.010 No person shall install, maintain, operate or use an alarm system that emits an audible sound or visible signal that can be heard or seen by persons outside of a protected premise or protected property where such emission does not automatically cease within ten (10) minutes of its activation.
.020 No person shall install, maintain, operate or use an alarm system which, upon activation, emits a sound similar to sirens in use on emergency vehicles or for civil defense purposes.
.030 No person shall install, maintain, operate or use an alarm system which automatically dials the Police Department.
.040 No person shall activate a manual alarm unless the person who activates the alarm has a good faith belief, at the time the person activated the alarm, that a crime, attempted crime, or other emergency at the protected premises or protected property was occurring, was about to occur or had occurred.
(Ord. 4035 § 1 (part); August 29, 1979: Ord. 5752 § 7; January 9, 2001: Ord. 6215 § 1 (part); June 14, 2011.)