16.07.020 Registration.
(A) An annual registration is required for all fire alarm systems and whenever new fire alarm systems are installed, in accordance with adopted codes.
(B) The owner must reregister whenever there is a change in the fire alarm business responsible for maintaining, servicing, and/or monitoring the fire alarm system.
(C) Registration is not transferable from one (1) premises to another or from one (1) owner to another.
(D) Every fire alarm business must notify the Enforcement Official of the existence of a fire alarm system prior to the fire alarm system being put into service. The installing fire alarm business must provide the owner with notice of the existence of this Chapter, a registration form and a copy of the fire alarm system operation instructions in accordance with adopted codes, and the manufacturer’s instructions.
(E) The registration form must include the following information:
(1) The name(s), address of the premises, mailing address (if different from the address of the premises), business and home telephone number of the owner, lessee, operator, manager, or person in possession of the premises wherein the fire alarm system is installed;
(2) The name, address, and telephone number of a minimum of two (2) persons who can be notified by the Enforcement Official, in the event of the activation of the fire alarm system, who can respond to the premises within one (1) hour, and who are authorized to enter the premises to ascertain the status thereof;
(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the fire alarm business which has contracted to service the fire alarm system and proof of proper qualification with the Enforcement Official, if required;
(4) The date the registration is signed or the fire alarm system is placed in operation for any reason; and
(5) Any other documentation that is required by adopted codes.
(F) When any of the information required by this Chapter has changed, it must be reported to the Enforcement Official by the owner within fifteen (15) days of the owner becoming aware of such change.
(G) The owner must complete and deliver the fire alarm system registration in the required format to the Enforcement Official before the fire alarm system is activated or placed into service. The fire alarm business, when authorized by the owner, may assist the owner in accomplishing this submission of the fire alarm registration to the Enforcement Official.
(H) An owner who does not renew the annual registration is subject to a nonrenewal fee.
(I) The fire alarm registration fee and nonrenewal fee is adopted by resolution of the Governing Body. (Ord. 18-01 § 3, 2018; Ord. 08-80 § 1, 2008.)