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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. A "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 That Chapter 2 1/2, Section 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, repealed.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. Mayor - 2 -