ARTICLE X. NONFIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

§ 12-78 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them.

   ALARM SYSTEM. A nonfire detection device or an assembly of equipment and/or devices arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which the police are expected to respond.

   ALARM SYSTEM AGENT. A person employed by an alarm system contractor whose duties include the altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing, responding to or causing others to respond to an alarm system.

   POLICE DEPARTMENT. The City of Flint Police Department.

(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)

§ 12-79 PERMIT REQUIRED; PERMISSION REQUIRED TO CONNECT SYSTEMS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

   (a)   A person, firm, company, partnership or corporation shall not engage in the business of alarm system contraction, or alarm system agent, notwithstanding the name or title used in describing the agency and notwithstanding that other functions and services may be performed for fee, hire or reward, nor shall a person, firm, company, partnership or corporation advertise the business to be that of alarm system contractor or alarm system agent, without having obtained from the Department of State Police, a license to do so provided for in Public Act 330 of 1968, as amended, for each bureau, agency, subagency, office and branch office to be owned, conducted, managed or maintained for the conduct of that business.

   (b)   A person shall not sell, install, operate, adjust, arrange for or contract to provide a device which upon activation either mechanically, electronically or by any other means initiates the automatic calling or dialing of or makes a connection directly to a telephone assigned to the Police Department for the purpose of delivering a recorded message without first receiving written permission from the Chief of Police Department.

(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)

Statutory reference:

   Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act, see MCLA 338.1051 et seq.

§ 12-80 INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMS GENERALLY.

   (a)   An alarm system may not be installed or operated in the City of Flint unless the system is:

      (1)   Installed by an alarm system contractor licensed under Public Act 330 of 1968, as amended.

      (2)   Installed by the owner or occupant of a residence in his own residence.

   (b)   An alarm system installed in a commercial or public building shall utilize equipment and methods of installation equivalent to or exceeding minimum Underwriters Laboratory requirements for appropriate installation.

   (c)   An alarm system installed in a residence shall utilize equipment equivalent to or exceeding minimum applicable Underwriters Laboratory or American National Standards Institute requirements for household burglar alarm system.

(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)

§ 12-81 FALSE ALARMS; DEFECTIVE SYSTEM.

   (a)   As used in this section FALSE ALARM means the activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, negligence, or the intentional activation of the alarm system without reasonable and legitimate need by the owner or lessee of an alarm system or his employee or agent.

   (b)   An alarm system experiencing more than two (2) false alarms for a commercial establishment or four (4) false alarms for a residence within a calendar year is deemed defective and upon written notice to the owner or lessee of the alarm system by the Police Department the owner or lessee shall have the system inspected by an alarm system contractor who shall within fifteen (15) days file a written report to the Department of State Police and the City Police Department of the results of the inspection of the system, the probable cause of the false alarms, and its recommendations for eliminating false alarms.

   (c)   Upon receipt of the report the Department of State Police may, after notice and hearing, order the owner or lessee to correct the system based upon the recommendations contained in the report.

   (d)   Failures to comply with this section shall result in any written permission previously granted by the Chief of Police Department pursuant to § 12-79(b) of this ordinance being revoked upon written notice to the owner or lessee of the alarm system by the Police Department containing the reasons for the revocation.

   (e)   An owner or lessee receiving such notice of a defective alarm system and who fails to comply with this section and where additional false alarms are experienced after such failure to comply shall be fined a minimum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per false alarm.

(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)

ARTICLE XI. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTMAS TREES

§ 12-82 COMPLIANCE.

   No person, firm, corporation, or charitable organization shall sell or distribute Christmas trees upon any vacant lot or other outdoor location within the City of Flint except pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.

(Ord. 1835, passed 5-3-1965)