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O :JI ? .ICE NO. 4027
?l! OIZDI`1A�C ` OF' T�1E CImV OFA1'�A��EI 'r± ADDING
C1AP`!�Er 4, 90 '0 TITLE 4 OF THE A1`1AHEIlIL
Ui1ICIPAL CO_T��, IL
_�ELAT1N TO FALSE', ALAIFILMS.
THr: CITY COUIICTL Or THE CITY 0.11"' ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
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-1,hat nes Chapter 4.90 be, and the same is hereby, added
;o `itle 11 of the Anaheim lunicipal Code to read as follows:
"C�IAPTEE 4.90
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Purpose. 'The public has pur-
chased burglary and robbery alarm syster,a.s which either
11echanically malfunction or are not operated properly
by their users, causinf-, an increase in false alarm re-
ports which require an immediate resxponse from the
Anaheim Police Department, thus needlessly diverting
limited police resources. _.'he purpose of this Chapter
is to set forth regulations governing the use of burg-
lary and robbery ala.ri�l systems, require permits there-
for, establish fees, and provide penalty for violations
of provisions of this Ordinance.
(a) 'Alarm System' means any mechani-
cal or electrical device which is designed or used for
the detection of an unauthorized entry :into a building,
structure or facility, or for alerting others of the
commission of an unlawful act within a building, struc-
ture or facility, or both, and which emits a sound or
transmits a signal or message when actuated. Alarm
systems include, but are not limited to, r?irect dial
telephone devices, audible alarms and proprietor alarms.
Devices which are not designed or used to register alarms
that are audible, visible, or perceptible outs.a.de of the
protected building, structure or facility are not in-
cluded within this definition nor are auxiliary devices
installed by the telephone company to protect telephone
company systems which mi, --,,ht be dama�_-ed or disrupted by
the use of an alarm system.
(b) 'Applicant' means a person, firm, or
corporation ctiho or which files an application for a permit
as provided in this Ordinance.
(c) 'Audible Alarm' means that type of
alarm system Torhich, when activated, emits an audible
alarm.
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(.)
e'
means the City
of Anaheim.
(e)
'lay'
means calendar
day.
(f) 'False Alarm.' means an alarm signal
necessitating response by the Anaheim Police Depa.rt:ent
where an emergency situation does not exist.
(g) 'Finance Department' means the
Finance .Department of the City of Anaheim.
(h) ' notice' means t,gritten notice, given
by personal service upon the addressee, or given by the
United States mail, Hostage prepaid, addressed to the per-
son to be notified at his last known address. Service of
such notice shall be effective upon the completion of per-
sonal service, or upon the placing of the sante in the
custody of the United States Postal Service.
(i) 'Permittee' means any person, firm.,
partnership, association, or corporation who or which
shall be granted a permit, as provided herein, and his or
its agents and. representatives.
(j) 'Person' means natural person, firm,
partnership, association or corporation.
(k) 'Police I;hief' means the Police
Chief of the City of Anaheim.
(1) 'Proprietor Alarm' means an alarm
which is not serviced by an alarm business.
(m.) 'Subscriber' means any person who pur-
chases, leases, contracts for or otherwise obtains an alarm
system or for the servicing, or maintenance of an alarm sys-
tem from an alarm business.
(n) 'Si`;nal Channel' means a telephone
line or other method of transmitting signals other than by
the use of a telephone, which signal channels shall be
caused to be installed and used by the permittee for the
purpose of delivering a signal to the monitor as herein
defined.
(o) 'Standards., Fiegulations, Requirements,
and-)uties' 'I -,he Police Chief may prescribe minimum stand-
ards and regulations for the construction and maintenance
of all alarm systems installed within the City. `'hese
standards and reMulations shall become effective upon adop-
tion thereof by resolution of the City Council of the ity
of Anaheim. All devices shall meet or exceed such stand-
ards and regulations before permits may be issued pursuant
to this Ordinance. '�'.'he Police Chief may reg.uire inspection
and approval of all alarm. systems installed within the City.
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(a) 111arii? y s t e m i±o person shall in -
scall or use an alar --i s� stere v,,ithout First apply inu and
receivin-1 an al:i.rrn permit t=.�erefor in accordance with
the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) Audible Alarm Requirements. Every
;person, cor _�orat on, or' business maintainin an audible
alarm shall post a notice containing, the nave (s) and
telephone nui-ilbor (s) of the arson (s) to be notified to
render rer)airs or service and secure the premises durinc<-
any hour of the day or nis_lht treat the alarim systei i is
actuated. Uch �lotice sr..all be near the alarm in
sued a, posit_i..on a s to be lece,ible fro :1 the ground level
ac acent to the bui1_c',J_n-; w ere the alar;-' systeYI is _10-
cat-ed.
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not "co audible, alarms ay.ilxed to motor vehi-
cles or to a ()ur;l' c utility whose only duty is to furnish
t01e-ohonC. se r'vice )asuarit tc t,, r f z s arn- file 1ri_t`-I t1h e
'aliiOr;"1lct Public V-Llities COili ilssi0rl.
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S=ECTION 4.90.070 APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL
In the event a permit is revoked, or
notice of revocation is given as provided in Section
4.90.060 of this Chapter, the permittee may appeal to the
City Council by filin7 with the City Clerk a statement ad-
r1ressed to the City Council setting forth the facts and
circumstances regarding the action of the Chief of Police
within the time limits specified in the next paragraph.
'I"he City Clerk shall cause the appeal to be placed on the
next available City Council agenda and notify the appel-
lant. `"he Citv Council shall consider the appeal and may
affirm, overrule, or modify the decision of the Chief_ of
Police. Its decision shall be final.
--he right to appeal to the City
Council from an action of the Chief of Police shall ter-
minate upon the expiration of fifteen (15) days following
the den_osit of the notice of intent to revoke in the
United States Post Office or Dersonal service of said
notice.
All fees paid by permittee as pro-
vided by this chapter shall be forfeited in the event of
revocation. Enforcement of a revocation notice pursuant
to Section 4.90.060 shall be staved during the pendency
of an appeal therefrom which is properly and timely filed.
During the pendancy of any appeal of revocation the
direct alarm system shall not be disconnected.
SECTION 4.90.0060 FALSE ALARM - PREVENTION PAY"JI.ENT
(a) When emergency alarms, messages,
signals or notices are received by the Police Department
that evidence a failure to comely with the requirements
of this Chapter or a permit issued hereunder, the Chief of
Police is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of
the alarm system initiating such alarms, messages, signals,
or notices, or his representative, disconnect the alarm
system until it is made to comply with said requirements.
(b) The owner or lessee of any alarm
system shall be assessed a fee of "wenty-Five Dollars
025.00) for each false alarm in excess of three (3) for
any twelve (12) month period, paid. to the Finance Director
for deposit in the general fund.
(c) An alarm permit may be suspended or
revoked as provided in Section 4.90.060, in addition to
the payment of the prevention payment as provided in this
Section, or in the event of failure to pay the false alarm
fees.
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(Ji- ) xcebtions
(1) A ;thirty ( 30 ) day adjustment
period to correct mechanical
problems will be allowed for
any new, improved or replaced
alarm system.
(2) If the user shows that any
false alarm was (i) the result
of conditions beyond his con-
trol and not the result of
negligence of himself or any
of his employees, and (ii) that
he neither knew of any defect
in the alarm system nor in the
exercise of due care should
have known of such defect, such
false alarm shall not be deemed
GL 'false alarm' as used in this
Chapter.
SECTION 4.90.090 1=EPAIR
After any false alarm caused by a
malfunction of the alarm system, an alarm system permittee
shall cause the alarm system to be repaired so as to
eliminate such malfunction before reactivating the alarm.
A person shall not reactivate such alarm until such re-
pairs
e-pairs have been made.
SECTION 4.90.100 TESTING ALARM
Permittees shall notify the Anaheim
Police Department Emergency Equipment Dispatcher prior to
any service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alter-
ations, or installations of systems which would normally
result in a police response, which might acta.vate a false
alarm.. Any alarm activated where such prior notice has
been rniven shall not constitute a false alarm..
SECTION 4.90.110 PROHIBITIONS
It shall be unlawful to install or use
an alarm system which upon activation emits a sound similar
to sirens in use on emergency vehicles or for civil defense
purposes.
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he `-ity "'ouncil of the : ity of �inaheim hereby declares
-"hat should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this chap-
;er of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason to be
=_nvalid, it is the iiterlt of the Council that it would have passed
ll ot-7er portions of this chanter independent of the elimination
,ierefr.om of any such r�ortion as may be declared invalid.
SES`': IO ? .
:i:'ne amity Cler' shall certify to the passae of this or-
,in.an.ce and shall cause the same to be printed -once' -'within fifteen
(15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated. in said
'ity, and thirty (30) gays from and after its final passage, it
ahall take effect and be in full force.
`:_'HE si'01FILE,GOIN" O� DINIA',ICE is approved and adopted by the
ity �ouncil of the ;ity of tinaheiir, this 31st day of July, 1979.
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. A� R/ OF THE CI`I'YY OF ANAHEIM
PRO TEM
T :
LINDA D. ROBERTS, CITY CLERK
by: �....�
DEPUTY
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 4027 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 17th day of July, 1979,
and reintroduced as amended at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Anaheim, held on the 24th day of July, 1979, and that the same
was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on
the 31st day of July, 1979, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Bay, Roth and Overholt
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Seymour
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Anaheim signed
said Ordinance No. 4027 on the 31st day of July, 1979.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the City of Anaheim this 31st day of July, 1979.
LINDA D. ROBERTS. CITY`CLERK
BY 401.
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DEPUTY CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4027 and was published once in
the Anaheim Bulletin on the 10th day of August, 1979.
LINDA D. ROBERTS, CITY CLERK
BY Z4-'O'�4- �'( S a -"
DEPUTY CITE>. CLERK