O-1304-12-94ORDINANCE NO. 1304-12-94
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 8-96, 8-98, 8-99, 8-100 AND
8-111 OF THE ALLEN CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING THE
DEFINITION OF HOLD-UP ALARM; PROVIDING CLARIFICATION AND
ADDITIONAL REQUEREhCENTS OF ALARM SYSTEMS WI1HlN THE CITY
OF ALLEN; AMENDING THE PENALTIES FOR EXCESSIVE FALSE
ALARMS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Allen, Texas, has determined it necessary to amend
Chapter 8, Article IV, Sections 8-96, 8-98, 8-99, 8-100 and 8-11 of the Allen Code of Ordinances so
as to amend the definition of hold-up alarm, provide clarification and additional requirements of
alarm systems, and amend the penalties for excessive false alarms within the City of Allen.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALLEN, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The definition of Hold-up alarm under Section 8-96, Article IV, Chapter 8, of the
Allen Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as follows:
Hold-up alarm means any duress, panic or robbery alarm system designed to
indicate that a robbery or other emergency condition is occurring requiring the
immediate response of the police department whether actual or suspected.
SECTION 2: Section 8-98, Article IV, Chapter 8, of the Allen Code of Ordinances shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-98. Automatic dialing telephone alarms.
It shall be unlawful for any person or business to install or energize a hold-up,
burglar, fire or supervisory alarm device which activates an automatic dialing device
without the written approval of the chief of police or the fire marshall or their
designees.
SECTION 3: Section 8-99, Article IV, Chapter 8, of the Allen Code of Ordinances shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-99. Responsibilities of alarm system owners.
An owner of an alarm system must:
(1) Adjust or modify the sensory mechanism of his alarm system to suppress
false indications of force so that the alarm system will not be activated by
impulses due to:
a. Transient pressure changes in water pipes;
b. Flashes of light;
c. Wind noise caused by the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows;
d. Vehicular noise adjacent to the installation;
e. Other forces unrelated to actual emergencies.
(2) Comply with current Underwriters Laboratories restrictions or guidelines
with reference to his alarm system or alarm equipment.
(3) Adjust the mechanism, or cause the mechanism to be adjusted, so that an
audible alarm signal will sound for no longer than fifteen (15) minutes after
being activated and that upon activation, the system will not transmit another
alarm signal without first being manually reset.
SECTION 4: Section 8-100, Article IV, Chapter 8, of the Allen Code of Ordinances shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-100. False alarms, service charge.
Any burglar, fire or supervisory alarm system shall be assessed a service charge
for excessive false alarms which shall be interpreted as those false alarms in excess of
five (5) false alarms during the previous 12 -month period. The service charge shall be
fifty dollars ($50.00) for each false alarm over five (5) false alarms during the
previous 12 -month period. Exception: Owners of hold-up alarms will be charged one
hundred dollars ($100.00) for each false hold-up alarm regardless of the number of
previous false alarms. The chief of police (in the case of hold-up or burglar alarms)
or the fire marshall (in the case of fire or supervisory alarms) may terminate response
to alarm calls at a location for non-payment of service charges.
SECTION 5: Section 8-111, Article IV, Chapter 8, of the Allen Code of Ordinances shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-111. Required; applications; length of permit; renewal.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or business to energize or cause to
energize any alarm system within the city unless a prior application for permit has
been made to the chief of police or his designee (in the case of hold-up or burglar
alarm systems) or the fire marshal or his designee (in the case of fire or supervisory
alarm systems). A separate permit application is required for each alarm site and
each type of alarm system.
(b) Permits will remain in effect for a period of one (1) year from the date of
application. The chief of police or fire marshal will be notified of any changes in the
permit information within ten (10) days of the change. Permits must be renewed no
later than thirty (30) days prior to its expiration. No permit will be terminated by the
city for nonrenewal without first providing at least thirty (30) days notice of
termination.
SECTION 6. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable; and if any phrase, clause,
sentence or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
other remaining phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance; and the City
Council hereby declares it would have passed the remaining portions even though it had known the
affected parts would be held unconstitutional.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and
publication in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Allen, and it is
accordingly so ordained.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY TBE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS, ON TBE 1ST DAY OF DBCEMBER , 1994.
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APPROVED:
Farmer, MAYOR
'JVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
J Mo �%MC, CTTY SECRETARY
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Allen City
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Council adopted the following ordinance at
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BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
December 1, 1994 (Title and Penalty
appeared DEBBIE TACKETT, who having been by me duly sworn,
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Ordinance No 1304-12-94. An Ordi-
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That she is the General Manager of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a
Texas. Amending Chapter 8, Article W,
Sections 8-96, 8-98, 8-99, 8-100 and 8-111
newspaper published in COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, not less frequently than
of the Allen Code of Ordinances Amending
once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been
the Definition of Hold -Up Alarm, Providing
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published regularly and continously for more than twelve (12) months
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