§ 2-5-142. Registration of security alarm systems.

(a)

Registration required. All alarms must be registered and no security alarm system may be operated unless it is identified in a current alarm registration. Multiple security alarm systems at the same alarm site may be registered under a single registration. Bar codes shall be assigned to each security alarm system. Where more than one (1) structure is served by a single security alarm system, each structure may be assigned a bar code. A new registration is required upon transfer of any alarm site by operation of law or upon change of any alarm user, including but not limited to transfer upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b)

Applications. Applications for a security alarm system registration shall be made on the forms provided by the alarm coordinator. Completed applications must be submitted to the alarm coordinator within ten (10) days after the security alarm system is first placed in service. Applications for registration of security alarm systems in use prior to November 1, 2002, the effective date of this article, shall be made no later than December 31, 2002.

(c)

Annual registration period. Security alarm system registrations shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance. The alarm coordinator shall notify each registered alarm user of the need to renew thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the registration period.

(d)

Fees. Fees must be paid in a form acceptable to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

Initial registration ..... $25.00

Renewals ..... 10.00

Renewal fees will be waived if there have been no false alarms at the alarm site during the preceding registration period.

A late fee of five dollars ($5.00) per month, or portion thereof, shall be assessed, up to a maximum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), if the renewal application is received more than thirty (30) days after the expiration of the prior registration period.

All fees are non-refundable and all registrations are non-transferable.

Fees are payable in a form acceptable to the sheriff's office and shall be used to defray the cost associated with the registration of security alarm systems, the false alarm prevention program and the tracking of violations.

(Ord. No. 98-059, § 2, 9-15-98; Ord. No. 2002-034, § 2, 9-3-02; Ord. No. 2004-051, § 2, 7-27-04; Ord. No. 2017-045, § 2, 10-10-17)