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Home alarm permits and false alarms in Buena Park

Buena Park's own rules on home alarm permits and false alarms, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Buena Park Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Buena Park's code says

Buena Park code What Buena Park's code adds
Alarm permit
  • A permit application is required, with a fee set by city council resolution.
    Applies: A telephonic alarm system that automatically sends a signal to a city police or fire department telephone line.
    § 5.08.230 · code text
    Applications for permits to install, maintain or operate a telephonic alarm system which is intended to automatically transmit a signal, message or warning to any city police department or fire department telephone line shall be filed with the chief of the concerned department on forms supplied by the city, together with an application fee as established by resolution of the city council.
  • The fee is $25, in addition to the permit fee set by city council resolution.
    Applies: A new permit after a previous permit was revoked.
    § 5.08.350 · code text
    The fee to issue a permit for any alarm system where the permit has previously been revoked shall be twenty-five dollars in addition to the permit fee set by resolution of the city council to help defray the administrative and investigative costs associated with examining the premises and the proof of the repair and other corrective action submitted with said application.
When a permit can be revoked
  • An alarm system with 7 or more false alarms within any consecutive 365-day period is subject to permit revocation.
    § 5.08.350 · code text
    Any alarm system which experiences seven or more false alarms within any consecutive three-hundred sixty-five-day period shall be subject to permit revocation as provided herein.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a permit for a home alarm in Buena Park?

Buena Park's code: A permit application is required, with a fee set by city council resolution. (A telephonic alarm system that automatically sends a signal to a city police or fire department telephone line.) (§ 5.08.230); The fee is $25, in addition to the permit fee set by city council resolution. (A new permit after a previous permit was revoked.) (§ 5.08.350).

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