(a) The purpose of this article is to:
(1) encourage alarm users and alarm companies to properly maintain the operational effectiveness and proper utilization of alarm systems intended to summon police;
(2) protect the emergency services of the city by reducing or eliminating false alarms which may unduly divert law enforcement from responding to criminal activity; and
(3) defray the costs of administering this article through alarm user permit fees and false alarm charges.
(b) The provisions of this article shall apply only to alarm systems intended to summon police and which:
(1) send an alarm signal or alarm message directly to the police department;
(2) send an alarm signal or alarm message to a location where the signals or messages are or can be monitored and notification of the alarm is relayed to the police department; or
(3) emits an audible or visual alarm signal that can be heard or seen on the exterior of the premises.
(c) The provision of this article shall not apply to alarm systems that are not intended to summon police such as alarm systems:
(1) installed in a vehicle, unless the vehicle is used as a habitation at a permanent site; or
(2) designed to alert only the inhabitants within the premises.
(Ord. No. 3075, § 2, 10-25-01; Ord. No. 3907, § 2, 12-12-13)