Ordinance No. 490 - Burglary and Robbery Alarm System:..~ _ •
ORDINANCE N0. 490
AN ORDINANCE OF,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD PROVIDING REGULATION OF BURGLARY.
.AND ROBBERY ALARM SYSTEP.1
The City Council of the City of Rosemead'does ordain:
Section 1. Chapter XXII and Section 11012 of Ordinance
No. 5860 entitled the."License Ordinance, for the County of
Los Angeles, adopted by reference as Section 6200 et. seq.,,
of the Rosemead P,7unicipal Code is hereby repealed.
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Section 2. The Rosemead T:lunicipal Code is.'hereby amended
to add Section 4172~which,shall read:
Section 4172. .REGULATION OF BURGLARY APID ROBBERY ALARM
'DEVISES. For purposes of Section 4172 through Section 4173
the following de.f:initi'ons apply-:-
A. "Alarm System". means any device, which ,is used for
the detection bf an unauthorized entry into a building,
structure or facility, or to signal the .commission of an
unlawful act. "Alarms".shall include:
(1) "Proprietory Alarms"; which emit a signal within
protected premises;
(2) "Audible Alarm" which notify persons in the imme-
diatesvicinity of the protected premises by'emmission .
of an audible sound:
(3) "Direct Dial Device", which is connected to a
telephone lihe.and when activa.ted';b.y'can alarms:system
automatically :dials a predetermined telephone number
and transmits a message or signal to~a:~Sheriff'sF-station
indicating:.~a~need:,for•~emergency:°.response,::? Auxiliary. de-
uices'~inst a~l3edcby~"a'teleplioneeco.';~to:~protec,t^te~l,ephone co
systems which might be damaged or disrupted by the use
of an alarm system are not included i.n this definition.
B. Alarm Owner.
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"Alarm Owner"; means!;the owner or occupant of the pre-,
mises who owns, leases, rents,-uses or makes available for ,
use by his .agents,~employees representatives or family,-any
alarm system. ., ~j- :~ ~ ;
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C. False Alarm. y.> .a
"False Al.a~rm'" meana~an .alarm 'signal activated by causes
other than the commission or, attempted commission of an un-
lawful act or entry'for'which the alarm system is designed
to detect. An alarm signal activated by violent conditions
of nature or~other extraordinary circumstances. not subject
to the control of the alarm-owner shall not constitute a
false alarm.
Section 3.' 4173. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALARP.1 SYSTETIS.
The following regulations and enforcement shall apply to
alarm systems:'.
A. DIRECT DIAL ALARM TELEPHONE DEVICES.'
The use of an alarm activated direct dial device to any tele-
' phone number in any office of the Sheriff's department is expressly
prohibited., ~ "'
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B. AUDIBLB ALARMS. Y i •` .~;` 't
For every audi'bl'e alarm, ,the alarm owner thereof shall post
the names and.telephope numbers'of persons to be notified to
repair or service, an audible alarm, during any hour of the
day or night': An audible alarm shall terminate its operation
or the audible alarm shall automatically reset. within thirty
(30) minutes of its being activated.
C. FALSE ALARM:
A person•shall not knowingly turn in.a false alarm.. This
section does not prohibit a test of an alarm system as .per=
mitted in advance by the Sheriff.
D. REPAIR
After an y; false alarm, the alarm owner shall, upon request
• by the Sheriff, submit a written report to the Sheriff des-
cribing.actions taken or to be taken to eliminate the cause
of the false alarm. This report shall be submitted within
ten (10) days. of the date of request by the Sheriff.
• E. MAINTAINING A'PUBLIC NUISANCE ALARM. •
An alarm owner shall not operate an alarm system which gen-
erates more than three (3) false alarms'in any twelve (12)
' month period: '
F, EXEMPTIONS
'The provisions of'this,article are not applicable to audible-
alarms affixed to motor vehicles or to a public telephone.
utility whose only duty is to furnish telephone service
pursuant to tariffs on fi1_e with the California Public Util-
ity Commission. .
G. MISDEMEANOR.
Violation of any of the provisions of. this Section shall con-
. stitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five
.hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment `in the. County
Jail for a period nit to exceed six (6) months or by both
such fine and imprisonment'.
H. CORRECTIVE ACTION. ~.
Violations of this ordinance may be prosecuted in the same
manner as any other misdemeanor. However, upon the first
violation and specifying that the causes of the violation
shall be corrected within ten (10) days of the date of ser-
vice of the written notice. No further action shall be taken
if the Sheriff determines that the causes of the violation'
have been removed or fully corrected within the time period
specified in this section.
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I. SEVERABILITY.
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If any provision or clause of this ordinance or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such in-
validity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this
ordinance which can be given effect without the. invalid provision
or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of 'February
1979
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