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ORDINANCE NO. ,ZOO %- /~~~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 4 RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS BY AMENDING SECTION 4-29 TO
REMOVE THE EXCEPTION WAIVING THE PERMIT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ALARM
PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 65; BY AMENDING SECTION 4-62 TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FALSE BURGLAR ALARMS ALLOWED BEFORE A
PENALTY MAY BE ASSESSED FROM FIVE TO THREE PRIOR FALSE BURGLAR
ALARMS; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Alarm Systems")
be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 4-29 "Issuance or Denial" to remove
the last sentence of Section 4-29 which provided an exemption to a residential alarm permit fee
for residents who are over the age of 65. Section 4-29 shall read as follows:
Sec. 4-29. Issuance or denial.
Upon receipt of a completed annual application form and the annual permit fee, the City
of Denton shall issue an alarm permit to an applicant unless the applicant:
(1) Has failed to pay a service charge fee assessed under section 4-62;
(2) Has had an alarm permit for the alarm site revoked and the violation causing the
revocation has not been corrected;
(3) Has made a false statement of a material matter;
(4) Committed any act which, if committed by a permittee, would be grounds for the
revocation of a permit under section 4-32; or
(5) While without a permit, knowingly and willfully committed or aided and abetted
in the commission of any act for which a permit is required by this chapter.
SECTION 2. That Chaptei• 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Alarm Systems")
be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 4-62 "Service Charge for False
Alarms" to specify in subsection (a) that upon three prior false burglar alarm notifications, the
permit holder of a burglar alarm permit shall pay a fee for any subsequent false burglaz alarm
notifications within atwelve-month period. Section 4-62 shall read as follows:
Sec. 4-62. Service charge for false alarms.
(a) The holder of a permit required under this chapter shall pay a fee established by the city
council and on file in the office of the city secretary for each false burglar alarm
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notification emitted from an alarm site that is in excess of three (3) false burglar alarm
notifications within atwelve-month period.
(b) The holder of a permit shall pay a fee established by the city council and on file in the
office of the city secretary for each false fire alarm notification that is emitted from an
alarm site that is in excess of three (3) false fire alarm notifications within a twelve-
month period.
(c) The director shall assess separate Fees, established by the city council and on file in the
office of the city secretary, against a robbery alarm pemtit holder for each false robbery
alarm notification emitted from the alarm site.
(d) For purposes of this section, the twelve-month period shall begin on the date the permit is
issued to the permit holder and thereafter on subsequent renewal dates. If a permit is
revoked under section 4-32, the twelve-month period shall begin when the revocation is
withdrawn.
(e) The director shall assess the permit holder of an emergency medical assistance alarm a
fee established by the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary for each
false emergency medical assistance alarm notification emitted from the alarm site.
(f) A permit holder shall pay a fee assessed under this section within thirty (30) days after
receipt of notice that it has been assessed.
(g) The permit holder will be exempt from any fee charged for a false alarm notification
which is later shown by the permit holder to either have been justified or which was due
to a natural or manmade catastrophe or other situation specifically exempted by the
director. In addition, no fee shall be charged under this section for thirty (30) days after
the date of installation of an alarm system.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 4. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions, sections,
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. Any person found guilty of violating this ordinance by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day.
Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. This ordinance providing for a penalty shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption
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of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~Zday of , 2007.
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PERRY R. McNEILL, MAYOR
ATTESTED:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
EDWIN M. SNYDER, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: 1
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