(A) The Chief of Police, Fire Chief or their designee may require the inspection of any or all alarm systems installed within the city.
(B) Local alarm systems installed after April 16, 1998 shall not emit a sound similar to that of an emergency vehicle siren or a civil defense warning siren.
(C) Local alarm systems shall be equipped to automatically discontinue emitting an audible sound within 15 minutes of activation.
(D) Alarm users shall notify the Police Communications Center prior to any service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alteration or installation, and the alarm user shall notify the Police Communications Center of the completion. The Police Dispatcher shall forward this information to the Alarm Coordinator, as requested.
(E) Alarm users shall submit with their permit application to the City Clerk, a release of liability releasing the city, any police officer or firefighter and any other city employee from damages caused either personally or to any property when in response to the activation of the alarm system.
(F) (1) An alarm business, alarm user, employee of a central station protective system or employee of an answering service charged with the responsibility of relaying a live voice request for police response, upon the activation of an alarm system, shall give the following information to the Police Communications Center at the time of the request: Address of alarmed location; type of alarm system that has been activated; name of commercial business or resident; specific location of the building; structure or facility protected by the activated alarm; name of the alarm business making request if applicable; name of person making the request; and a phone number where the requesting party can be contacted.
(2) Unless specifically requested, it is the sole responsibility of the person making the request to notify authorized persons in control of the alarmed building, structure or facility that the alarm has been activated.
(G) The Alarm Coordinator shall be responsible for determining which alarms constitute false alarms, as defined by § 93.01 of this code. A record of all false alarms shall be maintained by the Alarm Coordinator.
(H) At the time of the second false alarm for any permit, except fire, within any permit year, the Alarm Coordinator should notify the alarm user and alarm business providing service or inspection to the user by first class mail of the occurrence. At the time of the fourth false alarm for any permit, except fire, within any permit year, the Alarm Coordinator shall notify the alarm user and alarm business providing service or inspection to the user, by service from the city’s Police Department upon the holder of the application, of the occurrence and that additional false alarms during the permit year will require the payment of fees as per § 93.05 of this code. Failure to receive either of these notices shall not be deemed to extend the term or conditions of the permit.
(I) It is unlawful for any person to activate any burglary, robbery, fire or residential emergency alarm for the purpose of summoning police or fire, except in the event of any actual or attempted burglary, robbery, fire or medical emergency, or for the person notifying the police of an activated alarm and having knowledge that the activation was apparently caused by an electrical or other malfunction of the alarm system to fail to notify the Police Communications Center of the malfunction.
(J) It shall be unlawful to have or maintain an alarm system on any premises without providing address numbers which are clearly visible from a distance of 100 feet or more. The address numbers shall be posted to the left, right or overhead to the main entrance of the building, structure or facility, and if the building, structure or facility is on a corner lot, the address number shall face the street named in the official address, as designated by the United States Postal Service.
(K) The Chief of Police or Fire Chief shall establish, distribute and cause the enforcement of rules and regulations, subject to the provisions of this chapter, as from time to time the Chief deems it necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 93.04) (Ord. 98-07, passed 3-16-1998) Penalty, see § 93.99