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Publication: Oakland Tribune
03/15/2024
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Invoice Text: NOTICE AND DIGEST
AN ORDINANCE:
AMENDING OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.02 (BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS) TO (1) REQUIRE ALL NEW ALARM INSTALLATIONS TO BE VERIFIED RESPONSE ALARM SYSTEMS; (2) PROHIBIT ALARM BUSINESSES FROM MAKING DISPATCH REQUESTS BASED ON NON-VERIFIED ALARMS; AND (3) IMPOSE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND ADOPTING CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT EXEMPTIONS Notice of Publication
This Ordinance would require all monitored alarm systems newly installed after July 1, 2024, to have capacity to provide secondary indication that a burglary is in progress such as audio, video, or motion detection. With limited exceptions for systems installed prior to July 1, 2024, this ordinance would impose civil penalties for calling in an alarm dispatch request based on the breach of a single major point of entry without a secondary indication that a burglary is in progress.
This Ordinance was introduced at the Special City Council meeting, Wednesday evening March 6, 2024, and passed to print 5 Ayes, 3 Excused, Fife, Ramachandran, Reid. Final adoption has been scheduled for the City Council meeting Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3:30 P.M., at One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Council Chamber, 3rd floor, Oakland, California and via Teleconference.
Three full copies are available for use and examination by the public in the Office of the City Clerk at One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 1st floor, Oakland, California.
ASHA REED, City Clerk
OT 6816085; Mar. 15, 2024
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