(A) No person shall locate, install, construct, alter, repair, use or maintain any alarm system within the city, except in full compliance with this chapter and the standards adopted herein.
(B) All audible alarm systems shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Every person maintaining an alarm system with an audible alarm signal shall put a notice containing the name and telephone number of a person to be notified to render repairs or services to the alarm system during any hour of the day or night activation of the alarm system. The notice shall be posted at the main entrance to the premises or near the alarm in a position as to be legible from the ground level adjacent to the building.
(2) Alarm systems with audible alarm signals that sound like police or fire sirens are prohibited.
(3) All alarm systems with audible alarm signals, except for fire alarms, shall have an automatic shut-off which will silence the audible alarm signal within a period not to exceed 15 minutes.
(C) (1) All persons using or maintaining any alarm system within the city shall register the alarm system with the Sheriff, utilizing registration forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, no later than the following dates:
(a) Sixty days after the effective date of the chapter; or
(b) Thirty days after the installation of the alarm system.
(2) Any alteration or modification of any previously registered alarm system shall be registered with the Sheriff, utilizing registration forms to be furnished by the Sheriff, within 30 days of the commencement of the alteration or modification.
(D) Financial institutions having alarm systems with a robbery signal feature, shall have an on- premises annunciator panel providing specific annunciation of the sensors on a private monitoring location on the premises. When, in the judgment of the Sheriff, no on-premises monitoring location is feasible, the requirements of this section may be waived by the Sheriff. All alarm systems installed in financial institutions after the effective date of this chapter shall have the annunciator for panels when installed. All alarm systems currently used by financial institutions shall have the annunciator panels installed within one year from the effective date of this chapter.
(E) Alarm systems that have more than one alarm signal function (burglary, fire, etc.), must report specifically which function has been violated when reporting to the Public Safety Communication Center for the purpose of dispatching public safety personnel to the site of the alarm system.
(F) No alarm system shall connect directly to the Public Safety Communications Center, except financial institutions and/or public buildings. All other alarms must report to the Public Safety Communications Center in some other manner. No automatic telephone dialing device shall be allowed to dial direct or be programed so that it dials directly into the Public Safety Communications Center.
(Ord. 60, passed 7-8-82)