Application for Alarm User Permit
San Diego Municipal Code § 511.8307
in effect§511.8307 Application for Alarm User Permit
(a) Any person applying for an alarm user permit shall submit to the alarm system official, on a form provided by the alarm system official, a legibly written application containing the following information:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the alarm user (including separate mailing address if applicable);
(2) Classification of the alarm location as residential or commercial;
(3) Fire-harmful gas alarm system type (such as fire or carbon monoxide;
(4) Area covered by fire-harmful gas alarm system;
(5) Name, address, and telephone number of the person authorized to respond to alarm signals and to allow access to the protected building or other structure; and
(6) Name, address, telephone number, City business tax certificate number, and State license number of the fire-harmful gas alarm business that will monitor the fire-harmful gas alarm system, if any.
(b) All fees must be paid at the time the alarm user permit application is filed.
(c) Each alarm user permit application must be accompanied by a signed certification by the alarm user and fire-harmful gas alarm business stating the following:
(1) The date of the installation, conversion, or takeover, whichever is applicable;
(2) The name, address, telephone number, City business tax certificate number, and State license number of the fire-harmful gas alarm business installing the fire-harmful gas alarm system, or performing the conversion or takeover of the fire-harmful gas alarm system;
(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the fire-harmful gas alarm business or alarm agent responsible for monitoring the fire-harmful gas alarm system, if any;
(4) That written operating instructions for the fire-harmful gas alarm system, including written guidelines regarding how to avoid false alarms, have been provided to the alarm user applying for the permit; and
(5) That the fire-harmful gas alarm business has provided to the alarm user applying for the permit all necessary information regarding the proper use of the fire-harmful gas alarm system, including instruction on how to avoid false alarms.
(d) The alarm system official may deny the application for an alarm user permit if any of the information required pursuant to section 511.8307 is not provided.
(e) An application will not be considered complete if, at the time the application is being considered, any penalty fees under section 511.8310 or any fines assessed to the person applying for an alarm user permit under section 511.8315 have not been paid.
(“Application for 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=5Fetched: 10/28/2026