97-3098 ORD
ORDINANCE NO. 97-3098
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE SECTION 25-39.1,
ENTITLED "BURGLAR ALARMS"; AMENDING
SUBSECTION 25-39.1(3), ENTITLED "ALARM
REGISTRATION AND PERMIT" BY DELETING ANY
REFERENCE TO THE INITIAL $50 PERMIT FEE TO THE
CITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Subsection 25-39.1(3) of Miami Beach City Code Section 25-39.1 entitled
"Burglar Alarms" is hereby amended as follows:
3. Alarm registration and permit renewal.
After the date of the enactment ofthis Section, anyone htl"v'ing a neVi alftl'm shall pay a $50.00
Pcnnit Fcc to the City 'vvhieh shall be used to defray the cost of registration of the new alarm
meres) and ethcr administrati'/e costs assoeiatcd 'v'/ith this program.. User3 who had intrusion
al8:l'ffis installed prior to the enactment of this Section shall pay the $50.00 permit fee during
the month following enactment of this legislation, but by no later than September 30th.
Permits shall be renewed annually during the month of January. The fee for renewal will be
$10.00. Failure to pay the Permit Renewal Fee shall result in the termination of police
response to intrusion alarms. The $10.00 renewal fee will be waived for all alarm users who
have had no false intrusion alarms during the past 12 months.
Before police response to any alarm is terminated under this section, the Police Department
will notify the alarm user and the alarm monitoring company by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The notification will inform the alarm user and the alarm monitoring company
that the alarm is being operated in violation of this section and that police response to alarms
will be terminated in 30 days unless the alarm is registered and the renewal fee is paid.
The alarm company that installs an alarm system, or the user of an alarm system not installed
by a company, shall file the following information with the eity of Miami Beach Police
Department False Alarm Section within 48 hours of such installation, excluding weekends
and holidays. For alarms existing before the enactment of this ordinance, alarm users must,
within 60 days of enactment of this legislation, file a completed alarm registration/permit
form with the Police Department, providing the following information:
(a) the names of individuals able and authorized to enter the premises and
deactivate the alarm;
(b) emergency telephone numbers by which those individuals can be reached at
all times;
(c) the name and telephone number of the alarm company that is monitoring the
alarm system, if applicable;
(d) the name and telephone number of the alarm company that installed the
system, if different from the monitoring entity;
(e) the name and address of the alarm user. The alarm company or - where there
is no alarm company - the user, must make certain that the information filed with the
Police Department is current. Failure to update this information within five (5)
working days of any change, excluding weekends and holidays, constitutes a
violation of this section;
(f) whether the alarm is equipped with a backup power supply that will
automatically be activated in the event of a power failure;
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(g) whether the alarm is equipped with a device that automatically silences the
alarm within fifteen (15) minutes after activation.
SECTION 2. REPEALER
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder
shall not be affected by such invalidity.
SECTION 4. CODIFICATION
It is the intention of the Mayor and City eommission ofthe eity of Miami Beach, and it is
hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or
relettered to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section",
"article", or other appropriate word.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect on the18thday of October ,1997.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of October ,199 .
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eOMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~ ~ 3-q 1
DATE: October 8 , 1997
TO:
MA YOR SEYMOUR GELBER
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION
CITY MANAGER JOSE.GARC]A-PEDROSA
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FROM:
SUBJEeT:
"BURGLAR ALARMS" ORDINANCE
Pursuant to eommissioner Eisenberg's request at the eommission meeting held September 10, 1997,
the following ordinance is amended to delete any reference to the $50 initial permit fee paid to the
eity by alarm users.
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