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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 for a residential or commercial 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 initial fee for this permit shall be $100.00 and $10.00 dollars per residential unit. All this, whether occupied or not, shall be included in calculating the required fee. This fee will be charged in lieu of the $30.00 per residential permit. (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 Page 5