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Home My WebLink About1982-06 - Security Alarm Ordinance BILL N0. 8~_ AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "SECURITY ALARM AGENTS, ALARM BUSINESSES, ALL AS DEFINED HEREIN; DEFINING FOR VIOLATIONS. 82-6 ORDINANCE N0. ALARM ORDINANCE", REGULATING ALARM SYSTEMS, AND ALARM USERS, OFFENSES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short Tieleecurity Alarma0rdinance'~be known • as and may be cite as Section 2. Purpose• The purpose of this ordinance is to provide minimum s-tan ards for security alarm systems, and to regulate alarm businesses, alarm agents, and alarm users as defined herein. Section 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following words, p rases, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with thwordstused words used in the present tense include the future, in the plurularunumbernincludehthelplural number.anTheowordused in the sing "shall" is always mandatory. (a) Act of God means an extraordinary event by a natural causes theoTSCarec~annotoreasonablyhforeseerornce, prescience, prevent. Alarm Agent means any person who alters, installs, (b) monitors, replaces, or services moves, ma~ntains, or who responds to a a securit alarm system~The selling of security security alarm system. of the alarm systems in conjunction with any foregoing activities shall be included in this definition. This definition ina7~ders~wandsany managers, corporate officers, p employee of all alarm businesses if they are engaged in the above listed activities or if they have access to confidential informatioui ment. of any alarm user or to alarm monitoring eq P (c) Alarm Business means any business which alters, insta s, eases, maintains, repairs, replaces, or services security alarm systems, or responds or causes others to respond to a security alarm signal, or causes any of the foregoing activities to take place. A business which sells security alarm systems is included in this definition when the sales are made in conjunction with the fore- going activities or when selling security alarm systems is the principal business of the seller. (d) Alarm Signal means a detectable signal to which t e po ice are expected to respond on an emergency basis, generated by a security alarm system indic- ating the commission or attempt to commit a burglary or robbery. (e) Alarm S stem or Security Alarm System means any single device, or any assem ly of equipment and/ or devices designed to produce an alarm signal to which police are expected to respond in the course of their law enforcement duties. In this ordinance, "Alarm System" or "Security Alarm System" shall include the terms "Audible Alarms", "Automatic Holdup Alarm System", "Burglar Alarm System", and "Holdup Alarm System" as those terms are defined herein. Audible alarms affixed to automobiles or other motor vehicles are not included within this definition. (f) Alarm User means any person who uses an alarm system to protect persons or property on premises of which the person is lawfully in possession. (g) And/Or means that the two words, phrases or pro- positions between which it is inserted as a connector are to be taken conjunctively or disjunctively as three alternatives. For example, "Condition A and/or Condition B" means both Condition A and Condition B taken together, or Condition A taken alone, or Condition B taken alone. (h) Audible Alarms are alarm systems that emit an audible in w is t e signal transmission is initiated by the commission of a robbery. (i) Automatic Holdu Alarm S stem means an alarm system -- in w is t e signal transmission is initiated by the commission of a robbery. (j) Burglar Alarm System means an alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the premises protected by the system. (k) False Alarm means the activation of an alarm system, not by an Act of God, to which police respond and no burglary or robbery has been committed or attempted. (1) Holdup Alarm System means an alarm system signaling a ro ery or attempted robbery. (m) Person means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. Section 4. Audible Alarm Requirements. (a) Audible alarms shall not emit a sound similar to that of an emergency vehicle siren or a civil defense warning system. (b) Audible alarms must automatically discontinue emitting an audible sound within fifteen (15) minutes. Section 5. Alarm Business Requirements. (a) All alarm businesses shall obtain an occupational license before doing business within the City limits of this City. (b) All alarm businesses applying for an occupational license shall submit a list of all persons and employees authorized to perform any alarm agent functions. Section 6. Offenses. It shall be unlawful: (a) To engage in an alarm business without first obtaining all necessary licenses, registrations and permits required by any City ordinance. (b) To sell, install, connect, maintain, or use any alarm system which is capable of reporting an alarm signal by means of a device or combination of devices which delivers a recorded message to the Riverside Department of Public Safety without notifying the Director of Public Safety in writing of the date of such installation within three (3) working days thereafter. (c) To report or cause any false alarm to be reported. (d) To make any false or misleading statement or any fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with any application, registration, license or permit required under this ordinance or in connection with the sale, installation, maintenance, inspection, or use of any security alarm system. (e) To use an audible alarm system which does not comply with the requirements of Section 4 of this ordinance. (f) For any alarm user to fail to respond to any alarm originating from the alarm user's premises by personally appearing on the premises within thirty (30) minutes after the user has been notified of the alarm by the Department of Public Safety. (g) Each day during which an offense continues shall be considered a separate offense. Section 7. Penalties. (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, every violation of Section 6 of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Violations of Section 6 (c) shall be punished as follows: (1) The first Six (6) offenses within a single calendar year shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00). (2) The seventh (7) and all subsequent offenses within a single calendar year shall require a court appearance and shdl:l be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. (c) Violations of Section 6 (e) shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred ($500.00). (d) Violations of Section 6 (f) shall require a court appearance. (e) If any violation of Section 6 is found by the Court to be willful or intentional, the maximum penalty shall be imposed. Section 8. Grace Period. Each alarm system shall be accorded one grace period of ninety 90 days, during which false alarms shall not constitute an offense of Section 6 (c). In the case of existing alarms systems the grace period shall begin on the effective date of this ordinance; for systems installed after the effective date of this ordinance the grace period shall begin on the date of installation. Section 9. Severability. If any section or sections of this ordinance are held to be invalid for any reason, the validity of the remaining sections shall be unaffected. PASSED THIS 2nd DAY OF Feb 1982. Ma or ATTEST: I.LLfi4.~i/, , CITY CL R< APPROVED THIS 2nd DAY OF Feb --, 1982. - j __._ Mayo