LICENSE FEE: $300 fee must be submitted at the time of application. Make checks payable to: City of Milwaukee.

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L I C E N S E I N F O R M A T I O N S H E E T

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LICENSE REQUIRED: Private alarm business

license is required of any person engaged in

the selling, leasing, renting, installing,

monitoring, servicing, altering, moving or

causing any alarm system to be sold, leased,

rented, installed, monitored, serviced or altered

in or on any building, place of business,

structure, residence or other facility.

Included in this requirement are holders of

alarm system contracts.

EXEMPTIONS: No license is required of:

1. Sellers of alarm systems from a fixed

location who do not visit the site where the

alarm system is to be installed.

2. Any person engaged solely in the business

of designing the system for the location.

3. Any person engaged solely in the business

of confirming that attempted or actual crimes

have occurred at the locations of activated

burglary alarms.

4. Any “in-house” private alarm business that

does not offer services to the public.

Example: If a private alarm business has

monitoring services within the same company,

either at the same central location or different

locations, and all the alarm users at different

locations are also with the same company, a

license is not needed.

SEPARATE LICENSES NOT REQUIRED: If a

company has a licensed private alarm business

for a central location and the same company

has satellite offices that monitor private alarms,

the satellite offices do not need separate

private alarm business licenses.

LICENSE FEE: $300 fee must be submitted at

the time of application. Make checks payable

to: City of Milwaukee.

LICENSE PERIOD: Biennial (2-year period),

expiring on December 31 in odd-numbered

years, regardless of the date of issuance.

NOTARIZED SIGNATURES: The application

shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant, if

an individual; a partner, if a partnership; a duly

authorized agent, corporate officer or member,

if a corporation or a limited liability company.

►The signature of the applicant on the license

application must be notarized. A $.50 fee will

be charged for applications notarized by the

License Division.

►Commissioned notaries public, including

attorneys, must impress notary seals on the

notarial certificates issued. [!] Applications

submitted without notarizations or seals will be

returned.

REGISTERED AGENT REQUIRED: All

applicants not maintaining a place of business

in the state of Wisconsin shall continuously

maintain a registered office and a registered

agent (a natural person) in the state of

Wisconsin for process, notice or demand

required and permitted by law to be served on

foreign corporations.

PRIVATE FIRST RESPONDER SERVICE

REQUIRED: Alarm businesses which provide

to alarm users alarm monitoring services for

the receiving of burglary alarm messages are

required to provide to alarm users a private first

responder service that verifies, in the case of

an activated burglary alarm, that an attempted

or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site

before the alarm signal is transmitted to the

police department.

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FINGERPRINTING REQUIREMENT: An

individual applicant and all partners of a

partnership whose fingerprints are not already

on file with the Milwaukee Police Department

must be fingerprinted.

This requirement shall apply only to the agent

of a Corporation, Non-Profit Organization or

LLC.

Fingerprinting is conducted each weekday

(excluding holidays) between the hours of 8:00

a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at the Police Administration

Building, 951 N. James Lovell Street (7

^th

St),

Room 305.

Applicants can contact the Milwaukee Police

Department, (414) 935-7281, to determine

whether fingerprints are already on file, or to

obtain information relating to complying with

the fingerprinting requirement.

FIRE ALARMS, OTHER LICENSES AND

CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Persons

installing, monitoring, and testing fire alarm

systems are required to hold certain additional

licenses and certifications issued by other City

departments or national certification

organizations.

Contact a Department of Neighborhood

Services Building Codes Enforcement

Supervisor, (414) 286-3154, for assistance in

determining which additional licenses and

certifications are required.

PROCESSING TIME, GRANTING OF

LICENSE: The entire application and approval

process of obtaining your license generally

takes up to 6 weeks.

►After applications have been filed with and

accepted as complete by the License Division,

the Milwaukee Police Department conducts

background investigations, provided applicants

have first complied with fingerprinting

requirements.

►After the findings of the background

investigations have been forwarded to the

License Division, license applications are

scheduled on the agendas of the Public Safety

Committee for its recommendation to the

Common Council on whether licenses should

be granted or denied.

The committee generally meets every 3 weeks,

excepting that no meetings are held in August.

►Applicants required to appear in-person for

hearings before the Public Safety Committee

will receive written notices.

REPORT CHANGES: Whenever any fact set

forth in the application changes, the licensee

shall file a written notice of the change with the

License Division within 10 days of the change.

A change of agent requires fingerprinting of the

new agent within 10 days of the change.

LICENSE DISQUALIFICATION: If the

Common Council denies an application for a

license based on the background investigation,

then the same applicant is disqualified from

applying for a new license for a period of 12

months from the date of denial.

PARTIAL REFUND OF LICENSE FEE: If an

application is withdrawn or denied, applicants

are eligible for a refund less an administrative

fee.

Requests for refunds must be made no later

than one year from the date of withdrawal or

denial of the application.

If a permit is not issued, the refund must be

requested no later than one year from the date

of application, unless the license has been

granted, in which case no later than one year

from the date of granting of the license.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND

REGULATIONS: Ordinances related to Private

Alarm Business are located in s. 105-75, MCO,

and may be viewed online at

http://www.milwaukee.gov/ordinances

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L I C E N S E A P P L I C A T I O N

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► IDENTIFY TYPE OF ENTITY HOLDING LICENSE.

A

Check (√) one and complete all required sections:

INDIVIDUAL: (Complete Sections B and E to H) PARTNERSHIP: (Complete Sections B, C and E to H) CORPORATION OR LLC: (Complete Sections D to H)

► INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT OR PARTNER 1. ► PARTNER 2.

Full Legal Name (Last, First & Middle Initial) Full Legal Name (Last, First & Middle Initial)

Home Street Address Home Street Address:

Home City, State, Zip Code: Home City, State, Zip Code:

Home Phone Number: ( ) - Home Phone Number: ( ) -

B

Date of Birth:

C

Date of Birth:

(1) ► IDENTIFY NAME OF CORPORATION OR LLC.

Full Name of Corporation or Limited Liability Company:

(2) ► AGENT OF CORPORATION OR LLC.

Full Legal Name (Last, First & Middle Initial):

Home Address (include City, State & Zip Code):

Home Phone Number:

( ) -

Date of Birth: % of Stock Held:

(3) ► PRESIDENT OR LLC MEMBER 1. (4) ► VICE PRESIDENT OR LLC MEMBER 2.

Full Name (Last, First & Middle Initial):

Home Street Address: Home Street Address:

Date of Birth: % of Stock Held: Date of Birth:

% of Stock Held:

(5) ► SECRETARY OR LLC MEMBER 3. (6) ► TREASURER OR LLC MEMBER 4.

Full Name (Last, First & Middle Initial):

Home Address: Home Address:

Home Phone Number:

( ) -

Home Phone Number:

( ) -

D

Date of Birth: % of Stock Held: Date of Birth:

% of Stock Held:

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(7) ► IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PERSONS HOLDING 20% OR MORE OF STOCK.

Full Name (Last, First & Middle Initial): Full Name (Last, First & Middle Initial):

Home Address: Home Address:

D (Continued)

Date of Birth: % of Stock Held: Date of Birth: % of Stock Held:

► IDENTIFY CONVICTIONS OF APPLICANTS.

E

Has any person listed in Sections B to D on this application ever been convicted of violating any federal laws, state statutes or city ordinances (excluding traffic violations)? Check (√) one:

Yes

No

If Yes, then list the names of the persons convicted, dates of convictions, jurisdiction, violations, and penalties imposed.

______________________________________________________________________________________________

Attached additional sheets, if necessary.

(1) ► IDENTIFY BUSINESS TRADE NAME AND ADDRESS.

[!] If the place of business is not located in the state of Wisconsin, then also identify in Section G the registered agent.

Business Trade Name: Business Phone Number:

( )

Business Address (include City, State, Zip code):

(2) ► IDENTIFY MAILING ADDRESS.

Identify the address to which all correspondence related to licensing matters should be mailed. Check (√) one:

Home Address (Section D-2, agents of Corp/LLC; or Section B/C, all others) Business Address (Section F-1) Other Address: _______________________________________________________ (include City/State/Zip Code)

(3) ► IDENTIFY TYPE OF SERVICES OFFERED.

Identify the type of services offered by the alarm business. Check (√) all that apply:

Monitoring alarm systems

:

[!] If this service is provided, then also complete Section F-4 below.

Installing or servicing alarm systems Selling, leasing or renting alarm systems

Providing private first responder services Other services: List ►__________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

(4) ► IDENTIFY PRIVATE FIRST RESPONDER SERVICE PROVIDER (if monitoring alarm systems).

List below the provider of private first responder services, if the types of services offered by the alarm business, as disclosed in Section F-3 above, include the monitoring of alarm systems for the receiving of burglary alarm messages.

[!] A private first responder service is the entity that is required to verify, in the case of an activated burglary alarm, that an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site before the alarm signal is transmitted to the police department.

Responder Business Name: Responder Business Phone Number:

( )

F

Responder Business Address (include City, State, Zip code):

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► IDENTIFY REGISTERED AGENT (if business not located in Wisconsin).

List below the registered agent (for service of process, notice or demand required and permitted by law to be served on foreign corporations), if the place of business, as disclosed in Section F-1 above, is not located in the state of Wisconsin.

Full Legal Name of Registered Wisconsin Agent (Last, First & Middle Initial):

G

Business Address of Wisconsin Office of Registered Wisconsin Agent (include City, State, Zip code):

(1)►DECLARATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DISCLOSURES.

1. The undersigned agrees to inform the City Clerk within 10 days of any substantial changes in the information supplied in this application.

2. The undersigned shall not willfully refuse to provide the services offered under this license, or add charges or require deposits not required of the general public because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, handicap, lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status or the fact that a person is now or has been a member of the military service, whether dressed in uniform or not; and not seek such information as a condition of employment, or penalize any employee or discriminate in the selection of personnel for training or promotion on the basis of such information.

3. I have knowledge of the City Ordinances currently regulating the license applied for herein, and being duly sworn under oath, depose and say that I am the person named above and that all statements made in the foregoing application are true and correct.

(2)►NOTARIZED SIGNATURES OF APPLICANTS.

H

The application must be signed under oath by the applicant, if an individual; a partner; if a partnership; or the agent, an officer or member, if a corporation or LLC.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS

_____day of ______________, 20_____ ►____________________________________________

Signature of Individual; Partner; or Agent/Officer/Member of Corp or LLC _________________________________

Notary Public, State of Wisconsin ►___________________________________________

Printed Name of Person Signing Above My commission expires_____________

[!] Important: Notary Seal must be affixed Office Use Only:

Filed:_________ Initials:__________ License #: _________ Granted:_________ Issued:_____________ AD: ____