34-168-Ordinance No. 203.10 Recorded 3/5/1980VOL
34 PA C E1681
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY
In the Matter of an Ordinance )
Regulating Alarm Equipment, Alarm )
Equipment Supplies, Alarm Monitoring ) AMENDMENT TO
Services and Security Personnel ) ORDINANCE 203.10
WHEREAS, ORS 479.620 requires that any electrical installation must be done by a
licensed electrical contractor, and thart.he actual work must be done by a licensed
journeyman electrician, and it is in the best interests that the County have some
means of monitoring whether this statute is complied with by burglar alarm equipment
installers who are applying for County licenses pursuant to Deschutes County
Ordinance 203.10;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County, a political
subdivision of the State of Oregon, hereby ordains as follows, pursuant to ORS
203.035:
Section 5.010 of Deschutes County Ordinance 203.10 is amended to read as
follows (words added are underlined):
"Section 5.010 The name, address and telephone number of the applicant
and its type of business organization (individual, partnership, or
corporation). If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses
of the partners shall be given; if the applicant is a corporation, the
names and addresses of its principal officers and registered agent shall
be given. The number of the installer's electrical contractor's and
electrician's license required by ORS 479.620 shall also be given, if
the supplier installs equipment."
Section 16.010 of Deschutes County Ordinance 203.10 is amended to read as
follows (words added are underlined):
"16.010 Penalties for false alarms. All unlicensed automatic protective
devices shall be inactivated within 30 days after the effective date of
this ordinance If any person causes a false alarm which results in
emergency police or fire department action, the Sheriff may, 10 days after
personal service of written notice or after delivery of written notice by
certified mail return receipt requested, disconnect any person's direct
line telephone service to the Sheriff's Department at the owner's expense.
Alternatively, the Sheriff may order the owner to inactivate the auto-
matic protection device producing the false alarm. If, during the 10
day period, the owner or lessee of the device requests a hearing on the
revocation of the license, the Board of County Commissioners shall set
a hearing on the matter to be conducted in accordance with ORS Chapter 183
and the Attorney General's Model Rules of Procedure promulgated there-
under. In order to have a revoked license reinstated, or an automatic
protection device reconnected, the owner or lessor of the automatic pro-
tection device must apply on forms provided by the Sheriff's Department
which shall requipe an affidavit stating in detail the corrective actions
taken to prevent recurrence of a false alarm. The fee for such reinstatement
shall be as follow:
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"(a) If the automatic protection device produces a fire alarm
or armed robbery alarm $50.00.
(b) If the automatic protection device produces any other type
of alarm $25.00.
The reinstatement fees stated in this Section may be changed by order of the
Board of County Commissioners to sums that will reasonably compensate the
Sheriff for responding to the false alarm which resulted in revocation of
the license and which will cover the cost of processing the reinstatement
application."
Emergency Clause. The foregoing amendment to Ordinance 203.10 is immediately necessary
for the protection of the public health, safety, peace and general welfare. Accord-
ingly, an emergency is declared to exist, and this amendment shall become effective
on February 21, 1980, the effective date of County Ordinance 203.10.
DATED this R~ day of March-, 1980.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTXS~
ROE RY PATTERSO
County Clerk
Distribution:
County Counsel
Sheriff
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ALB R A. UNG, C rman
CLA EPARD, Comm sioner
Cr
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ROBERT C. PAULSON, JR., Comm
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