(A) An alarm user shall:
(1) Maintain the alarm site and the alarm system in a manner that will minimize or eliminate false alarms;
(2) Make every reasonable effort to have a responder arrive at the alarm system's location within 30 minutes when requested by a city emergency service in order to:
(a) Deactivate an alarm system;
(b) Provide access to the alarm site; and/or
(c) Provide alternative security for the alarm site.
(3) Not activate an alarm system for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that the alarm system was intended to report.
(B) An alarm user shall adjust the mechanism or cause the mechanism to be adjusted so that an alarm signal audible on the exterior of an alarm site will sound for no longer than ten minutes after being activated.
(C) An alarm user shall not use automatic voice dialers.
(D) An alarm user shall maintain at each alarm site, a set of written operating instructions for each alarm system.
(E) All alarm users shall review with their alarm installation company and/or monitoring company the alarm user false alarm prevention checklist or an equivalent checklist approved by the alarm administrator and acknowledge their understanding of false alarm prevention procedures by signing and dating same. A fully executed copy of the customer false alarm prevention checklist shall be filed with the original application for an alarm permit.
(F) It is the responsibility of the alarm permit holder to notify both the alarm monitoring company and the alarm administrator in the event they discontinue service or no longer occupy the permitted alarm site.
(Ord. OR-1775-10, passed 8-9-10; Am. Ord. OR-1790-10, passed 11-8-10) Penalty, see § 97.99