(a) All equipment used in installations for which a permit is required shall meet the applicable standards of the Underwriters Laboratories and/or the National Fire Protection Association, and/or any other recognized industry standard. The applicant may be required to submit evidence of the reliability and suitability of the equipment to be installed.
(b) The sensory mechanism used in connection with such devices shall be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusions, so that the devices will not be actuated by impulses due to transient pressure change in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises such as the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows, vehicular noise adjacent to the installation, or other forces unrelated to genuine alarms.
(c) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device which is installed on such person's premises in the City shall furnish such person with instructions as to the way the device operates, along with maintenance instructions.
(d) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device which is installed on such person's premises in the City for which a permit is required shall provide for receiving calls for service directly or through an agent, on a twenty-four hour basis and seven days a week, and shall respond to such calls within eight hours of the time they are received.
(e) At the time of installation, each alarm equipment supplier shall furnish to the person for whom an automatic protection device has been installed, written information as to how service can be obtained at any time, including the telephone number to call for service. Such person shall be responsible for having the device repaired as quickly as possible after he learns, either from his own sources or from notification by the Chief of Police, that the device is not working properly.
(f) The Chief of Police, Fire Chief or any officer designated by them shall have the authority, at reasonable times and upon oral notice, to enter upon any premises within the City, to inspect the installation and operation of an automatic protection device or signaling device, the purpose of which is to report an emergency to the Police Station.
(g) All equipment, the use or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be maintained in good operating condition. The Chief of Police may require that repairs be made whenever he has determined that such are necessary to assure reliability of operation.
(Ord. 78-46. Passed 7-24-78.)