O-2009-3199 revise regulation of and permitting fees for burglar alarms

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(3) Records. Keep a written record of the date and time each notification of the activation of an alarm system is received and the date, time, and method by which the person in control of the property was notified. Such records shall be retained for at least two years and shall be made available for inspection by the city during regular business hours. (4) Periodic testingfor correction of defects. Test or cause to be tested all equipment used by the central station or telephone answering service to the receipt of notifications of the activation of any alarm system and the equipment used in relaying those notifications of the activation of any alarm system and the equipment used in relaying those notifications to the city at least one time in every 12-month period and, where a test result is unsatisfactory, correct or cause to be corrected within a reasonable period time not to exceed seven days from the date of testing the cause of the unsatisfactory test result; (5) Evidence of test results. Produce evidence of the results of tests conducted pursuant to this section upon request of the city. The requirements of this section shall be satisfied if such results are made available at the central station or telephone answering service on the next regular business day after request is made; and (6) Providing service licensed businesses only. Not provide answering service for any alarm system business, which is not licensed by the State of Texas. A violation under this subsection shall only be enforceable according to state law and the remedies, policies and procedures provided for therein. Sec. 30-47. Compliance with article 4413(29bb). All persons subject to the provision of the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act of the State of Texas article 4413(29bb), Texas Civil Statutes Annotated, are required to comply with all provisions of that act, as presently enacted and may be subsequently amended. Sec. 30-48. Misdemeanor violation. Any person who violates any provision of this article, or who causes, allows, or permits another to violate any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $500.00. Each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner, occupant, or resident of the premise or part thereof where anything in violation of this article shall be placed or shall exist, or any lessee, tenant, employee, agent, or corporation employed in connection therewith who may have assisted in the commission of such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties stated above." Section 2. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or invalidate this article as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, or whether there be one or more parts. Section 3. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.