BOYNTON.2½ Chapter 2.5
ALARM SYSTEMS*
*Editor's note - Ord. No. 88 - 36, §§ 1 — 16, includes alarms activated solely by an act of nature
adopted July 19, 1988, did not specify manner of not contributed to by faulty design, maintenance,
codification; hence, such provisions have been installation or use.
designated as Ch. 2.5, §§ 2.5 - 1 — 2.5 - 16, by the
editor. False alarms: All activated alarms, responded to
by the police and/or fire departmen t, which do not
qualify as class “A” alarms, including but not limited
Sec. 2 .5 - 1. Short title. to alarms activated through inadvertence, neglect,
accident, alarm testing, and faulty installation or
This chapter shall be known and cited as the maintenance, and excessive vibrations or power
“Burglar and Fire Alarm Ordinance.” (Ord. No. 88 - failure.
36, § 1, 7 - 19 - 88)
Government: Any direct a gency of any federal,
state, county, or city government including schools
Sec. 2.5 - 2. Definitions. and the U.S. Postal Service.
For the purpose of this chapter, whenever any of Person: Shall mean any natural person,
the following words or terms are used herein, they individual or any firm, partnership, association,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this limited partnership, sole proprietorship, corporation,
section: apartme nt complex, condominium association, or any
business entity whatsoever.
Alarm: Any device which is used in a building
or premises for the detection of fire, medical alerts, Premises: Shall mean the building or structure
unauthorized entry, burglary or any other criminal and adjoining property which is protected by and
activity, and which when activated emi ts a sound, upon which is installed an emergency alarm or alarm
signal or message to alert others, whether emitted on system. (Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 2, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 -
or off the premises or to the central office of an alarm 43, § 1, 9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 1, 12 - 1 - 98)
business.
Alarm business: Any person engaged in the Sec. 2.5 - 3. Alarm operating permit required.
business of selling, leasing, monitoring, maintaining,
servicing, repairing, al tering, replacing, moving or No person shall have an alarm installed to be
installing any alarm for any building, place or operational, or use an existing alarm serving a
premises. premises, or a building, or portion thereof, occ upied
or controlled by such person, unless an alarm
Alarm user: Any person using an alarm or operating permit in the form of a decal has been
occupying and controlling a premises or building, or issued hereunder, and is in force, authorizing the use
a portion of a premises or building, served by an of such alarm. Such alarm operating permit shall
alarm. constitute a regulatory license. For any alarm exis ting
prior to the effective date of this chapter an alarm
Audible alarm: An alarm that sounds a warning operating permit application shall be made within
bell, buzzer, or other sounding device that can be sixty (60) days of the effective date hereof. A person
heard for fifty (50) feet or more beyond the protected with an installed alarm system without a permit from
premises. the city shall be issued a notice of vio lation and that
person shall have ten (10) days from the date of the
Class "A" alarms: All those alarms activated by notice of violation to make application for a permit.
illegal entry, in response to criminal activity, fire, or
the need for emergency medical response and
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If application for a permit is not made within ten (10) site and to deactivate the alarm system
days of the notice of violation the person shall be in if such
violation of this section. (Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 3, 7 - 19 -
88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 2, 9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 92 - 5, § 1,
3 - 3 - 92; Ord. No. 94 - 29, § 1, 9 - 9 - 94)
Sec. 2.5 - 4. Application for permit.
(a) Application for an alarm operating permit
for t he operation of an alarm system shall be made by
a person having control over the property on which
the alarm system is to be operated. Such application
shall be made in writing to the building official on a
form designated by the city for that purpose. On such
application, the applicant shall set forth:
(1) The name, address and telephone number
of each person in control of the property.
(2) The street address of the property on which
the alarm system is to be or has been
installed and operated.
(3) Any business name used for the premises
on which the alarm - system is to be installed
and operated.
(4) Whether the alarm system or systems are or
are not local alarms and whether the alarm
system or systems are designed to give
notice of a burglary, fire , hold - up or of
other type of emergency.
(5) The name of the person or alarm system
business who will install the alarm system.
(6) The names and telephone numbers of two
(2) persons which are able to and have
agreed as follows:
a. To receive notific ation of
alarm activation at any time;
b. To arrive at the alarm site
within one (1) hour after receiving a
request from a member of the
communications center, police
department or fire department to do so;
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c. To grant access to the alarm
becomes necessary; or
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(b) Immediately after receipt of the alarm
operating permit application, the building official or
his designee, shall forward a copy of the application
to the communications division. (Ord. No. 88 - 36 § 4,
7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 91 - 6, § 1, 2 - 19 - 91)
Sec. 2.5 - 5. Term of permit; fee;
nontransferable.
(a) Fee. A fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be
charged the alarm user by the c ity for each alarm
operating permit issued, to defray the cost of
regulation. Successive renewal fees shall not be
required of a residential or commercial permit holder
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except as provided in subsection (b). of section 2.5 - 4 of this chapter does not
(b) Term and renewal. An alarm operating
permit shall have an indefinite term from date of
issuance; provided however, the term shall expire and
the permit [shall be] deemed invalid with any change
in ownership of residential or commercial property to
which the permit is assign ed. Compliance with
subsections (1) and (2) shall revalidate the alarm
permit.
(1) An alarm permit holder is required to notify
the city within seven (7) days of any change
of alarm permit registration information.
(2) Any change in ownership of resident ial or
commercial property to which an alarm
permit is assigned shall require a new
registration application and a fee of thirty
dollars ($30.00).
(c) Permit nontransferable. Any alarm
operating permit issued pursuant to this article shall
not be transfe rable or assignable and shall cover only
one (1) building or premises or portion thereof. (Ord.
No. 88 - 36; § 5, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 3, 9 - 18 -
90; Ord. No. 90 - 59, § 1, 12 - 18 - 90)
Sec. 2.5 - 6. Issuance of alarm operating permit.
An alarm permit will b e issued by the building
official upon receipt of said completed application,
and the building official or his designee may inspect
the alarm equipment and planned installation and
may require the submission of additional and specific
information.
An ala rm operating permit shall be denied if:
(a) The requested information is not supplied
on the application or such additional
information as required [is not furnished.]
(b) Material information on the application is
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(c) Any person or entity li sted on the
application under items (a)(4), (5) and (6)
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issued an alarm - decal by the building official. Said
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of all business, commercial establishments, and ,
residential premises, covered by said permit. (Ord.
No. 88 - 36, § 7, § 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 5, 9 - 18 -
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be considered to be the owners of the premises and 9
shall be held jointly a - nd severally responsible for the
registration of the alarm system and liable to the city 8
for all service fees charged for false alarms. The 8
owner of an apartment complex or multifamily ;
residence is responsible for the registration of all
alarm systems and O shall be liable to the city for
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(3) To grant access to the alarm site and to Sec. 2.5 - 10. Operation of system.
deacti vate the alarm system if such
becomes necessary. No person shall install, cause to be installed or
permit to be installed any alarm system unless the
(4) To inspect the alarm system after each requirements of this section are met.
activation to ensure proper operation.
(b) Train all persons who may activate the
alarm system in the proper operation of the
alarm system.
(c) Failure to respon d as provided shall result
in a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). The
police department or fire department shall
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failure to respond. The finance department
shall be responsible for assessing the fifty
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(d) Notify the city within thirty (30) days of
any changes of information contained on
the original application.
(e) Properly maintain the alarm system to
ensure malfunctions due to faulty
maintenance will not occur. (Ord. No. 88 -
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Sec. 2.5 - 9. Duty of person notified to provide
access to premises, render
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Any person who is notified by any member of
the communications division, police department or
fire department of the activation of an al arm system
and who is able to give access to the alarm site shall
come to the alarm site within one (1) hour of the time
such person is notified of such activation and shall
provide the police and/or fire department any
necessary access or assistance. Fail ure to respond as
provided shall be grounds for and result in the city
taking reasonable action to deactivate the alarm. Fire
alarms required by fire codes and/or state statutes
shall be exempt from deactivating the alarm.
(Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 9, 7 - 19 - 88; O rd. No. 90 - 43, § 7, 9 -
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(10) days the alarm owner will be in any request being made to the police department or
violation of section 2 - 17 of this chapter. fir e department to respond to such alarm. (Ord. No.
88 - 36, § 11, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 9, 9 - 18 - 90)
(e) The city may set reasonable standards and
procedures to be followed by any alarm
system business or telephone answering Sec. 2.5 - 12. Excessive false alarms declared a
service when giving notice to the public nuisance; exceptions.
communications division of activation of an
alarm system. Such standards and (a) The emission of more than three (3) false
procedures shall be set out in writing and alarms within any twelve - m onth period of time is
made available to any alarm system excessive and constitutes a serious nuisance, and is
business or telephone answering service hereby declared to be unlawful and a violation of this
requesting same. section. No person shall allow, permit, cause or fail to
prevent the emission, for any reason, by any alarm
(f) The Fire Rescue Department shall indicate used by such pers on, or any alarm serving a premises
any violation of subsection (a) or (b) on or a building occupied and controlled by such person,
their alarm report. The Fire and Life Safety of more than three (3) false alarms within any twelve -
Division shall be responsible to take the month period of time.
appropriate action by issuing a notice of
violation of this section. The owner of the (b) All new property permitted alarm systems
alarm system will have ten days from the shall be exempt from the application of th is section
date of the notice of violation to correct the for the first three (3) months from the date of initial
violation. If the violation is not corrected installation.
within ten days, the owner shall be fined
$50. The Fire and Life Safety Divi sion (c) Occupancies with multiple alarm zones or
shall notify the Finance Department to mail apartment complexes with multiple alarm systems, all
the notice of fine if the violation is not maintained by the same company, may be declared
corrected. If the fine is not paid within ten nuisance alarms by the Fire Marshal and shall be
days, the alarm owner will be in violation assessed a false alarm fee.
of Sec. 2.5 - 17 of this chapter. (Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 12, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 89 - 6, § 1, 4 -
(Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 10, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 9 0 - 43, § 8, 4 - 89; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 10, 9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 91 - 64,
9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 3, 12 - 1 - 98) § 2, 9 - 19 - 91; Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 4, 12 - 1 - 98)
Sec. 2.5 - 11. False alarms prohibited; exceptions. Sec. 2.5 - 13. False alarm response service fee;
col lection.
No person shall intentionally activate an alarm
system for any purpose other than an emergency or For response to excessive false alarms by the
threat of emergency of the kind for which the alarm police department, the alarm user shall be charged a
sy stem was designed to give notice. The owner or service fee by the City as follows:
person responsible for testing a fire, burglary or
emergency alarm system shall be required to notify
the communications division a minimum of one (1)
hour prior to the alarm system test. It shall then be an
a ffirmative defense to prosecution under this section
that the alarm system sounded solely for the purpose
of testing the alarm, and the person who tested the
alarm took reasonable precautions to avoid
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Six (6) false alarms in any twelve - fire department or any other department or bureau of
................................ ................................ .................. month period the city, and then reproduces any prerecorded 100.00
message to report any burglary, unauthorized entry or
Each successive false alarm, after other emergency.
six (6), in any twelve - month
................................ ................................ .................. period (b) 100.00 No person shall provide a private alarm
service system programmed to a central alarm
The chief of police or his/her designee, shall reception office unless it shall have the cen tral office
determine whether a false burglar alarm has occurred staffed at all times, twenty - four (24) hours a day,
and the frequency of such false alarms. The city shall including holidays.
notify alarm users of amounts owed to the city and
shall make demand therefor, pursuant to the (c) Any staff member of a private alarm service
provisions of this section. system reporting an alarm activation to which police
department and/or fire department response is
The Fire Marshal shall determine whether a false requested shall identif y himself and state the name
fire or medical alarm has occurred and the frequency and telephone number of the alarm business by which
of such alarms. The Fire Rescue Department shall such response is requested.
notify alarm users of the amount owned to the city
and shall make demand therefore pursuant to the (d) The request for response shall include the
following provisions: name, telephone number, and zone, if applicable, of
the alarm activation.
(a) A fine of $100 will be issued for every false (Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 14, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 6,
alarm over the third false alarm in any calendar year. 12 - 1 - 98)
(b) Proof of alarm repair on the date of the
false alarm can result in the fine being reduced to $25 Sec. 2.5 - 15. Audible alarms.
if approved by the Fire Marshal.
All alarms which may be heard in any public
The Fire and Life Safety Di vision will bill and place shall be equipped and maintained to
maintain records for all fire and medical false alarms. automatically cut off no longer than twenty (20)
minutes after being set off. (Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 15 , 7 -
The city attorney may proceed by a suit in a 19 - 88; Ord. No. 91 - 64, § 3, 9 - 19 - 91)
court of competent jurisdiction to collect said charge
after demand therefor has been made by the city and
the payment thereof refus ed by the alarm user. Sec. 2.5 - 16. Enforcement through codes
(Ord. No. 88 - 36, § 13, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 11, enforcement board.
9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 5, 12 - 1 - 98)
The building official, police chief, fire chief or
their designees may initiate action before the codes
Sec. 2.5 - 14. Interference with city telephone enforcement board of the city to obtain compli ance
trunk lines prohibited; alarm with this chapter and payment of service charges
business central office required; assessed by the city pursuant to section 2.5 - 13. The
identification required. board shall have the authority to place a lien against
the property served by a burglar and/or fire alarm in
(a ) No person shall use or cause to be used any the amount of all assessed service charg es. (Ord. No.
telephone or electronic device or attachment that 88 - 36, § 16, 7 - 19 - 88; Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 12, 9 - 18 - 90;
automatically selects a public primary telephone Ord. No. 92 - 5, § 2, 3 - 3 - 92; Ord. No. 94 - 29, § 2, 9 - 9 -
trunk line of the communications center, police 94)
department,
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Sec. 2.5 - 17. Service charge, fines; failure to pay. (c) The chief of each department shall review
the recommendation and may reduce, remove, or
The owner of an alarm system in violation of a leave unchanged the false alarm response service
specified section of this chapter shall have ten (10) charge imposed pursuant to section 2.5 - 13. The
days from the date of the violation notice to pay the decision of the chief of the resp ective department
service charge and/or fine. shall be the final decision of the city. (Ord. No. 98 - 17,
§ 1, 6 - 16 - 98)
(a) If the owner fails to pay the service charge
or fine within ten (10) days the city shall notify the
owner or person in charge of the alarm system by Sec. 2.5 - 19. Failure to notify.
certified mail that the payment is past due in violation
of this section and demand that payment be made No alarm business shall attempt to service,
within ten (10) days of the date of the demand for repair, alter, replace, move and/or test an alarm
payment letter. system without a prior one hour noti ce of intent to the
City of Boynton Beach Emergency Dispatch Center.
(b) If the owner or person in charge of t he All reasonable precautions to avoid the transmission
alarm system fails to pay the past due amount within of false alarms shall be made. Failure to notify one
ten (10) days, the city attorney may proceed by a suit hour prior to the transmission of a false alarm shall
in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect said result in a fine of $50, payable by the alarm business.
unpaid service charges and/or fines from an alarm
system owner, and the city attorney shall have the (a) If the alarm business fails to pay the fine
authority to place a lien against the property served within ten days, the alarm business shall be notified
by a burglar and/or fire alarm in the amount of all via certified mail of their right to request a hearing
assessed service charges and/or fines. before a three - person board which shall be composed
of the City Ma nager, the Director of Public
(c) The owner of the alarm system and/or the Works/Engineer and the Director of Development, or
premises the alarm system serves shall be responsible their designees, which hearing shall be held within
f or all costs incurred in collecting the service fee ten days of the date of the appeal to the City Manager.
including attorney's fees.
(Ord. No. 90 - 43, § 13, 9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 92 - 5, § 3, 3 - (b) The decision of the Board shall be final and
3 - 92; Ord. No. 97 - 03, § 1, 2 - 18 - 97) shall only be su bject to review by writ of certiorari to
Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
Sec. 2.5 - 18. Departmental review of contested (c) All alarm businesses and alarm monitoring
fees. companies conducting fire or medical alarm business
in the City of Boynton Beach will register with the
(a) Alarm users wishing to cont est a false Fire and Life Safety Division of the Boynton Beach
alarm response service fee shall provide to the police Fire Rescue Department.
or fire rescue department, within thirty (30) days of
imposition of the fee, a written explanation detailing (d) All alarm businesses will notify the Fire and
reasons that the false alarm response service fee Life Safety Division of any alteration, deletion,
should be reduced or waived. removal of service, or other operating problems of
fire and medical alarm systems in the City of Boynton
(b) The chiefs of the police department and the Beac h.
fire rescue and life safety department shall each (Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 7, 12 - 1 - 98)
designate a member of their respective departments
to process, review and make a written
recommendation to the department chief on each case
contesting a fal se alarm response service fee.
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Sec. 2.5 - 20. Alarm business responsibility.
An alarm company conducting fire alarm
business within the city shall adhere to all
requirements of all applicable NFPA Standards.
Fai lure to comply with this section of the code, as
determined by the Fire Marshal, shall result in a fine
of $100. Fines shall be paid according to the
guidelines in Sec. 2.5 - 19 (a) and (b).
(Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 8, 12 - 1 - 98)
Sec. 2.5 - 21. Damage to property.
The City of Boynton Beach shall not be
financially responsible for any property damage
caused by the Police and/or Fire Rescue responding
to an alarm. The alarm user shall be solely
responsible for any damages that occur while
attempting to verify the c ause for the alarm
activation.
(Ord. No. 98 - 46, § 9, 12 - 1 - 98)
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