HomeMy WebLinkAbout028696 ORD - 07/20/2010AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 3 Y2-2, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, RELATING TO THE FEES CHARGED FOR ALARM
SYSTEMS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 3 1/2-2 is revised to read as follows:
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See. 3 1/2-2required; fees.
"(a) The Corpus Christi Police Department will not respond to any alarxti notification from an al*itt site
that does not have a valid ptiit unless the 0,-, ov notification was a duress 41ailM, a hold-up aka* a
panic 046, or reported to a 9-1-1 emergency telephone number by a person other than an OM
company.
"(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates, or causes or allows to be operated, an
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Department
system on premises under the person's control or ownership or at its ORM site without a valid
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issued by the Corpus Christi Police Department. The Corpus Christi Police and
Corpus Christi police officers are authorized to enforce this provision, and to issue citations for violations.
"(c) A separate 0,010 is required for each 410M site and for each4:M unit. No exemptions shall apply
except as required by federal or state law. The burden of proof shall be with the person asserting the
exemption.
"(d) The annual, nonrefundable fee for an 44* peihft is twenty thirty-five dollars ($2-5,00 $35 00) for
residential and fifty sixty dollars ($5-0700 $60.00) for commercial.
"(e) A permit is valid for one (1) year from the date of its issuance, and may be renewed every year upon
submission of a renewal invoice. It is the responsibility of the It holder to submit a renewal invoice
ten (10) days prior to the 0!.:!jri:4 expiration date.
"(f) All &Alf fees owed by an applicant must be -naid before a gerght may be issued or renewed.
Unpaid permit fees my result in a revocation of the "
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that
every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be
given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi
as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance takes effect on August 1, 2010.
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Thatty e fo;egoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this
the 3 day of , 2010, by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the
day of �, 2010, by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
PASSED AND APPROVED, this thee'` ay of
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Joe Adam
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 7th day of July, 2010:
Lisa Aguilar
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
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EFFECTIVE DATE
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