(a) Every alarm system shall meet the applicable standards of Underwriters' Laboratories, the National Fire Protection Association and/or other recognized industry standards. A user or provider may be required to submit evidence of the reliability and suitability of the alarm system.
(b) The sensory mechanism shall be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion, so that the alarm system will not be actuated by impulses due to transient pressure change in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises such as the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows, vehicular noise adjacent to the installation, or other false readings.
(c) Each alarm system shall be maintained in good repair.
(d) Each provider shall furnish to each user current written operating and maintenance instructions.
(e) Each provider shall furnish the Chief of Police with a copy of the instructions described in subsection (d) hereof. If the Chief of Police finds such to be incomplete, unclear or otherwise inadequate, he or she may require the provider to have the same revised to meet his or her approval and then promptly have copies distributed to persons for whom installations have been made.
(f) Each provider shall provide for receiving calls for service, directly or through an agent, on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week, and shall respond to such calls within eight hours of the time they are received.
(g) At the time of installation, each provider shall furnish written information as to how service can be obtained at any time, including the telephone number to call for service. Each user shall repair the alarm system as soon as practical after that person knows or should know of a malfunction.
(h) The Chief of Police or his or her designee may, at reasonable times and upon oral notice, enter upon any premises within the City to inspect the installation and operation of an alarm system or to post the notices described in subsection (i) hereof.
(i) The Chief of Police or his or her designee may order a user or provider to repair an alarm system and may order that the alarm system be disconnected until the repair has been completed. An order may be accompanied by one or more notices placed conspicuously on or about the premises in which the alarm system has been installed.
(Ord. 1994-8. Passed 1-19-94.)