Qualifications.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 34-152
in effectSec. 34-152. - Qualifications.
To be qualified under this article, an organization shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The security and guard services shall be provided through a "guard company" as defined in the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act (art. 4413(29bb) Tex. Rev. Civ. Stats.) and duly licensed as a `security services contractor' under said act which is operated by or under contract to the organization; and
(2) The security personnel utilized shall be "commissioned security officers" under such act; and
(3) The security service provided shall include an automobile security patrol maintained in the organization's subdivision or subdivisions on a 24-hour a day, seven-day a week basis; and
(4) The guard company operated or employed by the organization shall maintain a central office radio dispatch system on a 24-hour a day, seven-day a week basis; and
(5) The guard company operated or employed by the organization shall maintain a central dispatching office which has the necessary equipment to receive digital-dial alarm signals directly from the residential property owners within its subdivisions; and
(6) The guard company operated or employed by the organization shall be prepared to respond to all alarm calls from within its subdivisions which it receives through its receiver or from other alarm companies; and
(7) All costs and expenses of operation of the organization's security and guard services shall be borne solely by the organization and at no cost or expense to the city.
(Code 1968, § 34-132; Ord. No. 81-2514, § 1, 12-22-81)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH34POFIPR_ARTVSUSEOR_S34-152QUFetched: 10/26/2026