(a) All equipment used in installation for which a permit is required shall meet the applicable standards of the Underwriters Laboratories and/or the National Fire Protection Association, and/or other recognized industry standards. The applicant may be required to submit evidence of the reliability and suitability of the equipment to be installed.
(b) The sensory mechanism used in connection with such devices must be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion, so that the devices will not be actuated by impulses due to transient pressure change in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises such as the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows, vehicular noise adjacent to the installation, or other forces unrelated to genuine alarms.
(c) All components comprising such a device must be maintained by the owner or lessee in good repair to assure reliability of operation.
(d) 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.
(e) Each alarm equipment supplier shall also furnish the Director of Public Safety with a copy of the instructions as to the way the device operates. If the Director of Public Safety finds such to be incomplete, unclear or otherwise inadequate, he or she may require the alarm equipment supplier to have the same revised to meet his or her approval and then promptly have copies distributed to persons for whom installation of such devices are made.
(f) 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 must provide for receiving calls for service, directly or through an agent, on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week, and shall respond to such calls within eight hours of the time they are received.
(g) At the time of installation, each supply equipment supplier shall furnish to the person for whom an automatic protection device has been installed, written information as to how service 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 within 72 hours after he or she learns, or from notification by the City that the device is not working properly.
(h) Alarm equipment suppliers may post and maintain a sign indicating that a site is protected by a security system so long as the posting of such sign remains an additional deterrent to crime. Any security sign or warning sign shall be no greater than one square foot in area and may be installed in a window or, installed outside a window, may not be more than three feet in height above grade and shall not be located further than six feet from the front setback line or the front of the structure, nor closer than ten feet to the street line. No more than one such sign shall be permitted upon the property, and such sign may face the street. The direction or location of such sign shall not interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The content of such sign shall be subject to the approval of the Police Chief or his designated representative, the Building Commissioner, or m accordance with such regulations as may be promulgated by the Police Chief, his designated representative, the Building Commissioner, and the Mayor to assure that such signs primarily serve as warnings to persons of any danger or hazard or give notice against trespassing and/or solicitation and/or the existence of property security or protection systems.
(i) The Director of Public Safety or his designated representative, the Building Commissioner, 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 station.
(j) All equipment, the use or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be maintained in good operating condition. Repairs shall be made whenever necessary to assure proper operation.
(k) All equipment, the use or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be equipped with an automatic five minute cut-off device which deactivates the alarm noise within five minutes of the first noise emitted by the alarm.
(l) All persons to whom permits have been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter before the effective date of this section, shall have ninety days from the effective date of this section in which to bring equipment in compliance with division (k) hereof.
(m) Whenever there is a failure to properly maintain an installation or, when the number of false alarms for any installation equals ten in any twelve-month period, the Director of Public Safety shall serve written notice upon a permit holder of intent to revoke his permit. Such notice shall be given not less than seven days prior to revocation. Such notice shall state the right of the permit holder to appeal to the Mayor. If an appeal is filed in writing, the Mayor shall hold a hearing on the matter and render a decision on the basis of the facts presented. The Mayor's decision shall be final. In the event no appeal is filed, the Director of Public Safety shall cancel the permit. The connection to the alarm console in the Division of Police shall be removed or rendered inoperative upon cancellation of the permit.
(n) Any device designated to emit an alarm upon detection of smoke, fire, or unauthorized intrusion shall constitute a nuisance if ten or more false alarms are emitted and reported to the Division of Police in any 12-month period. The Law Director may take appropriate civil or criminal action to abate such nuisance.