(a) All alarm equipment installed in the City shall meet the applicable standards of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., the National Fire Protection Association or other recognized industry standards.
(b) The sensory mechanism used in connection with such devices shall be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion, so that the device will not be actuated by impulses due to transient pressure change in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises adjacent to the installation or other forces unrelated to genuine alarms.
(c) All components comprising such device shall be maintained by the owner or lessee in good repair to assure reliability of operation.
(d) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells, installs or leases an automatic protection device shall furnish instructions as to the way the device operates, along with maintenance instructions, to the subscriber.
(e) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device which is installed on such person's premises in the City, shall provide for receiving calls for service, directly or through an agent, on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week, and shall respond to such calls within eight hours of the time they are received.
(f) At the time of installation, each alarm equipment supplier shall furnish to the person for whom an automatic protection device has been installed, written information as to how service can be obtained at any time, including the telephone number to call for service.
(g) The Chief of Police and the Fire Chief or any other officer designated by them shall have the authority, at reasonable times and upon oral notice, to enter upon any premises within the City, to inspect the installation and operation of an automatic protection device or signaling device, the purpose of which is to report an emergency to the police and/or fire station.
(Ord. 134-1990. Passed 5-7-90; Ord. 33-2003. Passed 2-18-03.)