HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 03-1516 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE V "ALARM SYSTEMS" OF
THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING SECTION
13-52 BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) TO ADD A PROVISION
FOR INVALID PERMITS AND BY DELETING SUBSECTION (b)
IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVING THE SAME FOR FUTURE
USE; BY AMENDING SECTION 13-54 TO PROVIDE FOR AN
ANNUAL FEE PER ALARM PERMIT AND EXPIRATION OF
PERMIT; BY AMENDING SECTION 13-58, SUBSECTION (e), BY
DELETING THE PROVISION WHICH REQUIRES NO FEES FOR
PERMIT REINSTATEMENT; BY AMENDING SECTION 13-60 BY
DELETING THE CURRENT LANGUAGE AND REPLACING THE
SAME WITH A PROVISION FOR SYSTEMS USING
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A PENALTY UPON CONVICTION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH
DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR
CONTINUES; PROVIDING A PUBLICATION CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, alarm responses are the police departments most frequent calls for
service; and
WHEREAS, currently the City only charges a one-time registration fee for alarm
permits; and
WHEREAS, in conducting a study using the surrounding major cities, the City
has found that all of the cities used in the study require an annual alarm permit fee; and
WHEREAS, after due deliberations and consideration, the City Council of the
City of The Colony finds that it is in the public interest to charge an annual alarm fee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
INCORPORATION OF PREMISES
That the above and foregoing premises are true and correct and are incorporated
herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.
SECTION 2.
AMENDMENT
That The Colony Code of Ordinances, Article V. ALARM SYSTEMS is hereby
amended by amending Section 13-52(a) and (b), Section 13-54, Section 13-58(e), and
Section 13-60, to provide for an annual permit fee and to delete and/or amend provisions
in conflict with the same, which shall read as follows:
"ARTICLE V. ALARM SYSTEMS
Sec. 13-52. Permit required, application, transferability, false statements
(a) A person commits an offense if he operates or causes to be operated an alarm
system, or if he installs or causes to be installed an alarm system, without obtaining a
valid alarm permit. Alarm permits that have expired or have been suspended will be
invalid.
(b) RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
Sec. 13-54. Fee for permit.
A twenty dollar ($20.00) fee is required armually for each permit. All permits will
expire one (1) year from the date of issuance.
Sec. 13-58. Suspension of permit, reinstatement after suspension.
(e) A suspension may be lifted or permit reinstated upon a sufficient showing that the
conditions which caused the action have been corrected and if the director determines
that the alarm system is likely to maintained and operated in a responsible manner in
accordance with the provisions of this article.
Sec. 13-60. Recorded message alarm notification prohibited.
No permit will be issued for systems using automatic telephone dialing to report an
alarm condition by means of a recorded message.
SECTION 3.
PENALTY
It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this ordinance, and any
person violating or failing to comply with any provision hereof shall be fined, upon
conviction, in an amount not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
SECTION 4.
SAVING
Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony, as amended,
shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION 5.
SEVERABILITY
The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words of this ordinance
are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause or word in this
ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares
that it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption and publication
as provided by law.
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PASSED AND APPROVED ~y the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas this the ,/ff~ day of ~j~, c~x_dx.z~_ ,2003.
APPROVED:
M~yor, City of The Texas
Colony,
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC. City Secretary,
City of The Colony, Texas
Bob Hager~'~/i~ttomey,
City of The~ony, Texas
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