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A. Every alarm installation company and every alarm monitoring company shall obtain an Auburn security alarm license from the police department and pay an annual prorated fee of $10.00 per each of their registered alarm users in the city up to a maximum payment of $100.00. Failure to pay the annual fee within 30 days after notice shall result in a late fee of $25.00.

B. The security alarm license required by this section must be obtained prior to or contemporaneous with the issuance or renewal of a business license for the period of time covered by the security alarm license, if applicable.

C. The alarm installation company shall provide the name, address and phone number of any monitoring company that they are using to monitor their alarm sites within the city and monitoring companies shall do the same for alarm installation companies that they monitor alarm sites for that are within the city.

D. If any person, firm, entity or company does not have or maintain a current, valid security alarm license issued pursuant to this section, it shall be presumed that the person, firm, entity or company does not have need of alarm responses from the police department. Depending on the circumstances, the police department may or may not respond to any alarm dispatch request from any alarm installation company or monitoring company that does not possess a current, valid security alarm license issued pursuant to this section.

E. The alarm administrator shall notify all known alarm users subscribing to an unlicensed alarm installation company or an unlicensed alarm monitoring company that the company is unlicensed and that the police department will no longer respond to the user’s alarms. The city will assess the alarm installation company or monitoring company a reinstatement fee of $100.00 and an additional fee of $10.00 per permitted user, if users have been notified.

F. The fee imposed by this section shall be in addition to the business license fee and all other applicable fees levied by the city. (Ord. 6216 § 1, 2009.)