(a) No person shall install, cause to be installed or permit to be installed an alarm system unless the requirements of this chapter are met.
(b) Any alarm system which may be activated as a result of different types of emergency situations shall give a unique signal to designate activation as a result of a holdup, a burglary, a fire or any other different type of emergency situation so that proper notification and proper response can be made.
(c) Any local alarm system shall have a thirty minute shut-off.
(d) No person shall use or permit the use of any telephone device or telephone attachment which automatically selects a telephone line leading into the communication center of the Police Department or the Fire Department, or any number leading into the City offices and then transmits any prerecorded message or signal.
(e) The Police Chief or Fire Chief may set reasonable standards and procedures to be followed by an alarm system business or telephone answering service when giving notice to the Police Department or the Fire Department of activation of an alarm system. Such standards and procedures shall be set out, in writing, and made available to an alarm system business or telephone answering service requesting the same and shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 15-87. Passed 2-9-87.)