(A) Every alarm user shall obtain an alarm user’s permit from the Show Low police department for each alarm system. Such permit shall be obtained prior to the use of an alarm system.

(B) The annual fee for alarm permits shall be established by resolution adopted from time to time by the city council.

(C) The alarm user’s permit shall be physically displayed within the premises using the alarm system and should be available for inspection by the police department.

(D) Permits are not transferable from one (1) user to another or from one (1) address to another.

(E) If the residential alarm user is over the age of sixty-five (65) and is the primary resident of the residence, and if no business is conducted within the residence, the alarm user’s permit may be obtained from the Show Low police department without payment of the fee.

(F) Any alarm system which has false alarms within one (1) permit year shall be subject to penalty assessments as established by resolution adopted from time to time by the city council and any alarm system which has twenty (20) false alarms or more within one (1) permit year may be subject to permit revocation as hereafter provided.

(G) If the Show Low police department records twenty (20) or more false alarms within one (1) permit year for any alarm system or any other instance of noncompliance with this chapter, the police department shall notify the alarm user, by certified mail or personal service, of such fact and shall direct that the alarm user submit a report to the chief of police describing the actions taken or to be taken to discover and eliminate the cause of the false alarms or noncompliance with this chapter. If no report is submitted to the chief of police as required, or if the chief of police determines that actions taken or to be taken by the alarm user will not prevent the recurrence of false alarms or noncompliance with this chapter, the chief of police will give notice by certified mail or personal service to the alarm user of a permit revocation hearing to be held in the office of the Show Low city manager. During this process, the city manager will serve as hearing officer to determine the reinstatement or revocation of the user’s permit.

(H) An alarm whose permit has been revoked shall be immediately furnished written notification of such revocation and shall, within three (3) days after the furnishing of such written notification, discontinue the use of an alarm system with respect to which a permit has been revoked.

(I) It shall be unlawful for any alarm user to fail to disconnect such system within three (3) days after written notification has been furnished advising the alarm user of the revocation of the alarm user’s permit. Such failure shall subject the alarm user to penalties hereinafter provided in Section 7.25.070. (Ord. No. 349, 3-3-92; Ord. No. 430, 2-18-98; Ord. No. 2013-03, §§ 1, 2, 6-4-13. 1976 Code § 4-2-6)