HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 1336 1991-06-24
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ORDINANCE NO. /~
AN ORDINANCE OF TH~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 2A OF THE SEAL
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ALARM SYSTEMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 2A of the Seal Beach Municipal Code
is hereby amended to regulate fire alarm systems to read as
follows:
"Section 2A-1. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly
stated or the context indicates a different meaning is intended,
the following words and tebns shall for the purposes of this
Chapter have the meanings in~icated in this section.
Alarm Aaent. Shall be any person who is employed by an
alarm business either directly or indirectly, whose duties include,
any of the following:
~elling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing,
altering, replacing, monitoring, moving, or installing on
or in any building, structure, or facility, any alarm
system; responding to alarms, investigating causes of
alarms, notifying the Police or Fire Department of alarms
or providing any similarly related service. Provided,
however, this definition shall not include any person who
engages in the manufacture or sale of an alarm system
from a fixed location and who neither visits the location
where the alarm system is to be installed, nor designs
the scr.eme for physical location and installation of the
alarm system in a specific location.
Alarm Business.
Shall mean the business by any
individual, partnership, corporation or other entity of: selling,
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leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing,
monitoring, moving or installing any alarm system; or causing to be
sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced,
monitored, moved or installed any alarm system in or on any
building, structure, or facility; or providing a personal service
of responding to the location of the alarm, investigating the cause
of the alarm, notifying the Police or Fire Department of the alarm II
and providing any similarly related service.
Alarm Svstem. Shall mean either a burglar alarm system
or a fire alarm system or both. Alarm systems include, but are not
limited to, indirect dial telephone devices, audible alarms and
direct alarms. Devices which are not designed or used to register
alarms that are audible, visible or perceptible outside of the
protected building, structure or facility, are not included within
this definition, nor are auxiliary devices installed by the
telephone company to protect telephone company systems, which might
be damaged or disrupted by the use of an alarm system.
Alarm User. Shall mean any person on whose premises an
alarm system is maintained within this city except for alarm
systems on motor vehicles or proprietary systems. If, however, a
burglar alarm system on a motor vehicle is connected with an alarm
system at a premises, other than a proprietary system, the person
using such alarm is an alarm user. Also excluded from t~is
definition and from the coverage of this Chapter are persons who
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use alarm systems to alert or signal persons within the premises in
which the alarm system is located. If such a system, however,
employs an audible signal emitting sounds or a flashing light or
beacon designed to signal persons outside the premises, such system
shall be within the definition of alarm system and shall be subject
to this chapter.
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Answerina Service. Shall mean a telephone answering
service providing among its s~rvices the service of receiving on a
continuous basis through trained employees, emergency signals from
alarm systems, and thereafter immediately relaying the message by
live voice to the Communications Center of the Police Department.
Audible Alarm. Shall mean a device designed for the
detection of unauthorized entry on premises and which generates an
audible sound on the premises when it is actuated.
Automatic Communication Device. Shall mean any
electrical, electronic, mechanical or other device capable of being
programmed to send a prerecorded message, when activated, over a
telephone line, radio or other communication system, to the Police
or Fire Department.
Buralar Alarm.
Shall mean an alarm system, signaling
entry, attempted entry or intrusion on or into any building,
structure, place or premises.
Buralar Alarm Svstem. Shall mean any mechanical or
electrical device, which is designed, or used for the detection of
an unauthnrized entry into a building, structure or facility or for
alerting others of the possible commission of an u~lawful act
within a building, structure or facility, or both; and which emits
a sound or transmits a signal or message when actuated.
Central station. Shall mean any centralized location
directly controlled by an alarm business, in which the operations
of electrical protection circuits and devices are transmitted to,
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Direct Alarm. Shall mean any alarm system connecting an
authorized source to the police or Fire Department by a leased
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telephone line or any other direct line that has no intermediate
station and terminates at an independent monitor module at the
Police or Fire Department.
False Alarm. Shall mean the activation of any direct or
indirect alarm system because of malfunction, mechanical or
electrical defect, improper operation or procedure by any person,
and no violation of law occurred requiring an emergency response by
the Police Department in the case of a burglar alarm system, or no
emergency situation existed requiring an emergency response by the
Fire Department in the case of a fire alarm system. False alarm
shall not include, for example, alarms caused by earthquakes,
violent winds or external causes beyond the control of the owner or
lessee of the alarm system.
Fire Alarm. Shall mean giving, signaling or transmitting
to the Fire Department, a Fire Department station or company, or a
Fire Department officer or employee, a communication that a fire or
other emergency exists and which requires the response of the Fire
Department.
Fire Alarm svstem. Shall mean any mechanical or
electrical device which emits a sound or transmits an alarm,
message or signal warning of a threat to life or property from
heat, smoke, fire or hazardous materials, or a medical emergency.
Fire Department. Shall mean the orange county Fire
Department and the Emergency Response Agency.
Indirect Alarm. Shall mean any mechanical, electrically
operated or electronically constructed device, which when
activated, is designed to transmit any signal, audible or
otherwise, whose purpose is to summon the Police or Fire Department
or an alarm business to any location in response to such signal or
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other transmission generated.or produced by such device and shall
mean and include any answerin9 service, commercial telephone line,
automatic communi<.:ation device, or any communication or signal
other than a direct alarm.
Intrusion. Shall mean any unauthorized entry on or into
any building, structure, place or premises.
Person. Shall mean any individual, occupant, business,
owner, partnership, corporation or other entity.
primary Trunk Line.
Shall mean the telephone line
installed for the City of Seal Beach, including its Police and Fire
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Departments, to which is assigned a telephone number that is
published in the directory' of the public utility making the
installation, and which is designated for general public use. The
term "telephone number" includes any additional numbers assigned by
the public utility company engaged in the business of providing
communication service and facilities to be used by means of a
rotary or other system to connect with a primary trunk line
assigned to the City of Seal Beach, its Police or Fire Department,
when such primary trunk line is in use.
Private Line. Shall mean the telephone line leased for
the express purpose of transmitting alarm signals from the
subscriber's location to a central station, answering service, or
the Police Department, or where the Fire Department has issued a
permit for such a line, to the Fire Department.
proorietarv System. Shall mean an alarm system sounding
or recording alarm and supervisory signals at a control center
located within the protected premises and which is under the
supervision of the proprietor of the protected premises.
If a
proprietary sys~'.-:: incJ.udes a signal line connected to a police
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communications center, a fire station, a central station, modified
central station or answering service it meets the definition of an
"alarm system" for the purposes of this chapter.
Siqnal Line. Shall mean the transmission line through
which the signal passes from one point of the signal to another.
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Silent Alarm. Shall mean that type of alarm system
which, when activated, sounds a bell, buzzer, or other audible
sound, or turns on a light or otherwise records alarm activation at
a pre-designated place other than the location where the alarm has
been installed.
Subscriber. Shall mean a person who buys, leases, or
otherwise obtains an alarm signaling system and thereafter
contracts with or hires an alarm business to monitor or service the
alarm device.
TeleDhone ComDanv. Shall mean the utility that furnishes I
telephone services to the city.
Terminal Monitor Module. Shall mean a device installed
at the police or fire facility to which direct alarms are connected
by means of a telephone lease line and which is maintained by the
City of Seal Beach or its +icensee.
Section 2A-2. PurDose. The declared purpose of this
chapter is to: provide definitions and adopt uniform regulations
for maintaining, testing, and operating 'emergency reporting
equipment; provide restrictions on emergency reporting terminated
locally, keyed to certain intermediaries, or keyed directly to the
police or Fire Department; require current lists of installations
from alarm equipment suppliers; provide operational limits and
requirements; require operational defects to be remedied; authorize
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City officials to inspect installations; and provide for
enforcement and administration of all regulations and requirements
of this Code.
section 2A-3. Reaistration Of Alarm Businesses And Alarm
QDerators. No alarm business or alarm agent shall engage in the
alarm business in the city o~ Seal Beach unless it is licensed to
do so by the State of California and unless it has registered with
the Police Department, in the case of a burglar alarm system, or
the Fire Department, in the case of a fire alarm system, and in the
case of an individual, filed a copy of his or her state
identification card.
section 2A-4. Alarm System - Direct Alarms/Permit
Reauired. No alarm user shall install any direct line alarm
equipment in the police facility without first having obtained a
permit to do so as provided in this chapter. No alarm user shall
connect a direct alarm system to the Fire Departme~t without first
obtaining permission from the Fire Department.
Section 2A-5. Buralar Alarm System Direct
Alarm/ADDlication And Fee. Any person desiring to obtain an alarm
permit for a direct alarm system shall file a written application
therefor on a form supplied by the Police Department, with the
Police Department or its designated agent, which may include a
licensee of the City of Seal Beach.
The application shall include the following:
1. The applicant's name, address and telephone number;
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The address and telephone number of the premises
which the alarm system is to serve;
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Evidence showing that all necessary arrangements
with the telephone company have been made;'
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A complete set of written specifications adequately
describing the equipment and placement of such
alarm systems;
5. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of at
least two (2) persons to be contacted in the event
of an emergency;
6. The names, address and telephone numbers of at
least two (2) persons authorized to respond and
open the premises at which the alarm system is
located. The applicant's alarm business may be
included as one of these persons.
The permit applicant shall pay an annual fee to the City
of Seal Beach or to the City's licensee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00). The permit shall be effective from July 1 through June
30 of each calendar year.
No person shall lease, maintain, install or use any fire
alarm system which automatically direct dials the Fire Department
unless that person applies for and obtains a permit pursuant to the
rules and regulations adopted by the Fire Department.
section 2A-6. Buralar Alarm Svstem - Direct Alarm/Terms
And Conditions. The following terms and conditions shall be agreed
to by any person desiring to install a burglar alarm system in any
premises and desiring to make a direct connection between the
police facility and the private system and these terms and
conditions shall be incorporated into the application and permit:
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All material and labor necessary to make the
installation at the permittee's premises shall be
furnished by the permittee at the permittee's sole
expense. All materials and labor necessary to make
the connection between the private system and the
terminal monitor module at the police facility
shall be furnished by the permittee or the City's
licensee.
2. After instal~ation, no change, modification or
alteration of the equipment shall be made unless
and until the permittee furnishes additional
written specifications showing such changes.
3.
If malfunctions should develop in a direct alarm
system connected to the police facility terminal
that could jeopardize the proper operation of any
other terminal facility or communication system in
the police facility, or, if excessive or chronic
false alarms ;are transmitted by any such system
which terminates in the police facility, service
shall be disconnected and shall not be reactivated
until the mal'function or the cause of the false
alarm is corrected by the permittee at the
permittee's expense. The City of Seal Beach, its
elected and appointed officers and its employees
shall be held harmless from any loss or damage
resul tinq from the malfunction of such alarms or
for failure to respond to the alarms for whatever
reason.
Til" per:n.!..ttee shall keep current all information
contained in the permittee's application and shall
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advise the Police Department of any changes to
information contained in the application.
5. The permittee shall assure the responsiveness of
persons listed as "authorized to respond" in the
application.
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6. The permittee shall keep alarm equipment in good
order at all times. Such equipment, installations
and repairs shall comply with rules and regulations
promulgated by the Police Department regulating the
times and conditions under with such installations
and repairs may be made.
The police Department may issue to the applicant a permit
to operate a direct alarm system that complies with the terms and
conditions set forth herein. A permit may be denied if the make or
model of the device listed in the application has, in the
experience of the Police Department, proved to be deficient by
reason of malfunction, false alarm, or failure to activate on a
significant number of occasions, or if the application does not
comply with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
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Section 2A-7.
Alarm System - Indirect Alarm/Permit
Reauired. No person shall install or maintain any indirect alarm
system on his or her premises without first having obtained a
permit to do so as provided in this chapter.
section 2A-8. Alarm Svstem - Indirect Alarm/ ADDlication
And Fee. Any person desiring to obtain an indirect alarm permit
for a burglar alarm system shall file a written application
therefor, on a form supplied by the police Department, with the
police Department or its designated agent.
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Any person desiring to obtain an indirect alarm permit for a fire
alarm system shall file a written application therefor, on a form
supplied by the Fire Department, with the Fire Department or its
designated agent.
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The application shall include the fOllowing information:
1. The applicant's name, address and telephone number;
2. The address a,nd telephone number of the premises
which the alarm system is to serve;
3 . The make, manufacturer and model number of the
device;
4. The place of, purchase, and the person, firm or
corporation who will service it;
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5. The exact location of the device(s);
6. The name, address and telephone number of a person
to be notified in the event of an emergency;
7. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of two
(2) persons authorized to respond and open the
premises at which the alarm system is located. The
applicant's alarm business may be included as one
of these persons.
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($25.00). The permit sha 11 be effective from July 1 through
June 30 of each calendar year.
The permit applicant shall pay an annual fee to the City
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Section 2A-9. Alarm Svstem - Indirect Alarm/Terms And
Conditions. No indirect alarm permit for an alarm system shall be
granted except on the following conditions:
1.
The permittee shall furnish complete information
and specifications, when required, relating to the
system to be provided. The information shall
include specific data relating to the prevention of
false alarms and testing procedures;
2. The permittee shall keep current all information
contained in his or her application;
3. The permittee shall assure the responsiveness of
persons listed as "authorized to respond" in the
application;
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The licensee shall maintain equipment in good
conditions and repair;
5. The licensee shall prevent excessive or chronic
false alarms caused by faulty equipment,
installation or human error;
6. The city of Seal Beach, its employees and elected
and appointed officers, shall be held harmless from
any malfunction of such alarms.
The police Department, in the case of a burglar alarm
system, or the Fire Department, in the case of a fire alarm system,
may issue to the applicant a permit to operate an indirect alarm
system; however, the police or Fire Department may deny a permit if
the make or model of the device listed in the application has, in
its experience, proved to be deficient by reason of malfunction,
false alarm, or failure to activate on a significant number of
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occasions, or if the applicati~n does not comply with the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
section 2A-10. Alarm System - Central station Permit.
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Central stations and businesses receiving signals from a fire alarm
system and transmitting that 'information to the Fire Department
shall be required to have a permit from the Fire Department.
Central stations and businesses receiving signals from a burglar
alarm system and transmitting that information to the police
Department shall be required to have a permit from the Police
Department.
The permit shall have a one-year term and may be
renewed annually upon submittal of a proper application by the
applicant.
Section 2A-l1. Alarm System - Automatic communication
Deyice/Intermediarv services.
Any person owning or leasing an
automatic communication device may have the device inter-connected
to a telephone line transmitting directly to a central station, the
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alarm user I s residence or secondary place of business, or a
licensed answering service.,
The relaying of messages of
intermediate services to the police or Fire Department shall be
over a public telephone, except that the central stations may relay
messages over a direct line.
Automatic communication devices shall not be programmed
to the 911 emergency line.
Section 2A-12. Alarm Svstem - Automatic Communication
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Device/standards. Automatic communication devices installed on any
premises within the City of Seal Beach shall meet the following
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1. The content,; of the recorded message to be
transmitted by the device must be intelligible and
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in a format approved by the Police Department or
Fire Department as appropriate for the type of
emergency being reported;
2.
The sensory apparatus and hardware comprising the
device shall be maintained by the owner or lessee
in a physical condition which will minimize false
alarms.
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Section 2A-13. Alarm System Audible Alarm
Reauirements. Every person maintaining an audible alarm shall post
a notice containing the names and telephone numbers of the persons
to be notified to render repairs and service and secure the
premises during any hour of the day or night during which the alarm
system is, or may be actuated. Notice shall be posted near the
alarm in such a position as to be legible from the ground level
adjacent to the building, structure, or other facility or premises
where the alarm system is located.
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The user of a fire alarm system which is not connected to
an alarm business or central station shall designate a person to be
available to respond to the protected property within one (1) hour
after being requested by the Fire Department.
All audible fire alarm systems shall limit the audible
sound generated upon activation to a maximum of fifteen (15)
minutes when the system is protecting residential premises, and
thirty (30) minutes when the system is protecting any other
premises. This limit shall be incorporated into the equipment at
the protected premises. Audible systems may include an automatic
resetting device causing the fire alarm system to rearm upon
automatic shutoff.
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section 2A-14. Alarm System - Standards. The following
standards shall apply to alarm systems:
1.
Within six (6) months after the effective date of
this chapter, all alarm systems shall utilize
equipment and methods of installation approved by
Underwriters Laboratories or otherwise approved by
the police Department, in the case of burglar alarm
systems, or the Fire Department, in the case of
fire alarm systems.
2.
In those instances where Underwriters Laboratories
has not established standards for categories of
eq>l1pment or, where new equipment is undergoing
field testing; the Police Department, in the case
of a burglar alarm system, or the Fire Department,
in the case of a fire alarm system, may require
that the alarm system be inspected, at the expense
of the alarm -business or alarm user, by a
professional ~lectrical engineer who shall certify
whether the alarm system appear to be safe and
reliable.
3. The central control unit of the alarm system shall
be protected by a key lOCking device and intrusion
sensing mechanisms.
4. Reasonable precautions shall be taken to reduce
power noises and surges in the alarm power supply,
which may cause false alarm activation.
5. Early warning devices should be installed in those
systems where the alarm user's procedures or
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environment warrant such protection
indiscriminate alarm activations.
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The alarm system shall be completely separate from
all other alarm systems reporting any hazard not
authorized by this chapter.
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All fire alarm systems shall at a minimum meet the
standards established by the Fire Department,
including National Fire Protection Association
Codes 72A and 72C, and any other regulations which
may be adopted by the Orange County Board of
supervisors. All fire alarm systems, equipment,
installations and repairs, and all fire and other
emergency tests or drills shall comply with rules
and regulations promulgated by the Fire Department
with respect to the times and conditions under
which such installations, repairs, tests or drills
may be made.
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Section 2A-15. Alarm System - InsDections. The Police
Chief or his designee shall have the authority, at reasonable times
and upon reasonable oral notice, to enter any premises in the city
of Seal Beach in or upon which a burglar alarm system or alarm
business subject to this chapter is located, to inspect the
installation or operation of the alarm systems or alarm businesses
on official police business. The Fire Department Director or his
designee shall have the same authority with respect to fire alarm
systems and alarm businesses.
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Section 2A-16. Alarm System - Alarm Business/Reauired
Information. Each alarm business shall provide the Police
Department, in the case of a burglar alarm system, or the Fire
Department, in the case of a fire alarm system, with the address of
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each building, structure, place or premises within the City of Seal
Beach for which t~e permittee sells or installs an alarm system.
This information shall include the name of the person at that
location, the type of alarm system, and other general information
which may be required by the Police or Fire Department to assist in
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Each alarm business providing or monitoring a fire alarm
system shall provide to the fire alarm system user accurate and
complete instructions as to the proper use and operation of the
system. Instructions shall place specific emphasis on avoiding
false alarms.
When a fire alarm system has been activated a
representative of the alarm business or central station shall be
present at the location of an alarm within one (1) hour after being
requested by the Fire Department.
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Section 2A-17. Alarm Svstem - Alarm Businessl
InsDection Records. Each alarm business shall maintain a complete
record of inspection and service on each separate subscriber I s
installed alarm system l~sting the nature of malfunctions found and
corrective measures taken. Each business shall display to the
Police or Fire Department, when requested, its record of inspection
and repair for any subscriber's alarm system.
section 2A-18. Alarm Svstem - Violations/ReDort. If an
inspection reveals any vio~ations of the provisions of this
chapter, a written report detailing such violations shall be
promptly sent to the owner, lessee, or other person responsible for
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require the correction withi~ thirty (30) days after receipt of the
notice of the violation discovered, and shall state that a failure
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to comply may result in the revocation of the alarm user's permit
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Section 2A-19. Alarm System - Disclosure Of Business
Information. No city official or employee shall knowingly or
willfully reveal any business information obtained during any I
inspection other than for official Police or Fire Department
business or for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Section 2A-20. Alarm System - Testina Of Eauipment. No
alarm system designed to transmit emergency messages directly to
the Police or Fire Department shall be tested or demonstrated
without first obtaining permission from the Police or Fire
Department. Permission is not required to test or demonstrate
alarm devices not transmitting emergency messages directly to the
police or Fire Department unless the messages are to be relayed to
the Police or Fire Department.
Section 2A-21. Alarm System - False Alarms/Prevention - II
PaYment Of Costs And Fees. It shall be unlawful for any person to
knowingly cause or create a false alarm. This section does not
apply to the testing of an alarm if done with the permission of and
in accordance with applicable Police or Fire Department rules and
regulations.
1.
When any emergency message is recei ved by the
Police or Fire Department that evidences a failure
to comply with the requirements of this chapter or
a permit issued hereunder, the Police or Fire
Department is authorized to demand that the owner
or lessee of the alarm system initiating the
messages, or the owner or lessee's representative,
disconnect the alarm system until it is made to
comply with the requirements herein. The Police or
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Fire Departmen~ may demand that the owner or lessee
sub.-ait a written report describing the actions
taken or to be taken in order to comply with the
above requirem~nts. This report shall be submitted
within fifteen (15) days of the date of demand by
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the department.
If, however, the alarm user, by reason of absence
from the city or on any other reasonable basis
requests an extension of time to file the report,
the Police or Fire Department may extend the
fifteen (15) day period for a reasonable period.
2. The owner or lessee of any burglar alarm system
shall be assessed a fee for any false alarms based
upon the following schedule:
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The first two (2) false alarms in a twelve
(loll) month period shall be considered
accidental and no penalty fees charged. The
owner or lessee of the alarm system shall be
notified:in writing by the Police Department
after the occurrence of the second false alarm
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that any further false alarms may result in
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penalty assessments.
B. The owner or lessee of the alarm system shall
be assessed the following penalty fees for any
false alarms above the initial two (2) false
alarms in a twelve (12) month period:
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Third (Jrd) false alarm - twenty-five
dollars ($25.00).
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2. Fourth (4th) false alarm - fifty dollars
($50.00).
3. Fifth (5th) false alarm - one hundred
dollars ($100.00).
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All additional false alarms - one hundred
and fifty dollars each ($150.00).
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Such fees shall be paid to the city Treasurer
or the Treasurer's designee for deposit in the
General Fund.
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After the Police Department has recorded five
(5) false alarms within any consecutive twelve
(12) month period from any alarm system, it
shall notify the alarm user in writing by
first class mail, of such fact and require
that the alarm user submit a report to the
Police Department within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice, describing
efforts to discover and eliminate the causes
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of the false alarms. If, however, the alarm
user by reason of absence from the City or on
any other reasonable basis req1,1ests an
extension of time to file the report, the
Police Department may extend the fifteen (15)
day period for a reasonable period. If the
alarm user fails to submit such a report
within' fifteen (15) days or within any such
extended period, or if the efforts taken to
discover and eliminate defects are deemed
insufficient, the Police Department may place
the alarm system on "no emergency response
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status" . Under such circumstances, the Police
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Department shall notify the alarm user and the
alarm business in writing by first class mail,
and the City Administrator of such action.
Commencing ten (10) days after such action,
the alarm system shall be disconnected, and if
not disconnected, the Police Department will
not respond to the activation of the alarm
system. This shall continue until corrective
measures ,have been taken and certified by the
Police
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authorized
representative.
3. The Board of Supervisors of the County of orange
shall, by Resolution, adopt a false alarm fee, and
other penalties and miscellaneous charges related
to fire alarm systems and fire alarm system
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businesses.
Any owner, operator, or occupant of
the premises ,wherein a false alarm was made, and
any Central station owner or operator initiating
the Fire Department I s response to such premises
shall be required to pay a false alarm fee. The
fees hereby imposed shall take effect July 1, 1991,
and may be periodically amended by the County of
Ordnge Board of supervisors. The County of orange
shall admi~ister, collect and take any enforcement
action neces~ary with respect to such fees, charges
and penalties.
Section 2A-22. TamDerina with or Damaaina Alarm Systems.
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inoperative or maliciously damage any alarm system maintained for
the purpose of sounding or transmitting alarms. This section does
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not apply to any person performing approved maintenance or repair
work on an alarm system.
Section 2A-23. Administrative Rules. The Police
Department, in the case of burglar alarm systems, and the Fire
Department, in the case of fire alarm systems, shall promulgate
rules and procedures as may be necessary to implement this chapter
and to determine grounds for clerical suspension, or revocation of
any license or permit required by this chapter.
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Section 2A-24. Alarm Svstem Penalties For Violation.
Any person who violates or willfully fails to comply with any
section in this chapter is guilty of an infraction except where
expressly provided, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Any person knowingly causing or creating a false alarm in
a fire alarm system shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The terms of this chapter shall apply to all alarm
systems irrespective of the date of their purchase. If within
sixty (60) days of the effective date of this ordinance a permit is
not obtained in accordance with the terms of this chapter, the
alarm system shall be deactivated.
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Section 2A-25. Alarm Svstem Exemptions. The foregoing
sections are not applicable to:
1. AUdible alarms affixed to motor vehicles;
2.
Fire and pOlice call boxes;
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3. A public telephone utility whose only function is
to furnish telephone service pursuant to tariffs on
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Public
utilities
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Commission;
4. Devices installed by a telephone company to protect
its own systems;
5.
Alarm systems which protect property of the City
and other public property;
6. Persons or firms engaged solely in the manufacture
or sale of alarm system components from a fixed
location and who do not install, maintain, service
or plan the alarm system for a specific location;
7. Alarm systems which do not alert law enforcement
agencies or other outside the protected facilities.
8.
':"~re alarm systems exempted by the Director or
other authnrized agent of the Fire Department if it
is C:etermined that the system does not create a
substantial danger of generating false alarms."
and ADOPTED this 07~~day
of
PASSED, APPROVED
, 1991.
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Ordinance Number ;I~~~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach,
California, do hereby certify that the for~3~~ng ordinance
is the original copy of Ord' nce Number J~~n file in
the office 9.~the City Cle~ , 'ntroduced at a meeting held
on the m - day of , 1991, and
passed, ved and adopt y the City counciI~~~e City
of Seal at a meeting ereof held on the - day
of , 1991 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmember
NOES:
Councilmembers
ABSENT:
Councilmembers
VACANCY:
Councilmembers
and do hereby further certify that Ordinance Number ~has
been published pursuant to the Seal Beach Charter and
Resolution Number 2836. ~
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange
This space for for the County Clerk's
Filing Stamp
I am a citizen of the United States
and a resident of the County afore-
said; I am over the age of eighteen
years, and not a party to or Inter-
ested in the abov&-.,.,titlec matter. '
I am the principal clerk of the pr:nter
of the SEAL BEACH JOURNAL. a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published weeklv in the
City of Seal Beach. County of Orange
and which newspaper nas been
adjudged a newspaper ()f general
circulation by the Superior Court of
the County of Orange, State of
California, under the date of 2/24/75.
Case Number A82583; that the notice
of which the annexed Is a printed
copy (set in type not smaller than
nonpareil), has been published in
each regular and entire Issue of said
newspaper and not In any supplement
thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
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PUBLIC NOTICE/Public Hearing
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN lIlal
the City Council 0I1he CIty 01 Seal
Beach wIU hold a public hearing on
Tuasday. May 28, 1991 al 7:00
p,m. in the CIly Councl Chamberl,
211.8lh She!. Seal Baach.lDeon...
sider enacllng feal for fire
preven1icn, IaJse aIann8, and mls.
cellaneous services piovIded by
the Orange County fire DePJII.
ment
.DATED THIS 61h day of May.
1991.
Joanne M. Yea. CIly Clerk
CIly 01 Seat'Beach
May 16, 1991.
Riishad h.. SIlllIIlBacII.IDlmII.
I certify (or declare) under penalty of
perjury that the foregoing Is true and
correct.
Dated at Seal Beach. California,
this .l1:L day of _ll/~(T-" 19J1.1_.
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PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY:
THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS
216 Main Street
P.O. Box 755
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(213)430-7555
Ordinance Number ~~
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange
This space for for the County Clerk's
Filing Stamp
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I am a citizen of the United States
and a resident of the County afore-
said; I am over the age of eighteen
years, and not a party to or inter-
ested in the above-entitled matter.
I am the principal clerk of the printer
of the SEAL BEACH JOURNAL, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published weeklv in the
City of Seal Beach, County of Orange
and which newspaper has been
adjudged a newspaper of general
circulation by the Superior Court of
the County of Orange, State of
California, under the date of 2/24/75.
Case Number A82583; that the notice
of which the annexed is a printed
copy (set in type not smaller than
nonpareil), has been published in
each regular and entire issue of said
newspaper and not in any supplement
thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
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PUBLIC NOTICE/Summary Ordinance
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ORDllANCE NUlIBER1338
ALARM SYSTEMS
Ordinance Number t 336 011l1e
City 01 Seal Beach, amending cer.
lain provisions and regulations
relating to fire and burglar alarm
systems as provided by Chapter
2A 01 the Code 01 the City 01 Seal
Beach, was Intrcduced at the regu- I
lar City Council meeting 01 June
10, 1991. First reading 01 Ordi.
nance Number t336 was approved
by lhe following vote:
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AYES: Forsy1he, Hastings,
Laszlo
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wilson
VACN/r:N: One
Motion carried
I certify (or declare) under penalty of
perjury that the foregoing Is true and
correct.
Dated at Seal Beach, California,
this ,YC day of -J.L;d , 19..iL
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Ordinance Number 1336 will
receive second reading and be
considered lor adoption at the reg.
ular City Council maelng 01 M0n-
day, June 24, 1991. Copies 01
Ordinance Number 1336 are ave..
able In the oIIIce oI1ha CIty CIar1c,
City Hall, 211 .8th Street, Seal
Beach; laIephona (213)431.2527.
DATED THIS 11th day 01 June,
1991.
.Joanne M. Yeo, CIty CIarlc
I City 01 Seal Beach
I J:m.20, 1991. I
I FWshadnIleSaal~hJoumal.
PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY:
THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS
216 Main Street
P.O. Box 755
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(213)430-7555
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Ordinance Number /~"6
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange
This space for for the County Clerk's
Filing Stamp
I am a citizen of the United States
and a resident of the County afore-
said; I am over the age of eighteen'
years, and not a party to or Inter-
ested In the above-entitled matter.
I am the principal clerk of the printer
of the SEAL BEACH JOURNAL. a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published weeklv in the
City of Seal Beach. County of Orange
and which newspaper has been
adjudged a newspaper of general
circulation by the Superior Court of
the County of Orange, State of
California, under the date of 2/24n5.
Case Number A82583; that the notice
of which the annexed Is a printed
copy (set in type not sm aller than
nonpareil), has beE'n oubllshed In
each regular and entir6 Issue of said
newspaper and not In any supplement
thereof on the forrOWlng?a es, to-wit:
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Proof of Publication of
PUBLIC NOTICE/Summary Ordinance
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Ordinance Number 1338 olllle
~ 01 Seal Beed1, IIlltIICIIng cer.
lain provtelons and regulations
relating III ftre and burglar aIann
ayslams II provided by Chapter
2A 0I1IIe Code 01 !he CIty 01 Seal
Bsach, received second reading
and was adopted by the City
Countl at a regular meeting !he,.
01 held on 1I1e 24111 day 01 June,
1991, by !he 1aI1ow1ng wta:
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AYES: Forsy1he, HastIngs,
Laszlo, WIson
NOES: None
V~r;y: One
Mo1Ion canted
Copies 01 Ordhu1ce Number 1338
are available In 1he olllce 01 !he
City Clerk, City Hall, 211.8th I
Stree~ Seal Beach; telephone 'I
(213)431-2527.
all In the year 1 I
I certify (or declare) under penalty of
perjury that the foregoing Is true and
correct.
DATED THIS 2511I day 01 June,
1991.
Joanne M. Yeo, ~ Clerk
City 01 Seal 8sech
July 4, 1991.
Nished nile Seal8sech JoumaJ.
PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY:
THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS
216 MaIn c;tre~t
P.O. Box 755
Sea' Beach, CA 90740
(213)430-7555