§ 5-25. False alarm registration forms.

(a)

No Security Alarm System installed on or after November 1, 2001, shall be operated until a completed Alarm Registration Form has been received by the Collier County Sheriff's Office False Alarm Unit. A separate Registration Form is required for each Security Alarm System. The Registration Form shall be supplied by the Sheriff's Office to the responsible party and shall be filled out completely with the required information.

(b)

For each Security Alarm System that was installed at the secured premises prior to November 1, 2001, the completed Registration Form must be filed not later than five (5) week days of the first false alarm that occurs after November 1, 2001.

(c)

Each registration form shall automatically expire seven hundred and thirty (730) days after its date of issuance and, upon expiration, the responsible party shall renew its registration. Each registration renewal must be received by the Sheriffs False Alarm Unit before the then-effective Registration Form expires. A copy of the Registration Form shall be retained by the applicable Alarm Company for their records. At least thirty (30) days before the expiration date of each then-effective Registration Form, the Sheriffs False Alarm Unit will attempt to provide written notice to the responsible party of the need to renew that Form.

(d)

No registration form shall be transferred to any other person, entity, or site.

(e)

Not later than five (5) week days after each respective change in the registration information, the responsible party for the respective Security Alarm System shall mail or otherwise deliver to the Sheriff's Office False Alarm Unit written notice of all changes that alter any information in the then-current Registration Form.

(f)

Each Registration Form must include the following information:

(1)

The full name(s), mailing address, residence and/or work place telephone number and email address (if applicable) of at least one responsible person regarding the respective Security Alarm System at that Secured Premises.

(2)

The name, mailing address, and telephone number of at least one authorized individual representative of a responsible person who can be immediately notified in the event of a false alarm or any emergency at that secured premises.

(3)

If applicable to the secured premises, the name and 24-hour telephone number(s) of the individual or entity monitoring the respective Security Alarm System.

(4)

Any dangerous or special conditions present at the secured premises that would be of value to the safety of security of a responding person or to the secured premises.

(5)

Other information that may assist responding persons in the event that a false alarm occurs at the secured premises.

(g)

Information contained in the registration application form is confidential and is exempt from public disclosure to the extent authorized in F.S. § 281.301, as now or hereafter amended or superseded, which as of November 1, 2001, applies to property owned by or leased to the State of Florida or any of its political subdivisions, including Collier County, and to every other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public Agency as now or hereafter defined in, or incorporated by reference into F.S. § 119.011(2).

(h)

Failure for a responsible party to register or renew a complete Registration Form by its due date shall be a separate violation of this Ordinance and shall require prompt payment of a late fee of $25.00. Late fees are in addition to fines.

(Ord. No. 97-8, § 5, 1-28-97; Ord. No. 01-56, § 5, 10-23-01; Ord. No. 2014-07, § 3; Ord. No. 2017-32, § 2; Ord. No. 2018-26, § 1)