§ 8-422. Exclusions from permit requirement.

Exclusions from the alarm permit requirement of this article are as follows:

(1)

Equipment manufacturers not providing direct sales, monitoring and/or installation of service to system end users.

(2)

Equipment distributors or suppliers not offering sales, monitoring or installation services directly to the system users.

(3)

Individual property owners personally installing an alarm system within the owner's residence, except that the individual property owner shall be responsible for registration of his alarm system, and will sign a document stating that the system was installed properly, that he is capable of servicing and maintaining the system, and that he will maintain the system in proper working order.

(4)

Direct sellers and installers dealing exclusively with alarm systems for motor vehicles, except those vehicle systems that will cause police or emergency services to be summoned.

(5)

Medical alert or medical monitoring services to individuals made available by a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital, provided those medical alert or medical monitoring services shall not cause police emergency services to be summoned.

(6)

Any business whose business is not to monitor or service alarm systems:

a.

And the servicing/monitoring of the alarm system is done by direct employees of the same business;

b.

The alarm system is the exclusive property of, or is leased by, the business;

c.

The alarm system is designed to protect only the commercial premises leased by the business endeavor or commercial premises owned by the business endeavor and not leased to another; and

d.

Activation of the alarm system does not trigger a sound, or transmit a signal or message to which enunciation a law enforcement agency or other public service agency will be directly summoned to respond.

(Code 1992, § 7-312; Ord. No. 208, § 1, 3-22-1999; Ord. No. 260, §§ 10—13, 1-22-2002)