(A) After 1998 (or the effective date of this chapter) alarm users shall neither request nor allow alarm businesses to program alarm systems so that they are capable of sending one plus duress alarms. Alarm businesses may continue to report one plus duress alarms received from alarm systems programmed with this feature prior to the effective date of this chapter. After the effective date of this chapter, when performing a takeover or conversion an alarm user shall request the removal of the one plus duress alarm capability from the alarm system being taken over or converted.
(B) After the effective date of this chapter, alarm users shall not allow alarm businesses to install a device for activating a hold-up alarm which is a single action non recessed button.
(C) Alarm systems that provide for direct dialing over telephone lines to a dispatch center and the delivery of a pre-recorded message are prohibited in Cabarrus County. Such installation by an alarm business and use by an alarm system owner shall constitute a criminal offense as outlined in § 96.17 of this chapter. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. passed 3-8-99; Am. Ord. passed 4-11-22) Penalty, see §
96.99