§ 2-21-62. Alarm system contractors.

(a)

All alarm system contractors shall, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this article or the commencement of serving alarm customers in Manatee County, register with the sheriff and annually renew said registration. At the time of registration, renewal, or within ten (10) business days from a request by the sheriff, the alarm system contractor shall, in a form and manner to be determined by the sheriff, provide the following information:

(1)

Its name, telephone number, street address, and current mailing address to include any forwarding addresses necessary to receive correspondence;

(2)

The name, current physical address (to include any forwarding addresses necessary to receive correspondence), home telephone number, work telephone number, cellular telephone number, and/or pager number, all if available, of the alarm users currently served within the territorial jurisdiction of this article; the address(es) and telephone number(s) of the alarmed premises (if different), and the names and telephone numbers of those persons the alarm users have designated as key holders; and

(3)

The name, street address and telephone number of its qualifying agent or agents, along with a copy of the qualifying agent(s) current license.

(4)

A fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed for the failure to register, re-register, or provide any information as required herein. Thereafter, a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed for each additional month of noncompliance.

(b)

No person shall install, maintain, repair, alter, service or monitor alarm systems for compensation without being a licensed alarm system contractor or a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed.

(c)

All alarm system contractors shall insure that each of their agents is in compliance with Section 489.518, Florida Statutes.

(d)

Alarm system contractors shall not install alarm systems or alarm equipment or use methods of installation that do not meet or exceed minimum Underwriters Laboratories or American National Standards Institute requirements for the appropriate installation and which do not use control panels tested for conformance to the Security Industry Association's (SIA) Control Panel Standard ANSI/SIA CP-01-2000 (or equivalent listing), or a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed.

(e)

Alarm system contractors shall not cause a false alarm during servicing, repairing, testing or inspection of an alarm system, or a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed. The alarm user shall not be charged with such false alarms.

(f)

Alarm system contractors shall not activate or service an unpermitted alarm system required by this article to be permitted, or a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) shall be assessed.

(g)

Alarm system contractors shall provide all alarm users with a blank MCSO alarm permit application, whenever installing, maintaining, repairing, altering or servicing an alarm system, unless the alarm system contractor reasonably believes that the system is permitted or not required to be permitted, or a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be assessed.

(Ord. No. 04-32, § 13, 2-3-04)