(a) Entrance-Exit Device. All alarm installations incorporating an entrance/exit device must permit a delay of twenty seconds minimum before actual activation of the system.
(b) Automatic Dialing or Calling Devices. Alarm systems that automatically dial or call the Police Department must be called on a special telephone line designated by the Police/Fire Department and shall comply with the following:
(1) Total length of the recorded message being transmitted to the Department of Police (including repetition of message) shall not exceed forty-five seconds duration.
(2) The recorded message transmitted shall be repeated not less than three nor more than four times and shall have an automatic abort feature to ensure this requirement.
(3) 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 street 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, the message shall also identify by number and by floor this particular dwelling unit, office unit, or commercial unit in which the event occurred.
(4) The recorded message being transmitted to the Department 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.
(c) Local Alarm. Shall not resemble the sound of any emergency signal or civil defense alarm or siren. All local alarms shall have the capacity to reset themselves within fifteen minutes from the time it was activated.
(d) Instructions. Every alarm business selling, leasing or furnishing to any user an alarm system which is installed on premises located within the City shall furnish the user with instructions that provide information to enable the user to operate the alarm system properly and to obtain service for the alarm system at any time.
(e) Emergency Alarm Buttons. Emergency alarm buttons are to be used only to send an automatic alarm to signal an unauthorized entry or a robbery to the Police Department.
(1) The activation of a panic alarm is intended to signal the Police Department of an emergency situation.
(2) Therefore, through the use of a device of this nature, the user grants to the Police Department the right to conduct any investigation deemed necessary to investigate and verify the authenticity of the alarm.
A. Panic alarm users will execute waivers to be submitted to the Chief of Police which intent is to allow the Police Department the right to enter onto the premises of the alarm user to verify the alarm.
B. The contents of such waiver is to be specified by the Law Department of the City.
(3) It shall be deemed a violation of this chapter if a panic device is activated for anything other than that specified in this section.