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Home alarm permits and false alarms in Pacific Grove

Pacific Grove's own rules on home alarm permits and false alarms, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Pacific Grove's code says

Pacific Grove code What Pacific Grove's code adds
False alarm fees
  • The fee is in the Pacific Grove master fee schedule.
    Applies: Applies to the first false alarm activation from an unpermitted alarm.
    § 11.62.060 · code text
    the subscriber is subject to a fee for operating an unpermitted alarm for the first false alarm activation
  • Subject to normal administrative assessments.
    Applies: Applies to the second and later false activations from an unpermitted alarm.
    § 11.62.060 · code text
    shall be subject to normal administrative assessments for the second and subsequent false activations.
False alarms before a fee
  • An unpermitted alarm owes a fee even for the first false activation.
    § 11.62.060 · code text
    If the Pacific Grove police department responds to an alarm activation without a subscriber having a current and valid alarm permit on file, the subscriber is subject to a fee for operating an unpermitted alarm for the first false alarm activation
Alarm permit
  • A permit is required. The alarm permit fee is in the Pacific Grove master fee schedule.
    § 11.62.040 · code text
    No person, owner, agent, alarm company or alarm company agent shall install or cause to be installed, use, maintain, or possess an alarm system at any residence or on any business premises or building within the city of Pacific Grove without having obtained an alarm user's permit from the chief of police in accordance with this section.
When a permit can be revoked
  • After 6 penalty assessments, the alarm permit may be revoked.
    Applies: Applies within a 12-month period, after the user receives written notice.
    § 11.62.160 · code text
    the alarm user has been given written notice and assessed six penalty assessments within a 12-month period

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a permit for a home alarm in Pacific Grove?

Pacific Grove's code: The fee is in the Pacific Grove master fee schedule. (Applies to the first false alarm activation from an unpermitted alarm.) (§ 11.62.060); Subject to normal administrative assessments. (Applies to the second and later false activations from an unpermitted alarm.) (§ 11.62.060).

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