(A) Persons owning or leasing an automatic dialing or calling device situated on premises within the city, upon obtaining a permit therefor as provided in this article, may, if authorized as provided in this article, have the device interconnected to a telephone line or other NFPA 72-approved means transmitting to:
(1) A privately-owned central alarm panel or station;
(2) An answering service; or
(3) The Consolidated Communications Center.
(B) An automatic dialing device also may be interconnected to one or more telephone numbers available to the owner or lessee.
(C) Alarm signals transmitted to a supervising station shall be by addressable device and shall be retransmitted by point identifier to the communications center in an acceptable format. The Fire Chief or Fire Code Official may apply these requirements retroactively to systems installed prior to the effective date of this article.
(D) No automatic dialing or calling device shall be interconnected to any emergency telephone trunk-line terminating in the Consolidated Communications Center except as authorized in this article, and no such device shall be connected to any telephone line of other offices or departments of the city except such telephone line or lines as may be designated by the City Manager for the specific purpose of receiving signals from alarm systems, pursuant to authority which may be vested in the City Manager.
(Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)