NUMB:
951416
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. MURPHY
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to private alarm
systems and regulations.
SECS:
105-75 rc
ANLS:
- Analysis -
Effective January 1, 1997, this ordinance revises the
ordinances regulating private alarm systems as
follows:
1. The existing alarm systems ordinance requires
applicants for new alarm business licenses to be
fingerprinted. This ordinance expands that
requirement to include applicants for license
renewals. The ordinance also requires businesses
whose owners and officers are not Wisconsin residents
to name a representative who is a Wisconsin resident.
2. The ordinance creates an "alarms officer" to be
designated by the police chief to monitor alarm
systems, issue citations for violations and maintain
records related to false alarms and related matters.
The alarms officer may recommend revocation or
nonrenewal of an alarm business license.
3. The ordinance requires alarm businesses to keep
records of alarm dispatches sent to the fire and
police departments. Alarm monitoring services must
try to verify the validity of each alarm signal
(except holdup alarms) before notifying the fire
department or police. Such verification does not
require voice contact with a person at the alarm
site.
4. The ordinance authorizes revocation and
nonrenewal of alarm business licenses for violations
of the alarm ordinance.
5. Persons who have alarm systems (alarm users)
must comply with specified requirements to reduce
false alarms and provide access to the premises when
necessary. Alarm businesses must provide alarm users
with written and oral information about how to avoid
false alarms.
6. The ordinance prohibits any alarm system from
having an exterior motion detector (outside the
structure) that transmits a dispatch request or
message to the police or fire department. Also
prohibited is an exterior motion detector that
generates...
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