Revocation of alarm user's permit.
Riverside Municipal Code § 5.58.210
in effect5.58.210 - Revocation of alarm user's permit.
A. After the fifth false alarm within a calendar year, the Police Department may serve the permittee with a notice of intention to revoke the alarm user's permit unless all fines due are submitted to the City of Riverside, City Manager-Finance Division pursuant to Section 5.58.190 and written proof from a licensed alarm business that the said alarm system has been completely evaluated and the causes of the false alarms located and corrected is provided to the Police Department. The notice of intention to revoke shall state the reason or reasons for such revocation and shall set forth the procedure to appeal the proposed revocation. Service of the notice of intention to revoke shall be deemed made immediately upon personal service on the permittee or 72 hours after the notice has been deposited with postage prepaid in the United States mail sent to the last known address of the permittee.
B. The revocation shall be effective the 16th calendar day after the service of the notice of intention to revoke unless an appeal is timely filed. The notice of intention to revoke may be appealed to the City Manager or designee provided that a notice of appeal has been filed with the City Manager's office no later than the 15th calendar day after service on the permittee of the notice of intent to revoke. The City Manager or designee shall set the matter for a hearing, which hearing shall be within 30 calendar days after receipt of the notice of appeal or such longer period as may be agreed to by the permittee. The City Manager or designee shall render a written decision on the appeal within ten calendar days following the close of the hearing. Notice of the decision of the City Manager or designee shall be deemed served upon personal service on the permittee or 72 hours after notice has been deposited with postage prepaid in the United States mail sent to the last known address of permittee. The decision of the City Manager or designee to affirm the intent to revoke is final, such revocation shall be effective the 11th calendar day after the service of the decision upon permittee.
C. Responses to the alarm system subject to the revocation proceedings as hereinabove set forth shall be made by the Police Department in accordance with its usual procedures until such time as the revocation of the alarm user's permit is effective. Immediately after the notice of intention to revoke issued by the Police Department, or the decision of the City Manager or designee affirming the intention to revoke following an appeal, is effective and the alarm user's permit is revoked, the alarm system shall receive Non-priority response from the Police Department. false alarm response penalties will be assessed as non-permitted alarms in accordance with Section 5.58.190.
(Ord. 6978 § 1, 2008; Ord. 5934 § 1, 1991)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT5BU_CH5.58SEALSY_5.58.210REALUSPEFetched: 11/1/2026