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Exhibit A To Ordinance 99- (B) For purposes of assessing fines and enforcing this article, the master alarm permit holder is responsible for payment of fines for false alarm dispatches emitted from the alarm systems in residential units if the false alarm is determined to be caused by faulty equipment and/or installation; the fee for operator error shall be the responsibility of the tenant but will be collected from the property manager/owner holding the master alarm permit. (C) The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall 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 residential or commercial alarm site. SECTION 4. PERMIT DURATION AND RENEWAL (A) A permit shall expire one year from the date of issuance, and must be renewed annually by submitting an updated application to the Alarm Administrator. The Alarm Administrator shall notify each alarm user of the need to renew thirty (30) days prior 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 wavier. (See Section 17. Violations). (B) Any alarm user having no false alarms during the year will have the renewal fee of $30.00 waived for each year following a zero false alarm year. SECTION 5. PROPER ALARM SYSTEMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (A) An alarm user shall: (I) maintain the premises and the alarm system in a manner that will minimize or eliminate false alarm dispatches, and (2) make every reasonable effort to respond or cause a representative to respond to the alarm system's location within one hour when notified by the Sheriff s Office to deactivate a malfunctioning alarm system, to provide access to the premises, or to provide security for the premises, and (3) not manually activate an alarm for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that the alarm system was intended to report.