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A. Every alarm agent employed by an alarm business within Moses Lake shall be required to obtain an identification card from the Finance Director. Until the Finance Director acts upon the application of an alarm agent for an identification card, an alarm business may issue a temporary identification card, as provided in subsection B of this section. The owners, managers, corporate officers, and partners of all alarm businesses are also required to obtain identification cards from the Finance Director if they directly engage in selling, installing, servicing, maintaining, or responding to alarm systems within Moses Lake. Any person who is not an alarm agent who, as an employee of a licensed alarm business, has access to confidential information of an alarm user, or to monitoring radio equipment, must also obtain an identification card. Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, alarm agents and, if required by this subsection, owners, managers, corporate officers, and partners shall submit applications to the Finance Director for identification cards. The application for the identification card shall be in a form prescribed by the Finance Director and shall include the following:

1. The applicant’s full name and any aliases or other names previously used, residence and business addresses, and telephone numbers;

2. The applicant’s date and place of birth;

3. A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions of the applicant;

4. Two classifiable sets of fingerprints;

5. Two recent photographs of the applicant of a type prescribed by the Finance Director;

6. The name and address of the alarm business where the applicant is or will be employed;

7. The applicant’s employment record for the prior three years;

8. A statement that the applicant will inform the Finance Director of any change in the above information or the termination of the applicant’s employment by the alarm business within ten days of such change;

9. Any other information which the Finance Director may deem necessary to determine whether the applicant for an identification card meets the requirements of this chapter.

B. A temporary identification card may be issued by an alarm business for its alarm agents or any other person required to obtain an identification card in subsection A of this section prior to the obtaining of an authorized identification card from the Finance Director. The form for temporary identification cards shall be prescribed by the Finance Director and shall provide for the following:

1. The name of the alarm agent or card holder

2. The home address of the alarm agent or card holder;

3. The name and address of the alarm business for which the alarm agent or card holder is employed;

4. The date upon which the alarm agent or card holder commenced employment with the alarm business and the expiration date of the temporary identification card;

5. A recent photograph of the alarm agent or card holder.

Prior to employing an alarm agent, an alarm business shall require the names of at least two references and the names and addresses of employers for the past three years of such person and shall make reasonable and prudent inquiries prior to issuing a temporary identification card to determine whether the person applying for employment meets the requirements of this section. If the alarm business has reason to believe that the job applicant does not meet the requirements of this section, no temporary identification card shall be issued by the alarm business. Within fourteen days of the commencement of employment with an alarm business, any new alarm agent must submit an application to the Finance Director for a permanent identification card under this section.

C. The temporary or permanent identification card required by this section shall be carried by a person required to obtain an identification card whenever such person is engaged in the business of the licensee and shall be exhibited at the demand of any lawful authority.

D. Application for an identification card must be accompanied by a ninety dollar ($90) fee to cover costs of processing the application and investigating the applicant. (Ord. 1981, 11/14/00; Ord. 1891, 12/14/99; Ord. 927, 1979)