HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 10-76a
ORDINANCE NO.10-76
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 9.100 AND
9.102 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO,RELATING TO ALARM
SYSTEMS,INCLUDING FIRE AND BURGULAR ALARM
DEVICES;REQUIRING PERMITS FOR THE SAME;
PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION
OF SUCH PERMITS;AND ESTABLISHING REGULA
TIONS REGARDING THE CONNECTION OF SAID
ALARM SYSTEMS TO THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPART
MENTS OR OTHER TOWN TERMINALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.Chapter 9.100 of the Municipal Code of the
Town of Estes Park,Colorado,is hereby amended by adding there
to the following:
9.100.025 False alarm.“False alarm”means any alarm
signal originating from a police or fire alarm device or audi
ble alarm device to which the police or fire department responds
and which results from:
1.False activation --including reporting a robbery
where no actual or attempted robbery has occurred,or reporting
a burglar alarm where there is no evidence to substantiate an
attempted or forced entry to the premises.
2.Alarm malfunction ——including a mechanical or
electrical failure.
3.Alarm triggered by permittee’s negligence.
4.Trouble condition ——electrical failure or tele
phone company malfunction.
Section 2.Sections 9.102.030,9.102.040,9.102.050,
9.102.060,9.102.090 and 9.102.100 are hereby amended to read
as follows:
9.102.030 Permit application and investigation.Ap
plication for permits to engage in any or all of the activi
ties set forth in section 9.102.020 shall be made in the form
to be determined by the town administrator.Upon the filing
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of an application for a permit in compliance with this title,
the chief of police and fire chief shall make such investiga
tions as they deem necessary to satisfy the requirements
herein set forth,and report such findings to the town admin
istrator.If the town administrator finds that the issuance
of a permit to allow the installing,servicing,maintaining,
repairing,replacing,moving or removing of any fire or bur
glar alarm device will not be detrimental or injurious to the
public welfare,he shall issue the permit.In making such
finding,the town administrator shall consider whether or not
the applicant and the proposed alarm device can comply with
the provisions of this title.It must be determined by the
town administrator that all applicants for permits to engage
in,manage,conduct or carry on a business of installing,ser
vicing,maintaining,repairing,replacing,moving or removing
fire or burglar alarm devices are of good character and of
good business repute;have not been convicted of theft,embez
zlement or any felony or misdemeanor involving robbery,bur—
garlary,dishonesty,fraud or the buying or receiving of
stolen property,and do not employ persons who have beem sim
ilarly convicted;or,if the applicant is a corporation,that
its officers,directors and principal stockholders meet like
requirements.To assist the chief of police and fire chief
in their investigation of persons applying for a permit to en
gage in,manage,conduct or carry on a business as described
above,the applicant and his employees shall furnish the chief
of police or fire chief the following information and records:
1.Name and description of applicant and all em
ployees;
2.Address,legal and local (if any)and telephone
number;
3.Fingerprints and photograph of the applicant,
to be taken by the chief of police or a member of the police
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department of the town,at the discretion of the chief of
police;
4.A sworn statement as to whether or not the ap
plicant or applicant’s employees have been convicted of a
crime,felony or misdemeanor,the nature of the offense and
the punishment assessed therefor;
5.A description of the activities proposed to be
undertaken by the applicant if the application is granted,
and a description of all equipment to be used by the appli
cant in undertaking those activities;
6.A statement setting forth the experience,if
any,of applicant with respect to the activities proposed
to be undertaken;and
7.Such other information as may be reasonably re
quired by the town administrator to carry out the purposes
hereof.
If the town administrator finds that the issuance of a per
mit to engage in,manage,conduct or carry on a business of
installing,servicing,maintaining,repairing,replacing,
moving or removing fire or burglar alarm devices will not be
detrimental or injurious to the public welfare,he shall
issue the permit.
9.102.040 Permit fee.There shall be no fee for a
permit to allow the installing,servicing,maintaining,re
pairing,replacing,moving or removing of any fire or burglar
alarm device.The fee for a permit to engage in,manage,con
duct or carry on a business of installing,servicing,maintain
ing,repairing,replacing,moving or removing fire or burglar
alarm devices shall be ten dollars for each year or portion of
the year the permit is in effect.The annual fee for such a
permit granted in a previous year shall be due and payable on
or before January 31 of each succeeding year in which the per
mit is to be effective.Upon such payment,said permit shall
be renewed if there have been no violations of the provisions
of this title with respect to said permit.
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9.102.050 Revocation of permit--Hearing.A permit
granted pursuant to this title may be revoked by the town ad
ministrator for violation of any provision of this title and
of rules and regulations in implementation thereof.The re
vocation shall be effective on the fifteenth day after a no
tice of such revocation is placed in the United States mail,
with adequate postage thereon,addressed to the permittee at
the address shown on the permit being revoked,unless the per—
mitee has filed with the town clerk within said fifteen days
a written appeal of the revocation addressed to the board of
trustees.The board of trustees shall consider the appeal at
the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following
the filing of such appeal as herein provided.If the revo
cation is approved,such revocation shall be effective on the
date the board of trustees approves the revocation.
9.102.060 Administration and regulation.The pro
visions of this title shall be administered and enforced by
the chief of police and fire chief.They are authorized to
make inspections of the fire or burglar alarm device and of
the premises whereon said device is located;provided that
such inspections are consistent with the provisions of this
code regulating inspections.The chief of police and fire
chief shall have the power to make and enforce such rules and
regulations as may in their discretion be necessary to imple
ment the provisions of this title in addition to such rules and
regulations as may be provided elsewhere in this code.Such
rules and regulations shall be effective on the fifteenth day
after a notice of such rules and regulations is placed in the
United States mail,with adequate postage thereon,addressed to
all holders of valid permits,issued in accordance with the pro
visions of this chapter,unless a permittee has filed with the
town clerk a written objection to such rules and regulations
addressed to the board of trustees.The board of trustees
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shall consider the objections at a hearing to be held at the
next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
filing of such objections as herein provided.Such rules and
regulations approved by the board of trustees shall be effec
tive on the date of their approval.
9.102.090 False alarm charges and penalties therefor.
The permittee and the occupant of the premises wherein a fire
or burglar alarm device is installed shall be subject to the
following charges and penalties for all false alarms from said
device which exceed three in any calendar year:
Fourth false alarm $25.00
Fifth false alarm 50.00
Sixth false alarm 100.00
Seventh false alarm —Discontinuance of the
use of the alarm device for the balance of
the calendar year upon order of the town
administrator.
All false alarm charges shall be paid to the town within twenty
days from the date of billing by the town.The town shall no
tify such permittee and occupant of each false alarm by a writ
ten notice thereof addressed to the permittee at the address
shown on the permit applicable to said premises.The permittee
and occupant shall have fifteen days from the date such notice
is placed in the United States mail,with adequate postage there
on,within which to file with the town clerk a written request
addressed to the board of trustees requesting that it determine
that the permittee and occupant are not responsible for such
false alarm and that the alarm should not be considered a false
alarm under the provisions of this section.The board of trus
tees shall consider the request at the next regular meeting of
the board of trustees following the filing of said request.If
the board of trustees determines that said permittee and occu
pant are not responsible for the false alarm,the alarm shall
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not be considered a false alarm under the provisions of this
section.
9.102.100 Notice of name of serviceman and occupant.
Every person maintaining an audible or silent fire or burglar
alarm device shall furnish to the police and fire department
the name and telephone number of the person to be notified to
render service to the system during any hour of the day or
night when such alarm sounds,unless such device also transmits
notification to said person upon its activation;together with
the name and telephone number of the occupant of the premises
and at least one alternate person and telephone number.
Section 3.The board of trustees of the town of Estes
Park,Colorado,herewith finds,determines and designates that
this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace,health and safety,for regulation of alarm
systems affects the public peace,health and safety;and where
as,in the opinion of the board of trustees,an emergency
exists,this ordinance shall take effect and be in force after
its final passage,adoption and the approval and signature of
the mayor.
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SIGNED THIS 24th
DAY OF F€Thriiarv ,1976.
(SEAL)
TOWN OF
A
PARK,COLORADO
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