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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY Alio Rrv[Y
CITY OF BU RIINGAME
BOI PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, UL1F. 94010
ORDINANCE NO. 1480
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING ALARM SYSTEMS
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California, does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 10.10 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Chapter 10.10 ALARM SYSTEMS
10.10.010 Installation.
All alarm systems sold, leased, contracted for or otherwise maintained and operated by
any person within the city shall be installed in accordance with- all applicable standards and
requirements of the building codes and other applicable established standards as required by the
city. All alarm systems shall be equipped with an uninterruptible power supply or installed in
such a manner that the failure or interruption of normal electrical utility power shall not activate
the alarm system. Such power supply shall be capable of at least four (4) hours of operation.
Required fire alarm systems shall have battery back up sufficient to provide 24-hour stand-by
and five-minute continuous alarm capacity. All alarm systems install
ed within the city may be
inspected by police, fire, or building inspection representatives during usual business hours.
10.10.020 Audible alarm standards for cessation of audible alarms.
(a) Any and all audible alarm systems shall be installed or activated to automatically
cease transmitting the audible signal within ten (10) minutes, provided that required fire alarm
systems must sound continuously until the arrival of the fire department. Only a fire department
representative may reset such an alarm.
(b) Upon request of a city police officer, a user or his or her designated representative
shall respond within one (1) hour to the premises whereon the alarm system is located.
10.10.030 Repair.
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
HORN Er
CT'OOF BU RLINGAME
PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, CALIF 94010
After any false alarm caused by a mechanical malfunction of the alarm system, the user
shall cause the alarm system to be repaired so as to eliminate such malfunction before
reactivating the alarm. A person shall not reactivate such alarm until such repairs have been
made. In buildings with a required fire alarm., a fire watch may be required until repairs have
been made.
10.10.040 Alarm telephone devices.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or cause to be used any electrical or mechanical
device or attachment to a telephone that automatically reports a taped or otherwise recorded
message to report a police or fire emergency to the police or fire department.
10.10.050 Audible alarms similar to sirens prohibited.
It is unlawful to install on the exterior or interior of a building an intrusion detective
device or alarm which upon activation emits a sound exceeding eighty (80) decibels (when
measured from outside the premises), which is similar to sirens in use on emergency vehicles
or for civil defense purposes.
10.10.AAA
Alarm systems which constitute a hazard to responding public safety
officers.
No person shall operate or permit an alarm system to be operated which, due to the
nature of its construction, installation and/or location, constitutes an unreasonable hazard to life
and limb of responding publi
c safety officers, as determined by the chief of police or fire chief.
10.10.070 Notice of repair.
The alarm business, alarm agent, user, or permittee shall notify the police dispatcher of
the city prior to any service, test, repair, maintenance adjustment or installati
on which might
activate a false alarm on a particular alarm system. No subsequent recording of a "false alarm"
for the purpose of charge for a police response shall occur if the police dispatcher has been
appropriately notified of the repair period.
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IEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY OF BURLINGAME
901 PRIMROSE RDAD
9URLINGAME, CALIF.94010
10.10.080 Notice of false alarm.
Users of any alarm system who set off a false alarm shall inform the police dispatcher
of the error as soon as the user has knowledge of such false alarm. Permittee may avoid
charges for a false alarm if the police dispatcher is notified prior to the actual dispatching of
police units.
10.10.090 False alarm charges..
The operator of a business or occupant of a residential premises shall pay such charges
as may be assessed by the city for false alarms. Such charges and permit fees shall be
established by resolution of the city council.
10.10.100 Permit.
It shall be unlawful for any alarm system to be installed, possessed, operated, used,
serviced or maintained without a valid, unrevoked and unexpired permit therefor in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter or for an alarm business or alarm agent to make operable,
service, maintain or repair an alarm system for a user unless said user has obtained a valid,
unrevoked and unexpired permit from the city.
10.10.110 Appli
cations—forms.
Applications for all permits required hereunder shall be filed with the police department
and shall be accompanied by the fee established by the city council. The department shall
prescribe the form of the application and request such information as is necessary to evaluate
permit applicants. The applicant for any permit shall include but not be limited to the name,
address and telephone number of the person who will render service or repairs during any hour
of the day or night. The application may be made by a user or an alarm business or agent for
the user. If approved, the permit shall be issued in the name of the user only.
10.10.120 Application—investigation and denial.
(a) Processing—grounds for denial. An application for a permit shall be processed in
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
cm of eu RUHcnMe
SOI PRIMROSE ROAO
BURLINGNME. CALIF 94010
a timely manner. The permit may be denied by the chief of police .on the following grounds:
(1) The alarm system is deficient in that it does not comply with standards adopted
pursuant to this chapter and/or results in excessive false alarms as defined by said standards; or
(2) The applicant, his or her employee or agent has knowingly made any false,
misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a permit, or in any
report or record required to be filed with any city agency; or
(3) That the applicant has had a similar type permit previously revoked for good cause
within the past year unless the applicant can show a material change in circumstances since the
date of revocation; permits shall be issued to the user; or
(4) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Procedure. The chief of police shall inform the applicant in writing of the denial
stating the reasons for such denial.
10.10.130 Duration of permit.
Permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be renewed annually after issuance.
Applications for renewals of permits shall be processed in the same manner as applications for
the initial permit. Initial issuance of a permit or transfer of a permit shall be valid until the
annual renewal period which shall be July 1 of each subsequent year.
10.10.140 Grounds for revocation.
Permits for required fire alarms shall not be revoked. The following shall constitute
grounds for revocation of all other alarm permits:
(a) The violation of an
y of the provisions of this chapter;
(b) When an
alarm system is deficient in that it actuates excessive false alarms, as
defined in the rules an
d regulations prescribed by the city council;
(c) When the applicant or permittee, or his or her employee or agent has knowingly
made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
an of BURLINGAME
SOI PRIMROSE ROAD
3URLINGAME, CAUK 94010
permit or in any report or record required to be filed with any city agency;
immediately following an alarm activation, the permittee or his or her designated
representative fails to respond within one (1) our to a request for access to the protected
premisesI upon request to do so by a city police officer, or dispatcher who deems a response
necessary to ensure the security of the premises or persons where the system is installed;
(e) Failure to pay fees for responses to false alarms within thirty (30) days of billing.
10.10.150 Denial or revocation of permit.
In the case of denial or revocation of a permit, the chief of police shall notify the
permittee in writing of the reasons for such denial or revocation. The applicant or permittee
shall have ten (10) days from and after the service of said notice to offer evidence to the chief
showing why the permit should not be revoked. The chief may grant the permit or withdraw
the revocation if satisfactory and sufficient evidence is presented.
10.10.160 Suspension of response.
In addition to those measures or in lieu of those measures outlined above, the chief of
police may, at his discretion, order:
(a) Except where the
sole violation is the failure to obtain a permit, non -response to the
permittee alarm if in the chief's judgment the response to a routinely- false alarm call is
outweighed by the dan
ger to the public or city employees.
(b) Response, but continued assessment of response charges.
(c) Prosecution for violation either by complaint to city attorn
ey or citation for operating
an alarm without a valid permit.
10.10.170 Alarm businesses.
(a) No person shall engage in, conduct, or carry on an alarm business within the city
without filing with the police department
a copy of a valid, unrevoked and unexpired state alarm
company operator license therefor in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7590 et seq.
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IEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY OF BURLINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAO
3URLINGAME, CALL F.94010
the Business and Professions Code and any subsequent amendments.thereto.
(b) In the event said licenses) is /are suspended, revoked, or otherwise rendered invalid
by the issuing authority, the alarm business shall notify the police department in writing of such
state action within three (3) days thereof.
(c) Every person engaged in, conducting, or operating an alarm business within the city
shall post on the premises where the alarm business is located a copy of a valid state alarm
company operator's license.
(d) No person shall engage in, conduct, or carry on an alarm business within the city
without a valid business license issued pursuant to this code.
(e) Each alarm business, alarm agent, or user shall keep an accurate record of inspection
or repair of any installed alarm system and shall display such record to the chief of police when
required to do so.
(f) Each alarm business, alarm agent or user who installs, services, possesses, maintains,
operates or uses an alarm system has the sole responsibility for instruction of all appropriate
persons in the proper use and operation of such system, as frequently as necessary, especially
those factors which can cause false alarms. Such appropriate persons shall include but not be
limited to agents, employees, family members, or customers.
10.10.180 Notice of change.
Whenever an
y change occurs relating to the written information required by this chapter,
the applicant or permittee shall give written notice thereof to the depart
ment within ten (10) days
after such change. The applicant or permittee is solely responsible for the correctness of the
information submitted to the police department."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
Mayor
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JEROME F. COLEMAN '
CITYCOF RURLINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAO
BURLJNGAME, CAIJF.94010 li
I, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1s` day
of March, 1993, and was adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
15`" day of March, 1993, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, LEMBI, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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City Clerk
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