2004-214AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 4 RELATING TO ALARMS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 4-26, 4-29 AND 4-
31 TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL TIME PERIOD FOR ALARM PERMITS AND TO
ESTABLISH THE COLLECTION OF AN ANNUAL ALARM PERMIT FEE; PROVEDING
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.
TI-[E COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Alarm Systems") is
hereby amended by amending Sections 4-26, 4-29, and 4-31 which shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 4 - ALARM SYSTEMS
ARTICLE H. PERMIT
Sec. 4-26. Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated an alarm system
without an alarm permit issued by the City of Denton or without having paid the anmlal alarm
permit fee. An annual permit and an annual permit fee is required for each alarm site. The
~nmtal permit fee is established by the city council and is on file in the office of the city
secretary.
See. 4-29. Issuance or denial.
Upon receipt ora 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) Wtfile 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.
The permit fee shall be waived for residential alarms for residents who are over the age of 65.
Sec. 4-31. Duration.
The duration of a permit required by this article is for one year (twelve months), or until
the permit is revoked or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
chapter.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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
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.
PAS SED AND APPROVED this the c~ 7~('~/~xtay o f ~~ ,2004.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTESTED:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
By:
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