Revocation of an Alarm User Permit
San Diego Municipal Code § 511.8314
in effect§511.8314 Revocation of an Alarm User Permit
(a) A violation of any of the provisions of this Division shall constitute grounds for revocation of an alarm user permit.
(b) The alarm system official may revoke any alarm user permit for any fire-harmful gas alarm system that has had false alarms in excess of the number permitted in section 511.8314(f).
(c) The alarm system official will indicate on an alarm user’s records that an alarm is false if the responding San Diego Fire-Rescue Department personnel do not find evidence that an emergency situation was the cause of the alarm being triggered. The alarm system official may amend the alarm user’s records to indicate that the alarm was not a false alarm if, within ten business days of the alarm being triggered, the alarm system official receives satisfactory evidence to that effect. The alarm system official shall issue written findings of such decision within five business days of receipt of the evidence offered.
(d) Upon revocation of any alarm user permit, the alarm system official will notify the holder of the permit in writing of the revocation.
(e) The alarm system official shall notify the alarm user of the alarm user’s first false alarm by letter.
(f) The first two false alarms of each calendar year for an alarm user holding an alarm user permit shall not be penalized either by a penalty or alarm user permit revocation. Additional false alarms each calendar year will be penalized according to the penalties for false fire-harmful gas alarms contained in the City Clerk’s fee rate book.
(g) An alarm user permit that has been revoked pursuant to this Division is not a current valid alarm user permit.
(“Revocation of an Alarm User Permit” added 1-27-2022 by O-21409 N.S.; effective 2-26-2022.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter05/Ch05Art11Division83.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/28/2026
