725.06 AUDIBLE ALARMS.

(a) Audible alarms installed in a residential district shall not have an intensity of sound that exceeds eighty-five decibels at ten feet from the outside of the structure.

(b) All audible alarms installed in a residential district shall be equipped with an automatic shut-off device so that the audible alarm does not sound longer than fifteen minutes after each activation of the alarm system.

(c) Any City official may shut off an audible alarm which does not shut itself off after fifteen minutes by damaging the equipment if necessary. Any damage shall be an abatement of a nuisance for which the City and its employees and agents shall have no liability.

(Ord. 1987-43. Passed 12-8-87.)

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