6.40.120 Alarm user permits.
A. Permits Required. No alarm user shall use an alarm system within the city of
Petaluma without first applying for and receiving an alarm user permit issued to that user, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter unless:
1. The alarm system was in use by the alarm user prior to the effective date of this chapter, and
2. The police department has failed to provide notice to the alarm user of the requirement of obtaining an alarm user permit.
B. Permit Applications. Each application for an alarm user permit under this chapter shall be filed with the chief of police on a form prescribed by the chief of police and shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the address where the alarm system is located. In the event that the applicant has more than one alarm system at a given address, there shall be only one permit required for that address. In the event the alarm user has alarm systems at different addresses, a permit will be required for each alarm system address.
C. Permit Fee. A permit fee as established in Section 6.40.250 shall be paid annually to the city by the permittee for each alarm user permit.
D. Fee Exemptions. The United States Government, the state of California, counties, municipal corporations, departments thereof and other governmental entities are exempt from fees required in this section.
(Ord. 1813 NCS § 1 (part), 1990.)