(a) All equipment used in installations for which a permit is required shall meet the applicable standards of Underwriters' Laboratories and/or the the National Fire Protection Association and/or other recognized industry standards. Applicants 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 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 Chief of Police with a copy of the instructions as to the way the device operates. If the Chief of Police finds such to be incomplete, unclear or otherwise inadequate, he may require the alarm equipment supplier to have the same revised to meet his approval and then promptly have copies distributed to persons for whom installations 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 and 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 alarm 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 as quickly as possible after he learns, either from his own sources or from notification by the Chief of Police, that the device is not working properly.
(h) The Chief of Police or any officer designated by him 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 signalling device, the purpose of which is to report an emergency to the Police Station.
(i) All equipment, the use or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be maintained in good operating condition. The Chief of Police may require that repairs be made whenever he has determined that such repairs are necessary to assure proper operation.
(j) For a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, for failure to properly maintain an installation or when the number of false alarms for any installation equals ten in a twelve-month period, the Chief of Police may 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 shall 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 Chief of Police shall transmit all pertinent information to the Mayor who shall cancel the permit. The Chief of Police shall take whatever steps are necessary to disconnect the alarm.
(Ord. 75-75. Passed 9-22-75.)
(k) Electronic or voice alarm systems and equipment which transmit alarm signals through telephone and radio lines to the Vermilion Police Division shall be maintained so as not to cause false alarms. Users whose alarm systems cause more than two false alarms within a calendar year, said calendar year being defined as the period from January 1 through December 31, shall be assessed a false alarm fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each such false alarm thereafter. The two hundred fifty dollar ($250.00) fee is intended to help defray the costs incurred by the Police Division in responding to such false alarms.
(Ord. 94-41. Passed 6-20-94.)