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 Fort Lauderdale
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 4. ALARM SYSTEMS

  § 4-3. Registration; alarm monitoring companies.  

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  • All companies that monitor alarms installed upon properties within the boundaries of the city shall be required to register with the city. The initial registration fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). The annual registration renewal fee thereafter shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). The registration form shall be available both at the police and fire-rescue departments and shall contain the following but is not limited to:

    (1)

    The name, address and telephone number of the alarm monitoring company.

    (2)

    The corporate officers or owners of the alarm monitoring company and their title or relationship to the company.

    (3)

    The type(s) of alarm system(s) it monitors.

    (4)

    The system or process to be used by the company to verify that alarm activations are legitimate and not set off by the alarm system user, owner, or their agent.

    Upon registration each alarm monitoring company shall be supplied by the city with a direct dial telephone number to use to report alarm activations to the city's police department.

    On or before April 1, 2004, each alarm monitoring company shall provide to the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department, in an electronic form compatible with the police department's information technology equipment, the alarm monitoring company's database of current customer information for monitored premises located within the geographic bounds of the City of Fort Lauderdale. An alarm monitoring company registering for the first time with the City of Fort Lauderdale shall provide such information to the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department within ninety (90) days following its initial registration with the City of Fort Lauderdale. Between July 1 and July 15, 2004, and twice annually thereafter, between January 2 and January 15 and between July 1 and July 15 of each year, each alarm monitoring company shall provide to the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department, in an electronic form compatible with the police department's information technology equipment, the alarm monitoring company's database of current customer information for monitored premises located within the geographic bounds of the City of Fort Lauderdale.

    All alarm monitoring companies shall be registered annually with the city. The registration shall be effective from January 1 to December 31 of each year.

    When any information supplied in any alarm registration changes, the alarm monitoring company shall be responsible for informing the city of such changes within thirty (30) days of the change.

    Pursuant to F.S. § 281.301, registration documents and customer information shall be exempt from public disclosure.

(Ord. No. C-96-67, § 3, 12-17-96; Ord. No. C-03-47, § 2, 1-6-04 ; Ord. No. C-17-28 , § 9, 9-13-17)