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Any alarm system business which operates a central station and any telephone answering service shall:
(a) Have sufficient personnel who are trained in the procedures to be followed in receiving and relaying a notice of the activation of any alarm system on duty at all times to ensure that emergency messages or alarm signals received by such business can be relayed immediately to the Police Division or the Fire Division;
(b) Notify the person in control of the property or his or her designated employee of the activation of the alarm system within twenty-four hours of the time the alarm was activated, by telephone or by placing such notice in the mail, addressed to the person in control of the property;
(c) Keep a written record of the date and time each notification of the activation of an alarm system is received and the date, time and method by which the person in control of the property or his or her designated employee was notified. Such records shall be retained for at least two years and shall be made available for inspection by any member of the Police Division or the Fire Division designated by the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief to inspect such records, when such a member makes demand at the office of the alarm system business or telephone answering service during regular business hours.
(d) Test or cause to be tested all equipment used by the Police Division, the Fire Division or the telephone answering service relating to the receipt of notifications of the activation of any alarm system and the equipment used in relaying those notifications to the Police Division or the Fire Division, at least one time in every twelve-month period, and, where a test result is unsatisfactory, correct or cause to be corrected, within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed seven days, the cause of the unsatisfactory test result;
(e) Produce evidence of the results of tests conducted pursuant to subsection (d) hereof, upon request of a member of the Police Division or the Fire Division; and
(f) Not provide answering services for any alarm system business which is not licensed by the State.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
No person shall intentionally activate an alarm system for any purpose other than an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice. However, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the alarm system was sounded solely for the purpose of testing the alarm and the person who tested the alarm took reasonable precautions to avoid any request being made to the Police Division or the Fire Division to respond to such alarm.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
The City will respond to proper notification of the activation of an alarm system without charge for the response to an alarm in which there are reasonable grounds to believe that the cause of the activation of the alarm was an emergency of the type for which the alarm system is designed.
For responses to a false alarm, that is, an alarm for which there is not reasonable cause to believe that the cause of the activation was an emergency for which the alarm system was designed, there shall be no charge for the first incident within a calendar year, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each for the second through fifth incidents, fifty dollars ($50.00) each for the sixth through tenth incidents and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the eleventh and each succeeding incident within a calendar year.
For a fire alarm, if the Fire Chief or his or her designated representative determines that there has been a malfunction of the system and that such malfunction is not the fault of the owner or occupant, no service call shall be charged.
For any other alarm, if the Police Chief or his or her designated representative determines that there has been a malfunction of the system and that such malfunction is not the fault of the owner or occupant, no service call shall be charged.
(Ord. 92-159 Passed 8-3-92.)
A permit for an alarm system may be revoked if the permit holder fails to pay the charges referred to in Section 703.20 within sixty days of receipt of notice to pay for the false alarm.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
(a) If, for any reason, a permit is subject to revocation as set forth in this chapter, the permit holder shall receive written notice of the revocation at least twenty days prior to the revocation. The notice shall state:
(1) The reason for the revocation;
(2) That the permit holder has a right to request a hearing for any just cause; and
(3) That the request for a hearing must be filed with the Safety-Service Director within twenty days of the date of the mailing of the notice.
(b) The timely filing of the request for a hearing shall stay revocation until the hearing. If the request for hearing is not timely filed, the permit shall be revoked after the expiration of the twenty days. The notice shall be forwarded to the permit holder by certified mail to the address of the person in control of the premises where the alarm system is located or to the alarm site.
(c) All hearings shall be held by the Safety-Service Director or his or her designated impartial hearing officer. All hearings shall be conducted under rules and procedures consistent with the nature of the proceedings. The City shall present sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case for revocation under this chapter. The permit holder may present evidence of any just cause to deny the revocation. The hearing officer shall notify the permit holder of the findings, in writing, and of the immediate revocation if there is sufficient grounds for revocation.
(d) Upon receipt of notice of revocation and the expiration of the twenty days without filing a request for a hearing or after notice of revocation from the hearing officer, the permit holder shall surrender the permit.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
(a) After a permit for an alarm system has been revoked, the person in control of the property on which the alarm system is located must have a statement from a registered alarm system business that the alarm system has been inspected and/or repaired and that it is in operating condition. The person in control of such property shall complete and submit an application for an alarm permit along with permit fees authorized by this chapter to the Safety-Service Director's office.
(b) Such person shall be reinstated as a permit holder, subject to all regulations of this chapter and to the same conditions as are applied to all new alarm permit holders.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
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