(a) All equipment used in installations 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 standard. 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 not related 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 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 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 as quickly as possible after he or she learns, either from his or her sources, or from notification by the City, that the device is not working properly.
(h) The Director of Public Safety or any officer designated by he or she shall have the authority, at reasonable times and upon oral or written 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.
(i) 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.
(j) Whenever there is a failure to properly maintain an installation, or, when the number of false alarms for any installation equals four in any twelve month period, the Chief of Police or his representative 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 Safety Director. If an appeal is filed in writing, the Safety Director shall hold a hearing on the matter and render a decision on the basis of the facts presented. The Safety Director's decision shall be final. In the event no appeal is filed, the Police Chief shall cancel the permit. The connection to the alarm console in the Department of Police or Fire shall be removed or rendered inoperative upon cancellation of the permit.
(k) Any device designed to emit an alarm upon detection of smoke, fire or unauthorized intrusion shall constitute a nuisance if four or more false alarms are emitted and reported to the Department of Police or Fire, or both, in any twelve month period. The Law Director may take appropriate civil or criminal action to abate such nuisance.
(Ord. 1986-19. Passed 3-4-86.)