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Jan. 31 is the deadline for Burleson residents to register alarm systems

Applications for 2008 alarm permits from the City of Burleson in Texas must be turned in at Burleson City Hall by Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. The annual permit fees are $50 for residential permits and $100 for commercial permits.

Alarm permits expire on Dec. 31 of each year and must be renewed by completing an alarm permit application and returning the application and fee to the building permits office at city hall. If an application is turned in after Jan. 31, a $10 late fee will be added to the cost.

Alarm permit applications may be picked up at the Burleson Police Department (225 W. Renfro) or at the building permits office at Burleson City Hall Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Completed applications must be turned in at Burleson City Hall.

If a permit for an alarm system is not on file with the City, it is a violation of City ordinance and may be subject to a fine. An unregistered alarm system will not receive a police response.

The City enacted new permitting requirements in January 2007 for all residential and commercial alarm systems. Burleson Ordinance B-762-06 requires annual permits of all residential or commercial alarm systems and establishes a new fee structure for alarm permits. The new ordinance does not change the Burleson Police Department’s response to alarms, unless a permit holder accumulates 10 or more false alarms in a calendar year.

By ordinance, governmental and educational facilities are exempt from the fees. But, those facilities must still register their alarm systems with the City and are still subject to the false alarm fees.

There is no fine for the first three false alarms. The fourth and fifth false alarms received in one calendar year will cost the permit holder $50 per alarm. The fee increases to $75 for the sixth and seventh false alarms, and to $100 for the eighth and ninth false alarms. The tenth false alarm not only merits a $100 fine, but the alarm system permit will be revoked (police will not respond to regular burglar alarms after the ninth false alarm, but will respond after nine false alarms if it is a hold up, panic, or duress alarm).

For more information about the alarm system permits, contact Steve Haas, alarm coordinator, at the Burleson Police Department at 817-447-5300, ext. 361.