(A) A permit holder or person in control of an alarm system shall:
(1) Maintain the premises and the alarm system in a manner that will minimize or eliminate false alarm notifications;
(2) Respond or cause his or her representative to appear at the system’s location within a reasonable period of time when notified by the Fire Department or a law enforcement agency to deactivate a malfunctioning alarm system, to provide access to the premises or to provide security for the premises; and
(3) Not manually activate an alarm for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that the alarm system was intended to report.
(B) A person in control of a local alarm shall adjust the mechanism or cause the mechanism to be adjusted so that an alarm signal will sound for no longer than 15 minutes after being activated.
(C) Local alarms shall not resemble the sound of any emergency signal or civil defense alarm or siren.
(Prior Code, § 1066.04) (Ord. 94-19, passed 12-20-1994; Ord. 02-10, passed 8-27-2002)