§ 20-1. Permit for burglary and robbery alarm systems.

(a)

For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:

(1)

Alarm system means any electronic or mechanical device which emits any signal, whether electronic, audible, silent or recorded, which is connected to the city's police department and which is designed or used for the detection of an unauthorized entry into a building, structure or facility or for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act within a building, structure or facility.

(2)

Chief of police means the chief of police of the city or any designee acting in his behalf.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to install, maintain or operate an alarm system which is in any way connected to the city's police department without first applying for and receiving a permit from the chief of police. Such permit may be revoked by the chief of police for cause. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any such alarm system after revocation of such permit.

(c)

Those alarm systems presently connected to the city's police department may be continued only upon condition that the provisions of this section are complied with within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this section, and upon failure to comply herewith, such alarm systems shall be disconnected from the city's police department.

(d)

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by G.S. 14-4.

(Code 1977, § 23-1)