PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

BURGLAR ALARM LICENSING

The city has enacted a non-residential burglar alarm licensing and false alarm reduction program. All non-residential burglar alarm systems and alarm businesses operating in Greenbelt must be licensed by the City. Fines are levied for repeat false alarms for all alarm users. For further information call 301-345-5417.

Instructions and forms for licensing of Non-Residential Burlar Alarms and for Burgler Alarm Businesses are provided below.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NON RESIDENTIAL BURGLAR AND
HOLDUP ALARM REGISTRATION  

Failure to fully complete this form will delay your registration/re-registration. Please type or print all information.  

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FORM

This form is to be used to register/re-register non-residential burglar, robbery, panic, and duress alarm systems. The registration/re-registration permit fee is $100.00, and is non-refundable. One application must be submitted for each alarmed non-residential location in the City of Greenbelt and the $100.00 fee must accompany each application.

INFORMATION REQUIRED

  • Name, complete address and phone number of the business where the registered alarm is located.

  • Type of business.

  • Business Trade Name (If different)

  • Parent Company Name

  • Owner/President of Business

  • Name and Address of Responsible Billing Party

  • Special Conditions

  • Persons to Contact in the Event of an Alarm

  • Alarm Installation Company

  • Monitoring Company

 

FALSE ALARM FINE SCHEDULE

False Alarm Signal Occurrence
False Alarm Response Fee
(per alarm occurance)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd No Fee
4th, 5th, or 6th $ 50.00
7th, 8th, or 9th $100.00
10th, 11th, or 12th $150.00
13th, 14 th, or 15th $250.00
16th, 17th, or 18th $500.00
19 th or greater $1,000.00
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALARM BUSINESS
LICENSE REGISTRATION

Failure to fully complete the registration form will delay your registration/re-registration. Please type or print clearly all information. Click link to download form.  

This form is to be completed for registration/re-registration for alarm businesses which monitor or operate residential or non-residential alarm systems within the City of Greenbelt, Maryland. The non-refundable license fee for each business is $300.00.

INFORMATION REQUIRED:

  • Name, complete address, fax and telephone number of the alarm business. Type of business organization (sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation).

  • Number of Active customers

  • Responsible Party

  • Acknowledgement that no employee of the alarm business has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor of theft within the preceding seven (7) years.

  • Resident Agent.

  • Associated Alarm Businesses