(A) The following are exempt from the enforcement provisions of this chapter:
(1) An alarm system installed on a vehicle, unless the vehicle is used for habitation at a permanent site.
(2) Other types of alarm systems not intended to transmit or relay a signal designed to summon the Police Department to respond to a burglary or robbery, including but not limited to fire alarms, alarm systems installed and used for bona fide medical emergencies, and alarm systems that monitor temperature, humidity, or any other condition not directly related to the detection of an entry into a premises.
(3) Alarm systems installed on the interior of a structure for the sole purpose and function of alerting only the occupants of tie premises where the alarm system is installed, but only if such alarm notification cannot be heard outside the structure where the alarm system is installed.
(4) Alarm systems installed upon premises occupied by agencies of local, state, or federal government authorities.
(5) False alarms caused by vandalism, severe weather that causes physical damage to the alarm site or otherwise activates the alarm, telephone line outage, or a natural or man-made catastrophe.
(6) False alarms caused by a chronic electrical or mechanical problem which the alarm user is working diligently to correct.
(7) False alarms during the first 30 days after the installation of an alarm; alarm users are granted this 30-day exemption to allow the user to learn correct function.
(B) The Police Department shall keep records of false alarms caused by events in divisions (A)(5), (6) and (7) above, but such false alarms shall neither be penalized nor counted toward false alarms which are subject to fines.
(Ord. 23-2014, passed 9-8-14)