Alarm agents must, on request, display the registration issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs to any public safety officer or the alarm administrator.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 3(Exh. A), 2-26-2014)

Every audible alarm must have a timer that automatically deactivates the alarm within thirty minutes after it begins sounding, and will not sound again until the system is reset.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 3(Exh. A), 2-26-2014)

Alarm systems must be equipped with a relay or an uninterruptible power supply so that a power interruption or restored power following an interruption of normal utility electricity will not activate the alarm system. An emergency power supply must be capable of at least four hours of operation.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 3(Exh. A), 2-26-2014)