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ORDINANCE NO 1578
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REIN NITS
AMENDING THE REDLAND S ORDINANCE CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS FACES ORDAIN AS FOL-
LOWS :
SECTION ONE: That the Redlands Ordinance Code be amended by
substituting rewritten Article 237, "Alarms:, " as follows :
BUSINESS PARTICULAR BUSINESSES AR'T'ICLE 237
Article 237
Alarms
23780. DEFINITIONS. 'or the purposes of this
Ordinance certain words and: phrases used herein are defined.
as follows: (1578)
1 ,ALARM SYSTEM shall mean any device designed for
the detection of fire or an unauthorized entry on premises or
for alerting others of the commission of anunlawfulact, or
a combination thereof, when actuated, emits sound or transmi=ts
a signal or message.
. 2 ALARM BUSINESS shall mean any person, firm or
corporation engaged in or causing the selling, leasing,
monitoring, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering,
replacing, moving or installing any alarm system; in or on
any building, place or premises.
.3 ALARM AGENT shall mean any person who is employed
by an alarm business, either directly or indirectly, whose
duties include any of the following: selling, maintaining,
leasing, monitoring, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing,
moving, or installing in or on any building, place or premises
any alarm system{
.4 AUDIBLE ALARM shallmeana device designed for
the detection of fire, or an unauthorized entry on premises and
which,: when actuated, generates an audible sound on the premises.
.5 PROPRIETOR ,;ALARM" shall mean an alarm system or
audible alarm which is not serviced by an alarm business,,,
.6 FALSE ALAR.' shall mean an alarm signal necessitating
response by the police or fire department when an emergency
situation does not exist.
.7SUBSCRIBER shall mean a person contracting with
an alarm business for the leasing, servicing, or maintaining
of an alarm system.
.8 PERSON shall mean any individual, partnership,
corporation or other entity.
.g' ALARM USER shall mean any person using an alar
system whether as a subscriber or proprietor. (1.578)
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BUSINESS PARTICULAR BUSINESSES Sec. 23701
23701. BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED. No person, firm
or corporation shall engage in .the business of installing,
maintaining, repairing, altering, replacing, moving, o
causing to be installed .in or on any building, place or
premises abutting on or adjacent to a public street-, alley
or way, any device commonly known as a burglar alarm, fire
alarm, holdup alarm, or similar protective device or system
without first having obtained from the city Treasurer a
license to dos so. (942 :0ne)
23701.1. ALARM AGENTS. Every person engaged in
the business of repairing, servicing, altering, replacing,
removing or installing a burglar alarm systems shall carry
on his person, at all times while s ,r engaged, a valid iden-
tification card and shall display said card to any police
officer on request, which identification card shall be in
the form prescribed by the Chief of Police and may be ob-
tained
b-t ined from hiss upon proof of payment of the required fee
to the City "treasurer. Upon revocation of the license<
under which said identification card is issued or termina-
tion
eina-tion, of employment of any person holding such card fres
the business described herein, the identification card
,shall be returned to the Chief of Police.. It shall be un-
lawful for any person to carry on his person:, use, display
or have in his possession any such identification card con-
taining any false or fictitious information, or possess
such card when he is not employed by any person having a
license under this article, or himself hold such a License..
(1578)
23701.2. EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this Sec-
tion shall not be applicable to:
(A) audible alarms affixed to automobiles
( ) Subscribers and alarm users of alarm systems
whose scale function is the detecting of fire.
(1575)
23702 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Before such a
license shall, be issued, the applicant shall rale applica-
tion in writing, setting forth the name age, business and
residence address if a natural person, names, ages, busi-
ness and residence addresses of each partner if a partner-
ship; the names of its principal officers and business
address if a corporation. (g42 o)
23703 LICENSE FEE. The fee for said license
shall be $40.00 per year, payable annually in advance ..
23703 .1. PRORATING. This license is for the fiscal
year (July Lst to July lst) and the said fee is not to be
prorated. (942. ree)'
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BUSINESS PA TIC A t !:w SINES ES Sec. 23704
23704. REVOCATION IO ^° LICENSE, Any licenseissued
under this Article may be revoked by the Council .t any time
that the Council finds thard. the licensee has ,
negligently failed to complywith any of the provisions
this Article. (942 s Surer-;)
23705 . BUILDING :.ODE, E�. INE LICENSEREQUIRE-
MENTS. C n Bance with this Article le .d l l be deemed com-
pliance E'_ ith the Building Code and the BusinessLicr',_«,=aha,
Ordinancet andno further pe remit s °°dog fees need he ohtained
or paid. (942:Eightt)
23706. REL STR TzON PROCEDURE, Every person ec_
�aa g e d in the business c:)v e.r e d h this s Art_kcle? shall .o 9py
with the registration r°eqn i;:es.Eent8 hereafter provided, (1 5)
23706.1 APPLICASION W I'L.°. TH E :l" 1.� A t_R "t�. "�s(�
person engage � by e
,k..d..xi ��.,d A*..,.. bl+.ai� +`�..w"'^..,i� �..�M1. e.. ate.,�G��,�� E..�°f::, ��,`i% i .d.,t_ i.V `�f AGA shall
make application for police registration 4 t the office o
the City Treasurer n, provided for that p, :ase and
complying with the following r o i sio ( 156
(A) Giving tne name of the applicant.
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(B) GivingGivingt.rte name and address b
of the person,
employer, firm or corporation he is w,-,)
represent and credentials showing t.`¢";e
applicant ' s relatioiship to his empinyer or.
principal.
Giving a mr description d tr
� i �.��� uta _ s ,;. ti t ..�`�. `�f
xactivity ..andat..wth services to be solicited
or sold.
(D) Giving his present address and his permanent
address and the local address from which h sale
will b made.
Givinq the date he proposes to start his
activity within the City of Redlands, 11065)
23706.2. A L I A't= N FEE T . :EF1.,TNTDABLE At', the
time making application for police registration, a non-,
returnable few of fivedollars s ( $5 .00) , in addition to the
criminal fingerprints, shall be paid to the City Tzea.. u1: r
to cover the cross' of investigation n registration. (1460)
§ 23706.3 . AIARMS TERMINATED T THE POLICE I CDEPARTMENT.
(A) Applications for installation will he made
through u Service D i v i C oai'"Cm a n d e r for r a`-a ig -
ment of position an alarm panel . (1578)
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BUSINESS PARTICULAR BUSINESSES Sec. 237G6. 3
01 An annual tyre of Six Dollars ($6,00) shall
be payable in advance. This fee is for the
fiscal year Only ist to July ist) ; or an,,/
part`t t,herE.of =,n...yCa the said fee i ot to he
proraLed. (1578)
`erre completed and signed a i s t.,��,�r ter police a~eregistra-
tion
ei �..r a ,
tion allpresented , the applicant: to the Chief of
Police and such further information io _ r hed as may he
required to enable the Police Department proper!; to &
vestigate and evaluate the applicant' s record, At this-
time, aid applicant shall he fingeyprlted a.`.d Photo-
graphed,
woo-
grapX e , ural s he furnishes toin satisfactory photographs
of himself, taken within 60 days .rwm,ed .-at:e1 a` r c) D the
eat.e of filing application its°. the r easur_'cr,
picture shall be by 2 showing 4 "e Feed Viz; d :°h. ulder
of tray"' applicant n a clear and distinguishable ma b and
said photographs and fingerprints shall,�.r.,e made ra part f
the permanent gists a.°j a, x eco d. (106 5)
23706.5. APPROVAL OF APPLICATION . if,
do s rr deems ;ec ss . ry, a axe Chief ^:e�' :sµ
investigation n
reasonably satisfied that happlicant ' s oharamer and
business responsibility are soch that he will noL endanger
the public safety. he may then e approve h application a m;
register said applicant for the City of Redlands .
§ 23706.6. CERTIFICATE OF REWISTRATWX. As evidence
of compliance with the r la rv_si'wrt,s of tais Aruicie, the
Chief of Force shall issueNa each applicant who c;:aarp :ass
and is registered, of Re"gi t.r"'a tis'' :tv4'aM
shall show the name and signature of the eg s a"zt , his
photographand r physical s a r desc ition., Ms certifi-
cate
cute of said registration. (1065)
e
ficat of Registration issued
of this Article shall valid a a period of � :.n•.'
months from the date of issuance an the holder t_.. reof
must re-register at the end of each twelve months petiod
thereafter. (1065)
23706.8. aEVOKD REGISTRATION RE7 EWCAE'.E C a!,,,alCl i,
ACTION. N "Certificate of Registration , shall be issued to
an person who :gas hada er t : t .,� r.�:. revoked pursuant totx.41.s�Article, except upon the applicant ' s applying to the
Council � t the City o Redlands and theCouncil ' s authoriz-
ing
;at �.�riz-^"
e issuance of the certificate. (10651
23707. EMERGENCY SERVICE. Every person, firrn
or corporation operating nd r a license issued u, dei. this
BUSINESS PARTICULAR EYSINESSES Sec. 23707
Article shall maintain or have available at all hours, a
serviceman or ageacy available to respbnd to emergency
service calls at all hours of every day, and which service-
man or agency shall render such emergency service at all
hours of the day if requested to do so by any memher of
the Police or Fire Department or other authorized City
official. (942 :Five'
§ 23708. NOTICE SHUKING WED IS '10 BE NL-,,-)TlF1ED,,
Every person, firm or corporation maintaining a bnrglar
alarm, fire alarm or other protective device as desczibed
in -this Article, shall cause a notice, framed and enclosed
under glass, containing the names, addresses and telephone
numbers of the persons to be notified during any !our of
the day or night that said alarm or protective device rings,
to be posted near the alarm of device in such a position
as to be legible from the ground leveladjacent to tie
building in which said alarm or device is located. (9421Six)
23709. ENFORCEMENT AND SEVEAFI LITY. (1578)
.1 Any person, fix= or corpotation vjoian;ng
any of the provisions of this Article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convLctior thereof 8hal '
be punishable by a fine of not more nha.. Five Rundred,
Dollars ($500) or by imprisarmen . for a period of not more
than six months, or by hnth such fine and imprisonment.
. 2 ENFORCEMIEN'T. T`Ihte convict'--"r'
fay violations of t1he provisions of this Article, or for
failing to secure a permit as required �:y this Article,
shall not relieve such person from paying tne permit fee
due and unpaid at the time of such conviction, oar in the
alternative shall the payment of a permit fee prevent
criminal prosecution for the violation of any pyov: Giors
of this Article, All remedies 8hall be =cumnlative, and
the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not hat
the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing
the provisions of the Article. The amount of any permit
fee shall be deemed a debt to the City, An action may
be commenced in the name of the City in any court of cam-
petent jurisdiction for the amount of any delinquent per-,
mit fee. All permit fees shall he deemed delinquen-t'
thirty (30) days after they are due and payable,
.3 ALTERNATIVE, As an alternative to the
penalties set forth in Subsections (1) and (2) of this
Section, the City an advice of the Police Chief, ma,,,,,,,
declare any alarm system a public nuisance and as such,
shall request or cause its abatement .
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BUSINESS PARTICULAR BUSINESSES Sec; 23709
SEVERABILITY. f any provision of this;
Section as herein enacted or hereafter amended, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall, of
affect the validity of the remaining provisions or appli-,
cations of this Section. (1578)
23710. REQUIREMENTS AND DUTIES, (15 7 )
..1 ALARM ` EM STANDARDS, The Chief of Police
may prescribe minimum standards for the construction and
maintenance and require inspection and approval of all
alarm systems, proprietor alarms and audible alarms in
stalled within the City. Additional standards and regu-
lations shall become effective upon adoption by _ , an i 1
resolution, aid all devices shall meet: or exceed such
standards before licenses enses or, permits may be issued, pur'®
suar t to the provisions of this Section.
.2 FALSE ALARM REPORTSREQUIRED. A report st,al1
e filed with the Police Chief for each and every alarm
transmitted to the Police Department, and if requested,ed, i
the Police Chief, such report shall contain all the
formation specified by the Police Chief. here she alar"rr
system is serviced lei, an alarm Lusi ness the report shall
e mate by such alarm business. Where a proprietor alarm
is involved, the report shall be made by the permittee-,
Where three ( ) or more false alarms are emitted from one
alarm; system in any calendar month, the Police Chief may
require haat a report be grade by, the subscriber or user
of the alarm system. Such report shall contain all the
information specified lel,. tate Police Chief.
.3 AUDIBLE ALAR t REQUIREMENTS. Every person
maintaining ring an audible alarm which does not contain Fa
mechanical means to effect ara automatic turn-off of the
alarm within fifteen (15) minutes after it is first acti-
vated, shall post, a notice containing the names and t e%e ..
phone numbers of persons to be notified to render repairs
or service during any hour of the day or night. Such
notice shall be posted near the alarm in such a position
as to e legible from the ground level adjacent to the
building
All audible alarms installed within t,ne City after July
1., 1976, shall be equipped with mecha,..ical means to effect
an automatic turn-off and reset, (1578)
23711. ALARM SYSTEM INSPECTION, Each a l a rte
system shall be inspected annually, A report of sud,_
inspection steals be submitted to the Chief of Police t y
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BUSINESS PART',,'_1 _LAR ]T!NESSES Sec. 23711,
the alarm business servicing or maintainiAg such alarm sys-,
tem. Where a proprietor alarm is involved the report shall
be made by the peimittee. The inspection report snail is
submitted concurrent with the application for renewal of
license or permit or wichin 60 days of alarm system instal-
lation. (1570)
§ 23712. TELEPHONE DEV7CES . No person snaQ use
or cause to be used any telephone device or talephom.-
attachment that is activated electronically to autamaticall.-
dial a telepbone line of the City government and ther emit,
a tone or pre-recorded message to report any emergercy
condition. (1578)
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SECTION C Any other ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION THREE: This ordinance shall be in farce and take effect
as provided by lair
SECTION FOUR: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ordinance and cause it to be published once in the Redlands Daily
Facts, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in
the City of Redlands,.
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APPROVED FORFORM:
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City Attorney
1, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk, City of Redlands, hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at
a regular meetingthereof held on the 20th day of April, 1976 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Miller, Grace, Elliott, Mayor
eirj yn
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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