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ORDINANCE NO. 1317
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ADDING CHAPTER 5.48 ENTITLED "TELEPHONIC
ALARM SYSTEM" TO TITLE 5 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.48 is added to the Newport Beach
Municipal Code to read:
"CHAPTER 5.48
TELEPHONIC ALARM SYSTEM
Sections:
TT+8.020 Definitions.
5.48.030 Permit Required.
5.48.040 Application for Permit.
5.48.050 Right of Inspection.
5.48.060 Restricted Numbers
5.48.070 Revocation.
5.48.080 Annual Permit.
5.48.020 Definitions. `Telephonic alarm system' shall
mean any mechanism, equipment or device which is designed to
operate automatically through the use of public telephone
facilities to transmit a signal, message or warning to
another location.
5.48.030 Permit Required. No person shall operate or
maintain a telephonic alarm system which automatically
transmits a signal, message or warning to any City of Newport
Beach Police Department or Fire Department .telephone line,
without first obtaining a permit as required by this Chapter.
5.48.040 Application for Permit. Applications for
permits to install, maintain or operate a telephonic alarm
system which is intended to automatically.- transmit a signal,
message or warning to any City of Newport Beach
. Police Department or Fire Department telephone line shall be
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filed with the Chief of the concerned department on forms
40 supplied by the City, together with an application fee of
$15.00 . Said application shall set forth the name, address
and telephone number of both the installer of the system and
the person or business on whose premises the system will be
installed, as well as a description of the system and the
location where it is proposed to be installed.
The Chief of the concerned department shall
approve such application if he finds that:
1. The.use of said alarm system to transmit
a signal, message or warning to a designated City of Newport
Beach Police Department or Fire Department telephone line
will not interfere with the orderly conduct of City business;
2. The person installing the system maintains
an adequate service organization to repair, maintain and
otherwise service telephonic alarm systems sold or leased by
him.
The Police Chief or Fire Chief may impose
reasonable conditions on the exercise of said permit.
5.48.050 Right of Inspection. The Chief of the
concerned department, either Police or Fire, shall have the
right to inspect any telephonic alarm system on the premises
where it is intended to function prior to issuance of any
permit for its operation and he may cause an inspection of
such system to be made at any time after issuance of a permit
to determine whether it is being used in conformity with the
terms-of the permit and the provisions of this Chapter.
5.48.060 Restricted Numbers. No person shall install,
• operate or maintain a telephonic alarm system which auto-
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matically transmits a signal, message or warning to any
City of Newport Beach Police Department or Fire Department
telephone line, except to such telephone number or numbers
as designated by the permit issued under the provisions of
this Chapter.
5.48.070 Revocation. The Chief of the concerned
department may revoke any permit issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Chapter, after giving written notice to
the permit holder and an opportunity for the permit holder
to be heard, if he determines that the telephonic alarm
system installed pursuant to said permit has been installed,
maintained or operated in violation of the provisions of
this Chapter, or of any term or condition of said permit,
or for failure to pay the annual service fee specified in
Section 5.48.080.
5.48.080 Annual Permit. Each permit holder shall pay
to the City on or before July 1 of each year, a fee in the
amount of $15.00 to reimburse the City for the cost of
providing special telephone lines to receive calls from
Telephonic Alarm Systems and other expenses of operation."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective 30 days after the date of its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 9th
day of February , 1970, and was adopted on the 24th day of
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February , 1970, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
Cirty Clerk
CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
DATE
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,CITY CLERK Of THE CITY O NEWP ... BEACH
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AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis. Shelton,
Parsons, Marshall, Rogers, Hirth, Grube,
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
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