(A) Generally. No person shall locate, install, construct, alter, repair, use, or maintain any alarm system within the City of Cologne except in full compliance with this chapter and the standards adopted herein.
(B) Audible alerts. All audible alarms shall meet the following requirements.
(1) Every person maintaining an alarm system with an audible alarm signal shall post a notice containing the name and telephone number of a person to be notified to render repairs or service to the alarm system during any hour of the day or night, upon activation of the alarm system. The notice shall be posted at the main entrance to the premises or near the alarm in such a position as to be legible from the ground level adjacent to the building.
(2) Alarm systems with audible alarm signals that sound like police or fire sirens are prohibited.
(3) All alarm systems with audible alarm signals, except for the fire alarms, shall have an automatic shut-off which will silence the audible alarm signal within a period not to exceed 15 minutes.
(C) Registration.
(1) All persons using or maintaining any alarm system within the City of Cologne shall register the alarm system with the Sheriff, utilizing registration forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, no later than the later of the following dates:
(a) The sixtieth day after the effective date of this chapter; or
(b) The thirtieth day after the installation of the alarm system.
(2) Any alteration or modification of any previously registered alarm system shall be registered with the Sheriff, utilizing registration forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, within 30 days of the commencement of the alteration or modification.
(D) Multiple function alarm system. Alarm systems that have more than one alarm signal function (burglary, fire, and the like) must report specifically which of the functions has been violated, when reporting to the Public Safety Communications Center for the purpose of dispatching public safety personnel to the site of the alarm system.
(E) Communications Center. No alarm system shall connect directly to the Public Safety Communications Center except financial institutions and/or public buildings. All other alarms must report to the Public Safety Communications Center in some other manner. No automatic telephone dialing device shall be allowed to dial direct or be programmed so that it dials directly into the Public Safety Communications Center.
(Ord. 101, passed 10-4-1982) Penalty, see § 10.99