(A) The alarm user shall be responsible for knowing the contents of this chapter.
(B) Burglar/Robbery Alarm systems may be connected directly to an approved private alarm control center or may be a local alarm only. Life Safety Alarm Systems shall be installed and connected to approved locations following all National, State, and local codes herein adopted by the Town. If a local alarm only, the owner, manager or resident of the property must provide the Police and Fire Departments with emergency contact information and advise the Police and Fire Departments of any change in this information.
(C) All automatic dialing devices shall conform with § 102.05 of this chapter.
(D) Any alarm existing as of the effective date of this chapter shall also be governed by the regulations of this chapter.
(E) Each local alarm user shall furnish to the Town Police and Fire Departments the name(s) and telephone number(s) of at least one, but not more than 3 persons authorized and able to deactivate the alarm system.
(F) Life/Safety Alarm systems when activated shall continue to sound until person(s) in charge at the premises have determined the cause of the alarm. After determination of the alarm the alarm may be silenced, however it shall not be completely reset until a Fire Department representative has arrived to confirm the reason and location of the alarm.
(G) Burglar/Robbery Alarm systems installed within the Town shall be equipped with an automatic bell time cut-off module to prevent continuous alarm sounding when the user is unavailable to manually silence the alarm. Systems or test devices which give a delay of ten seconds or longer prior to alarm system activation in order to warn the alarm user of an open alarm circuit are highly recommended for all burglar alarm systems to prevent false alarms.
(H) Local Burglar/Robbery alarms shall be of a type that sounds for no more than 15 minutes. All Burglar/Robbery alarm systems are required to have reset capabilities and to reset within 15 minutes. An alarm system cut-off shall be installed to override all malfunctioning alarms. The Police Department is authorized to silence an alarm that does not automatically reset if no contact is available to silence the alarm within a reasonable time and if the alarm can be silenced in a reasonable manner. Any expense associated with silencing the alarm will be borne by the property owner.