HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 85-110 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 1/2
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO AMEND DEFINITIONS AND REPEAL THE
REQUIREMENT FOR A CUSTOMER LIST; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
That Chapter 2 1/2 , Section 11 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2 1/2 (11) . Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this
section:
"Alarm system" shall mean any device designed and
manufactured for the detection of an unauthorized entry on premises
of for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act, or
both and which, when actuated, transmits a signal or message
remotely to an answering service or other similar monitoring
station.
"Alarm user" shall mean any person, firm, corporation or
other entity which owns, possesses, or leases an alarm system.
"Excess alarms signaling a burglary or unauthorized
entry" shall mean those alarms in excess of three (3 ) signaled from
the same user ' s premises by the same alarm system within any
calendar quarter but not including, 1 ) such alarms signaled within
the first fifteen (15) days after an original installation of said
system or a major component thereof, and 2 ) those alarms in which
an unauthorized entry has been verified. The decision of the
Police Department concerning whether an unauthorized entry has
occurred will be final.
"Excess alarms signaling a robbery or the commission of
an unlawful act" shall mean those alarms in excess of two (2 )
signaled from the same user' s premises by the same alarm system
within any calendar quarter, but not including, 1 ) such alarms
signaled within the first five (5 ) days after an original
installation of said system or a major component thereof, and 2 )
those alarms in which a robbery or attempted robbery has occurred.
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"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership,
corporation, or other entity.
"Calendar quarter" shall mean either January through
March, April through June, July through September, or October
through December of any calendar year.
Section 2 .
That Chapter 2 1/2, Section 12 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Section 3 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various
portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 4 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 5 .
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the day of -_` � 1985.
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