15-82 ORDINANCE NO. 1~-82
AN ORDINANCE OF' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.5, "ALARM
SYSTEMS'"~ OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DEI~RAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, "IN
GENERAL", BY AMENDING SECTION 2°5-9, "SERVICE CHARGE
FOR EXCF_5$IVE ALARMS", BY PROVIDING THAT NON-PAYMENT
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF' NOTIFICATION OF ANY ASSESSED SERVICE
FEE IS DECLARED UNLAWFUL AND SHALL BE PUNISHABLE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE5; AND
BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, "SELLING, LEASING, SERVICING,
ETC.", BY AMENDING SECTION 2.5-2o,~ "SUSPENSION AND REVO-
CATION OF PERMI~'~ BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (5) PRO°
VIDING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REVOCATION OF OR SUSPEN-
SION OF THE PERMITS OF AN ALARM BUSINESS OR ALARM
AGENT IF' TEN (10) OR MORE EXCESSIVE ALARMS IN ANY ONE
MONTH ARE CHARGEABLE TO THAT ALARM BUSINESS OR
ALARM AGENT; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOV/, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DEI. RAY BEACH, FLORIDA,. AS FOLLOV/S:
Section 1. That Section 2.5-9, "Service. charge for excessive alarms", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The fire' and police departments shall maintain a written record of each excessive alarm
of: which it is notified and shall certify to the city clerk each occasion of excessive
alarms by other than a registered alarm system. For each excessive-alarm so certified,
the alarm user shall pay to the city a service fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The
city clerk shall notify the alarm user of the amount of the service fee and that such fee
is to be paid in not more than thir%7 (30) days from the date of the city clerk's
notification letter. Failure to pa)' such service fee within the required time sha/l
constitute- a violation of this Code and shall be an offense punishable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances.
Section 2. That Section 2.5-2~ "Suspension and revocation of permit" of the Code of
Ordinances of the C'ity of Delray Beach~ Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Alarm business and alarm agent permits issued under the provisions of this chapter may
be suspended or revoked by the city manager or his designee, after notice and hearing, for the
following reasons:
(1) Any material violation of this chapter or the statutes of the State of Florida.
(2) Conviction or a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or misdemeanor involving
robbery, burglary, the~'e, embezzlement, fraud, or receiving or possessing stolen
property.
(3) If materially false or misleading information has been furnished on the application
for a permit.
(t~) Repeated failure to mee~: the service response requirements of section 2.5-26.
(5_.~)If ten (10) or more excessive alarms in any one month are chargeable to that alarm
business or alarm agent since such excessive alarms have occurred on the premises
of registered alarms registered to that alarm business or alarm agent'.
If a member of the board of directors or an officer of a corpora'don or other entity
engaging in the. alarm business, or a partner of a partnership engaged in the alarm business, is found
to have engaged in conduct constituting grounds forL?he suspension or revocation of a permit, then.
:he permit for the a~arm business with which such person is associated shaJ~ be suspended or
revoked. If, however, it is an employee ord¥ who is found to have engaged in conduct constitu~ng
grounds for suspension or revocation, then the employee aJa,'m agent permit only shaJ] be suspended
or revoked. If, however, it is only an aJarm agent who is found to have engaged in conduct
constituting grounds for suspension or revocation, then only the a Jafra agenl: permit shall be
suspended or revoked.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be dec. tared by a Court of competent jurisdic~on to be Lnvaiid~
such decision shaft not affect the, validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or' part thereof other
than the part declared to be [nvaiid.
Section 4. That this ordinance shale become effective- immediately after its passage on
second and finai reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTI~D in regular session on second and finai, reading on this the 9th
day o5 Marc. h. ,1982.
'mAYOR ~
L~:ON M. WE~.I{ES
ATTEST:
Ci?~lerk
Firs: Reading February 9, 1982
Second Reading March 9, 198 2
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