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Home alarm permits and false alarms in Westminster

Westminster'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 Westminster Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Westminster's code says

Westminster code What Westminster's code adds
False alarm fees
  • Fines are set by city council resolution.
    Applies: False alarms by an unpermitted alarm user.
    § 5.51.030 · code text
    An unpermitted alarm user whose alarm system emits false alarms shall be subject to fines under this section as well as under Section 5.51.040.
  • Double the fines set by city council resolution.
    Applies: False alarms during the 365 days after reinstatement, if the permit is reinstated within 1 year of revocation or suspension.
    § 5.50.120 · code text
    If the permit is reinstated within one year of being revoked or suspended, any fines incurred for false alarms occurring during the three hundred sixty-five days following the date of the alarm permit reinstatement shall be double the fines set by city council resolution for false alarms.
  • Fines are set by city council resolution.
    Applies: Later false alarms after no false alarm calls for 1 year following reinstatement.
    § 5.50.120 · code text
    If the alarm user does not generate any false alarm calls for one year following the reinstatement of the permit, the fines for any subsequent false alarms shall revert to those set by resolution of the city council.
Alarm permit
  • A permit is required. The fee is in the schedule of fees and fines adopted by city council resolution.
    § 5.50.040 · code text
    No alarm user shall operate, or cause to be operated, an alarm system at its site without a valid alarm permit issued by the alarm coordinator.
When a permit can be revoked
  • 7 or more false alarms within 365 days can lead to revocation of the alarm permit.
    § 5.50.080 · code text
    Any alarm site that has had seven or more false alarms within a three hundred sixty-five day period shall subject the alarm user to revocation of the alarm permit.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a permit for a home alarm in Westminster?

Westminster's code: Fines are set by city council resolution. (False alarms by an unpermitted alarm user.) (§ 5.51.030); Double the fines set by city council resolution. (False alarms during the 365 days after reinstatement, if the permit is reinstated within 1 year of revocation or suspension.) (§ 5.50.120).

General information, not legal advice.

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