(a) The County Executive must establish alarm system installation and equipment standards in regulations adopted under method (2). Any alarm system installed after August 31, 1993 must meet the installation standards.
(b) An alarm business must certify in writing to the alarm user that any alarm system installed after August 31, 1993, meets the installation standards.
(c) An alarm user must have the user’s alarm system inspected by an alarm business licensed under Section 3A-2 after 3 false alarms from the system in a calendar year. The alarm user and alarm business must certify to the enforcing agency that the alarm system has been inspected, is functioning properly, and that the alarm business has provided additional instruction to the alarm user and others who have contact with the alarm system on the proper use of the alarm system. The enforcing agency must receive the certification within a time period specified by regulation.
(d) An alarm user must conform the user’s alarm system to the installation standards established under Section 3A-6(a) after 6 false alarms from the user's system in a calendar year.
(e) The enforcing agency may waive the requirement for an inspection or upgrade under this Section if the enforcing agency determines that a sufficient number of the false alarms during the calendar year could not have been related to a defect or malfunction in the alarm system.
(1993 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 29, §1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 30, §1.)