(a) No alarm system shall be installed or operated in the City unless the system is installed by an alarm system contractor licensed under Public Act 330 of 1968, as amended, being MCL 338.1051 et seq., Public Act 580 of 2012, being MCL 338.2121 et seq., or, in the case of a required fire alarm system, unless certified pursuant to Public Act 144 of 1982, as amended, Public Act 407 of 2016, as amended, being MCL 339.5101 et seq., and the rules promulgated by the State Fire Safety Board. However, an owner or occupant of a residence, for their own use, may install and operate an alarm system. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve any person from the registration requirements of Section 803.02 or the permit requirements of Section 803.05.
(b) A fire alarm system required to be installed in a commercial or public building shall utilize equipment and methods of installation equivalent to or exceeding minimum Underwriters' Laboratories, American National Standards Institute, National Fire Protection Association or other nationally recognized testing laboratory requirements for the appropriate installation.
(c) An alarm system installed in a residence shall utilize equipment equivalent to or exceeding minimum applicable Underwriters' Laboratories or American National Standards Institute requirements for a household burglar or fire alarm system.
(Ord. 13-85. Passed 7-16-85.)
(d) Any alarm system designed to emit an audible siren, noise, flashing light, beacon or other sound or light annunciation so as to signal persons outside the premises shall be equipped to automatically terminate the local annunciation of the alarm system within five minutes (fifteen minutes in Agricultural and Heavy Industrial Districts) from the initial light or sound emission.
(Ord. 14-87. Passed 10-13-87.)
(e) An alarm system contractor, before the installation or modification of any alarm system that provides warning of a fire emergency, shall submit detailed plans and specifications to the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief’s designated representative. Further, in the case of multiple occupancy residences, an annunciation panel shall be installed in an area readily accessible to Fire Department personnel to indicate the section of the building where the alarm system was activated.
(Ord. 13-85. Passed 7-16-85; Ord. 06-2023. Passed 6-6-23.)