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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 632-1972ORDINANCE NO. 632 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DIRECT ALARM SYSTEMS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 828 ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ALARM SYSTEMS." THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. DEFINITIONS. A. Person shall include the singular and plural and mean any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity, except the City of South San Francisco. B. Alarm system shall mean any device designed for the detection of an unauthorized entry on premises or for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act or both, and when actuated, emits a sound, transmits a signal or message. C. Direct alarm system shall mean an alarm system which is connected to or designed to be connected to the alarm receiving equipment maintained in the police department of the City of South San Francisco. D. Automatic calling device shall mean any device or combination of devices that will upon activation, either mechanically, electronically or by othem automatic means initiate an intrastate call and deliver a recorded message to any telephone subscriber. E. False alarm shall mean an alarm signal necessitating response by the South San Francisco Police Department where an emergency situation does not exist. 1. CENTRAL RECORDS I T I Ii ';11 ~ ]i Ii iT' I lU IIE SECTION II. PERMITS. DIRECT ALARM SYSTEMS. A. PERMITS REQUIRED - EXISTING INSTALLATIONS. Any person who on the effective date of this ordinance maintained or used in the City of South San Francisco, a direct alarm system as defined in Section i hereof, shall obtain a permit therefor from the Chief of Police within ninety (90) days after adoption of this ordinance. B. PERMITS REQUIRED - NEW INSTALLATIONS. Except as provided in Section II-A, a permit shall be obtained from the Chief of Police prior to the installa- tion, maintenance or use of any direct alarm system defined in Section I of this ordinance. C. PERMITS - APPLICATION. Applications for permits shall be filed with the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the form of the application and require such information as is necessary to evaluate and act upon the permit app ii cation. D. PERMITS - ISSUANCE. ELIGIBILITY. 1. A person making application under Section II-C for the installation of a direct alarm system for the protection of single, duplex, or multiple family dwellings shall not be eligible for the issuance of a permit. 2. A person making application under Section II-C for the installation of a direct alarm system for the protectiDn of commercial, industrial, educational, 2. scientifie~ reli§ious: or charitable organiza- tions shall be eligible fop the issuance of a permit. E. PERMITS - CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE. The Chief of Police is vested with the administrative discretion to determine which eligible person shall be granted a permit based on the following criteria: 1. Importance of the activity of the organization to be protected with respect to the entire community. 2. Adequate training of personnel, in the control and operation of the direct alarm system. F. PERMITS - ISSUANCE. 1. Fees. The Chief of Police shall establish a fee for said permits in the amount of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per annum. 2. Copies of the reEulations and amendments thereto shall be filed in the office of the Chief of Police and City Clerks available for public inspection. SECTION III. SELECTIVE ALARM - TELEPHONE DEVICES. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or cause to be used any electrical or mechanical device or attachment to any telephone that automatically repro- duces any taped or otherwise recorded message to report a police emergency to the' Police Department 'of this City. ~ T I I · iT I I I I Il' ~ll SECTION IV. A. Hearing. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. Before a permit, issued pursuant to this ordinance, may be suspended or revoked, a hearing must be held before the Chief of Police. Notice setting forth the time, place and nature of the hearing shall be given to the permittee at the address shown on the permit application seven (7) days prior to said hearing. B. Grounds for Suspension. The Chief of Police may sus- pend or revoke a permit on the following, groundS: 1. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or failure to comply with the same; 2. Failure to comply with the business license ordinance of the City of South San Francisco; 3. A direct alarm system which actuates excessive or an unreasonable number of false alarms. What constitutes excessive or unreasonable number of false alarms is within the administrative dis-- cretion of the Police Chief. SECTION V. APPEALS. A. Any applicant for permit or permittee may appeal the decision of the Chief of Police by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Manager within five ($) days after the decision. B. Such appeal shall be heard by the City Manager who may affirm, amend or reverse the decision or take other I I II iii action deemed appPopPiate subject to the pPovisions of this oPdinance and the Pules and Pegulations pur- suant thereto. The City Manager shall give wPitten notice of the time and place of the heaping to the appellant. In conducting the heaPing~ the City ManageP shall not be limited by the technical rules of eVidence. SECTION VI. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi- nance shall be guilty of a misdeameanor and shall be punishable thePefoP by a fine of not more than Five HundPed Dollars ($500.00) oP by imprisonment fop a pePiod of not mope than six (S) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION VII. REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 626. 0Pdinance 626 entitled~ "An Ordinance Regulating Alarm Systems~" passed by the City Council JanuaPy 17~ 1972~ is hereby Pepealed. SECTION VII. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be published once in the "Enterprise- Journal~" a newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San FPanciseo~ as ,Pe~uiPed by law~ and shall become effective thirty (30) days fPom and afteP its adoption. Introduced this 5,h day of June' ~ 1972 . Passed and adopted as an 0rdinanee of the City of South San Francisco at a regular City of South San Francisco this by the following vote: meeting of the City Council of the I9,h day of June , 19 72 , AYES, COUNCILMEN NOES, " ABSENT, " Gordon T. Bobli,,. William A. Borba. F. Frank Mammini and Warren S,einkamp None Pa,rick E. Ahern Clerk As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this 19,h day of June 19 72 .