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AUTOMATIC DIALING AND CALLING DEVICES
(A) Persons owning or leasing an automatic dialing or calling device situated on premises within the city, upon obtaining a permit therefore as provided in this chapter, may, if authorized as provided in this chapter, have the device interconnected to a telephone line transmitting directly to:
(1) A privately-owned central alarm panel or station;
(2) An answering service; or
(3) The Fire Department or Police Department of the city as designated by the department.
(B) An automatic dialing device also may be interconnected to one or more telephone numbers available to the owner or lessee.
(C) No automatic dialing or calling device shall be interconnected to any emergency telephone trunkline terminating in the Fire or Police communication center except as authorized in this chapter, and no device shall be connected to any telephone line or other office or department of the city except telephone line or lines as may be designated by the city for the specific purpose of receiving signals from alarm systems. The owners or lessees of all automatic dialing devices interconnected to such a trunkline on the effective date of this chapter shall cause the devices to be disconnected therefrom within 90 days after this date.
(Prior Code, § 6-804) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)
Alarm systems that automatically dial or call a telephone line that has been designated by the city as provided in this chapter shall comply with the following requirements:
(A) The total length of the recorded message being transmitted to the Fire or Police Department, including repetition of message, shall not exceed 30 seconds duration;
(B) The recorded message transmitted shall be repeated not less than two nor more than three times;
(C) The recorded message being transmitted shall incorporate language specifically identifying the message, identifying by street number and name the location of the emergency and the nature of the event which caused the alarm system to activate. If the location of the event signaled by the alarm system is in a multi-family building or a multi-unit office or commercial building, the message shall also identify by number and floor the particular dwelling unit, office unit or commercial unit in which the event occurred or is occurring; and
(D) The recorded message being transmitted shall be appropriate for the purpose for which the alarm system was installed, and the message in its entirety shall be intelligible and spoken in the English language.
(Prior Code, § 6-804.01) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)
PERMITS
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, interconnect with, or use any alarm system within the city without a current valid permit therefor as provided in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 6-805) (Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993) Penalty, see § 118.99
(A) Each application for an alarm system permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the Chief of the department to which the application is made, and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner or lessee, who shall be an adult occupant of the protected premises;
(2) The type of premises (home, office, other), and any business name by which the premises are known;
(3) The address of the protected premises, including, if the premises are in a multiple unit residential, commercial or industrial structure or complex, any name by which the structure or complex is commonly known;
(4) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers, including home phone numbers, of all agents having authority or responsibility with respect to the structure or complex;
(5) If the alarm system component consists of automatic dialers, the number and type thereof, the location of all remote annunciators, and the names and telephone numbers of all persons or businesses which are or may be preselected for automatic dialer contact;
(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the person with whom the owner or lessee has contracted for maintenance of the alarm system;
(7) The name, address, and telephone number of the persons, not less than two, who can be contacted by the department 24 hours a day and seven days a week to turn off or deactivate the alarm system; and
(8) A statement that the owner or lessee, in consideration of the issuance of the requested permit, has read and agrees to be bound by the terms of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 6-805.01)
(B) If any alarm system component is to be connected to an alarm panel in the Fire or Police Department:
(1) The application for an alarm system permit shall be accompanied by a connection fee in the amount of as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule; and
(2) The owner or lessee shall pay annually, in addition, a maintenance and monitoring fee in the amount as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule. The latter fee shall be payable, in the first instance, with the application, but no connection fee shall be payable by owners or lessees of an alarm system component which is connected to the alarm panel at the time of enactment of this chapter.
(C) If the alarm component is an automatic dialer to be interconnected to a telephone in a city department, or is a system which provides for a third party relay of calls to such a telephone, the owner or lessee shall pay to the city department annually a monitoring fee in the amount as set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule, and a fee in such amount shall be paid, in the first instance, with the application for a permit.
(D) If a permit shall be issued, fees which accompanied the application shall be retained; otherwise, they shall be refunded.
(E) This section shall not apply to alarm system components owned or leased by the city or other public law enforcement officials or departments.
(Prior Code, § 6-805.02)
(Ord. 93-2173, passed 8-30-1993)
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