§ 19-184. Applicability; exceptions.

(a)

Applicability. This article applies to all alarm businesses, alarm users, and alarm systems operating within the city, including governmental entities, except as provided in this section.

(b)

Exceptions.

(1)

This article does not apply to the city and any facilities owned and operated by it. But alarm systems operating on property owned by the city and leased to another are subject to this article.

(2)

This article does not apply to proprietary alarm systems. Proprietary alarm systems are those whose alarm signals are not intended to elicit a response from the police department or fire department. Proprietary alarm systems include alarm systems connected to a control center that elicit a response by private security guards under the control of the proprietor of the premises. If a proprietary system includes a signal line connected directly or by means of an automatic dialing device to the police communications center, the fire department, a central station protective system, or an answering service, it becomes an alarm system and subject to this article.

(3)

Alarm users of local alarm systems are subject to this article only where specifically mentioned.

(Code 1988, § 19-463; Ord. No. 65971, § 3, 12-22-1994)