(a) All components comprising such a device shall be maintained by the owner in good repair to assure reliability of operation.
(b) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device, which is installed on such person’s premises in the city, shall furnish that person with instructions as to the way the device operates, along with maintenance instructions.
(c) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device, which is installed on such person’s premises in the city, for which a permit is required, shall provide for receiving calls for service, directly or through an agent, on a 24 hour basis, seven days a week, and shall respond to such calls within eight hours of the time they are received.
(d) Each alarm equipment supplier described in divisions (b) and (c) hereof shall be required to register with the Police Department and to provide such information concerning his or her business and operation as is deemed necessary by the Police Department.
(e) At the time of installation, each alarm equipment supplier shall furnish to the person for whom an automatic protection device has been installed, written information as to how services can be obtained at any time, including the telephone number to call for service, and such person shall be responsible for having the device repaired as quickly as possible after he or she learns, either from his or her own sources or from notification by the city, that the device is not working properly.
(f) The Chief of Police or any officer designated by him or her shall have the authority, at reasonable times and upon oral notice, to enter upon any premises within the city to inspect the installation and operation of an automatic protection device or signaling device, the purpose of which is to report an emergency to the Police Department.
(g) All equipment, the use or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be maintained in good operating condition. The Chief of Police or his or her representative may require that repairs be made whenever he or she has determined that such are necessary to assure proper operation.
(h) All alarms installed on business premises in the city must be provided with an auxiliary power source to preclude false alarms due to power failures in the normal power supply source for the premises.
(i) Permits may be revoked for noncompliance with any provision of this chapter. Upon permit revocation, the Chief of Police shall notify the permit holder, in writing, by certified mail, of the effective date of such revocation and that the Police Department will no longer respond to any alarms transmitted from that installation.
(j) Revoked permits may be reinstated by the Chief of Police as a new installation permit only under the following conditions:
(1) Payment of the entire balance; and
(2) Full compliance with this chapter.
(k) Permits may be cancelled by the Chief of Police with the approval of the Director of Public Safety for violation of any provision of this chapter or for failure to property maintain an installation.
(Ord. 1998-119, passed 7-6-1998)