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SECTION 3.1 ALARM SYSTEMS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES - CONTRACTED FOR BY INDIVIDUAL TENANT. (A) If an Alarm System installed by an individual tenant in an apartment complex unit is Monitored, the tenant must provide the name of a representative of the apartment owner or property manager who can grant access to the apartment to the Alarm Business which is providing the Monitoring service. (B) A tenant of an apartment complex shall also obtain an alarm permit from the Alarm Administrator before operating or causing the operation of an Alarm System in the tenant's residential unit. The annual fee for this permit or the renewal of this permit shall be the same as the fee for a residential Alarm Site. (C) For purposes of enforcing this article against an individual residential unit, the tenant is responsible for False Alarm Dispatches emitted from the Alarm System in the tenant's residential unit. SECTION 3.2 ALARM SYSTEMS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES - FURNISHED BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AS AN AMENITY. (A) If the owner or property manager of an apartment complex provides Alarm Systems in each residential unit as an amenity, then the owner or property manager of the apartment complex shall obtain a master alarm permit from the Alarm Administrator. The annual fee for this permit and for each renewal of this permit shall be $20.00 dollars per residential unit per year. All units, whether occupied or not, shall be included in calculating the required fee. (B) For purposes of assessing fees and enforcing this article, the master alarm permit holder is responsible for payment of fees for False Alarm Dispatches emitted from the Alarm Systems in residential units. (C) The owner or properly manager of an apartment complexshall obtain a separate alarm permit for any Alarm System operated in a nonresidential area of the apartment complex, including, but not limited to, common tenant areas and office, storage and equipment areas. An annual fee for such a permit shall be the same as the fee for a Commercial Alarm Site. SECTION 4. PERMIT DURATION AND RENEWAL. A permit shall expire one year from the date of issuance, and must be renewed annually by submitting an updated application and a permit renewal fee to the Alarm Administrator. The Alarm Administrator shall notify each Alarm User of the need to renew thirty (30) days pdor to the expiration of their permit, it is the responsibility of the Alarm User to submit an application prior to the permit expiration date. Failure to renew will be classified as use of a non-permitted Alarm System and citations and penalties shall be assessed without waiver.