Pomona Municipal Code § 14-436 Fees; renewal

No person shall install or use an alarm system without first applying for and receiving an alarm permit, in accordance with this division.

(Code 1959, § 22-108; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

(a) Applications for all permits under this division shall be secured from the police department and shall be accompanied by the required fee. The fee is established to cover part of the cost of investigating and processing the applications and permits and is not refundable. The police department shall prescribe the form of the application and shall request such information as is necessary to evaluate and act upon the permit application. The application for alarm systems shall require the type of alarm system installed and, if applicable, the name, address, telephone number and state license number of the person or agent who will render service or repairs during any hour of the day or night.

(b) The police department shall provide, upon request, a copy of this article to all developers, all business license applicants and all businesses established for the purpose of installing, monitoring, servicing and marketing of burglary or robbery alarm systems within the city.

(Code 1959, § 22-113; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

(a) The alarm system permit shall be denied by the police chief if the alarm system does not comply with standards and regulations adopted pursuant to this article.

(b) The permit shall be issued to the person or subscriber using or possessing the alarm system at the installation premises.

(Code 1959, § 22-114; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

Under this division any appeal concerning the denial of a permit shall be filed with the chief of police within 15 days after the date the denial takes effect. The appeal procedure will follow guidelines set forth in this division.

(Code 1959, § 22-115; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

The issuing and approving authority under this division shall be the police chief.

(Code 1959, § 22-112; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

The fee for any alarm system permit shall be set by resolution of the city council and shall not require annual renewal.

(Code 1959, § 22-116; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

(a) An alarm system permit will be revoked by the police department for any of the following reasons:

(1) An alarm system has more than six false alarms that occur within any consecutive 365-day period.

(2) The failure to observe any of the regulations or other sections of this article.

(3) The applicant or permittee, his employee or agent has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a permit or in any report or record to be filed with any city agency.

(4) The applicant or permittee has had a similar type permit previously revoked for good cause within the past 12 months, unless the applicant can show a material change in original circumstances since the date of revocation.

(b) When an alarm permit is to be revoked, the police department shall give the permittee 15 days' notice of its intention to do so by written notice. Upon failure of the permittee to file an appeal to the chief of police as provided in this division, the permit shall be revoked at the expiration of such 15-day period. The alarm system shall be placed on nonemergency response status until a new permit has been issued. A new permit shall not be issued for any alarm system where a permit has been previously revoked until the expiration of six months from the date of revocation or only upon proof that repair or other corrective action has been made to the satisfaction of the chief of police.

(c) The fee to issue a permit for any alarm system where the permit has previously been revoked shall be set by resolution of the city council, in addition to the permit fee set forth in this division, to help defray the administrative and investigative costs associated with examining the premises and the proof of the repair or other corrective action submitted with the application.

(d) When an appeal is filed, the order of revocation shall remain in effect until such time as the appeal process is completed.

(e) If notice of revocation has been given, the permittee may appeal to the chief of police by filing a statement setting forth the facts and circumstances regarding the action of the revocation, provided that such appeal shall be filed prior to the expiration of the 15-day period following the service of the notification of revocation. The chief of police shall consider the appeal and may affirm, overrule or modify the decision of the revocation. The decision of the chief of police shall be final.

(Code 1959, §§ 22-121—22-123; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

No alarm permit issued under this division shall be assignable or transferable.

(Code 1959, § 22-126; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

(a) The permit issued pursuant to this division shall be maintained on the premises where the alarm system is located. Each permit shall be given a unique number.

(b) The police department shall charge the permit application as provided in this division. No permit shall be issued, reinstated or renewed for any person until all alarm system permit fees, service charges and excessive false alarm penalty fees due and owing are paid.

(Code 1959, § 22-110; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 4167, § 4, 9-10-2012)

(a) Under this division the premises shall display the street address at or near the front of the premises and at other places where access is available, such as from an alley or parking lot. The street address shall be clearly visible.

(b) The permittee or the permittee's designee shall respond to a premises following activation of an alarm constituting part of a commercial alarm system for which a permit at that location has been issued under this division. The response shall be made within a reasonable time and, in any event, within 30 minutes after being requested to do so by the police department.

(Code 1959, § 22-127; Ord. No. 3348, § 1 (part))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4167, § 5, adopted September 10, 2012, repealed § 14-441, which pertained to notice of change in information and derived from Code 1959, § 22-111; Ord. No. 3348, § 1(part).