A. It shall be unlawful for any audible alarm to fail to automatically cease transmission within fifteen (15) minutes of activation.
B. It shall be unlawful for an activated alarm to fail to silence after twenty (20) minutes, and if the police department is unable to contact the alarm user or his representative, the department shall cause an alarm agent or alarm company operator to respond and silence the alarm. All costs for silencing the alarm shall be borne by the alarm user.
C. No person shall install or maintain any audible alarm or other alarm system enunciator which upon activation emits a sound similar either to sirens used on emergency vehicles or to sirens used for civil defense purposes, except that alarm systems using such sirens and installed prior to the effective date of this chapter are exempt.
D. It shall be unlawful for automatic dialing systems to dial directly to the police department.
E. Prior to conducting any service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alteration or installation which might activate a false alarm, alarm users shall notify the police department communications dispatcher and provide the dispatcher with a description of the alarm location, identity of the company testing or otherwise so dealing with the alarm, the identity of the person testing or otherwise dealing with the alarm, the time of the activity dealing with the alarm and other information as may be requested by the dispatcher.
F. Each subscriber or alarm user shall maintain each alarm system in good working order, providing the necessary service to prevent false alarms, to prevent malfunctions and to use reasonable care in preventing malicious reporting of false fires due to tampering with the alarm system. (Ord. 98-07, 4-28-1998)