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VENDOR. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or entity associated with an alarm business or company, either indirectly or directly, whose duties include, but are not necessarily limited to, any of the following: selling, replacing, moving, repairing, maintaining, or installing an alarm system on or in any structure, building, or facility.
(Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)
REGULATIONS
(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)
Alarm systems that automatically dial or call a telephone line that has been designated by the city as provided in this article shall comply with the following requirements.
(A) The total length of the recorded message being transmitted to the Consolidated Communications Center (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 as a “recording”, with the balance of 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.
(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.
(Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)
Each application for an alarm system permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the Director and shall contain the following information:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner or lessee, who shall be an adult occupant of the protected premises;
(B) The type of premises (home, office, or other) and any business name by which the premises are known;
(C) 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;
(D) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers, including home phone numbers, of all agents having authority or responsibility with respect to the structure or complex;
(E) 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;
(F) The name, address, and telephone number of the person with whom the owner or lessee has contracted for maintenance of the alarm system;
(G) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of those persons (not less than two) who can be contacted by the Consolidated Communications Center 24 hours a day and seven days a week to turn off or deactivate the alarm system; and
(H) 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 article.
(Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)
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