Alarm Permits

City of Carmel Code Section 4-72 requires any audible, mechanical or electrical signal from a home or business detection system within the city limits to be registered with the Communications Center. The cost is a one time fee of $10.00 per residence/business. Click to see the City Code on Alarm Permits. For more information Call 317-571-2586. Click for map to the Carmel Clay Communications Center

If you have received a citation from the police instructing you to obtain an alarm permit, we suggest you contact our office directly at 317-571-2586.  Citations typically have a time restriction.
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Click here to go to the map see if you’re within city limits. The areas shaded in green are inside city limits. If your residence/business is in the white areas you do not need an alarm permit.

 

Applications Instructions

  • If you are located within the City limits and need an alarm permit, the following steps need to be followed prior to the operation of your system.
  • Fill out the application completely and then print the form.  The Ordinance requires the names and telephone numbers of at least two persons who will  respond to the alarm site within 30 minutes when notified by the Center.  These persons MUST have access to the premises and be able to deactivate the alarm. It is recommended that the list should include more than two people. Click here for Application for Alarm Permit.
  • Include a money order or check for $10.00 made payable to:  City of Carmel 
  • The application, payment for application and a self-addressed, stamped envelope should be mailed to: 

    Carmel Clay Communications Center
    31 1st Ave Northwest
    Carmel, Indiana 46032
      

  • Once the Communications Center receives and processes your application, a copy of your application along with a receipt for payment and an alarm permit sticker will be returned to you in your self-addressed envelope.

 

Displaying the Permit 

Place the permit on the outside of the building near an entrance. The permit should be visible to approaching emergency response personnel. Apply the permit to, preferably, a glass surface, e.g., the glass in the door or a window nearby.

Then peel off the clear weather protective over-laminate and carefully place the protective laminate over the permit.  The edges of the laminate should extend past the edges of the permit.

If your location has an existing alarm system that has been previously registered with the City, then a “Change of Information Form” is the only form needed. Click here for the Change of Information Form.   

Complete, print and mail the form to:

Carmel Clay Communications Center
31 1st Avenue Northwest
Carmel, Indiana  46032
or
 fax to  317 - 571 - 588

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