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Amending Section 9-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Burglary, Theft and Robbery Alarm Systems," by revising the amounts of certain fees and penalties and the number of permissible false alarms, providing for collection of fees by alarm companies, providing for administrative adjudication, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 9-305 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
ยง 9-305. Burglary, Theft and Robbery Alarm Systems.
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(2) Alarm System Registration.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any alarm user to install, operate or maintain an alarm system unless such alarm user has registered its alarm system.
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(.3) The annual fee for the alarm system registration shall be [thirty-five ($35.00)] fifty ($50.00) dollars. Where one (1) or more alarm systems protects two (2) or more premises, a separate registration is required for each premises. On and after the effective date of the necessary implementing regulations, such fee shall be paid over to and collected by the intermediary, who shall pay such fees over to the Department upon such schedule and pursuant to such procedures as the Department shall establish, by regulation.
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(b) Every intermediary shall, before providing services to any alarm user, provide the Department of Licenses and Inspections with the name of such alarm user, together with the information relating to such alarm user required by subsection 9-305(2)(a)(.2) and as specified by the Department of Licenses and Inspections; and, on and after the effective date of the necessary implementing regulations, pursuant to subsection 9-305(2)(a)(.3), certification that the fee required by subsection
9-305(2)(a)(.3) has been paid. Such information shall be provided in a form acceptable to the Department of Licenses and Inspections, which may...
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