A. No audible alarm shall be installed, maintained or activated which emits the sound of a siren similar to those utilized on emergency vehicles or for air raid/disaster warnings.
B. Every audible alarm system shall have a sign or notice posted on or near the audible device with the name and telephone number of the person or company responsible for the maintenance of the system. The notice shall be posted in such a position as to be readable from the ground level outside and adjacent to the building. Upon request of the police department, the owner or person responsible for maintaining an alarm system shall provide a list of persons able to respond to an alarm site if needed.
C. Every audible alarm installed after the adoption of this chapter shall have a timing device which automatically shuts off the alarm within fifteen (15) minutes after the alarm is activated. Every audible alarm installed prior to the adoption of this chapter without such a timing device shall be required to have such a device installed if any activated alarm is not deactivated within a thirty minute time limit. The alarm business or person responsible for the maintenance of the system and the owner of the audible alarm shall be responsible for deactivating any alarm within thirty (30) minutes after notification that such alarm is activated and ringing, or within thirty (30) minutes after reasonable efforts have been made to provide such notification.
(Ord. 93 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 11.60.007)