Every alarm user shall apply for and receive a permit (herein also referred to as an “alarm permit”) from the Alameda County sheriff’ s office.

    No alarm user shall use or operate or cause to be used or operated an alarm or alarm system without first applying for and obtaining a valid alarm permit issued by the sheriff for that alarm or alarm system.

    Each permit application shall be filed on a form approved by the sheriff and shall be accompanied by a permit fee payment.

    Applications for renewal of existing permits for an alarm system shall also be on a form approved by the sheriff. Renewal applications shall be accompanied by a renewal fee, if made prior to the expiration of the original permit. Renewal applications filed after expiration of the original permit shall be accompanied by a fee in the same amount as the original permit fee.

    Said permit application and renewal fees shall be periodically set by the board of supervisors by resolution, and such fees shall reasonably reflect the costs to the county of providing such service.

    A person over the age of sixty-five (65) shall be entitled to a waiver of the initial permit application fee for an alarm or alarm system that serves exclusively that person’ s primary residence. It is the option and responsibility of such a person to apply for the initial permit application fee waiver with proof of primary residency and a signed statement that no business is conducted at or in the residence. Renewal fees shall also be waived when such eligible person applies for the renewal with proof of primary residency and a signed statement that no business is conducted at or in the residence. (Ord. 2005-35 § 2 (part))