(a) All equipment used in installations for which a permit is required shall meet the applicable standards of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. and/or the National Fire Protection Association and/or another recognized industry standard approved by the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector. The applicants may be required to submit evidence of the reliability and suitability of the equipment to be installed before a permit may be issued or thereafter.
(b) The sensory mechanism used in connection with such devices shall be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or smoke, or intrusion so that the devices shall 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 shall be maintained by the owner, lessee and/or user in good repair to assure reliability of operation.
(d) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases an automatic protection device which is installed on any premises in the City shall furnish instructions for the operation and maintenance of such device to the purchaser or lessee.
(e) Each alarm equipment supplier shall also furnish to the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector a copy of the instructions as to the way the device operates. In the event the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector finds such instructions 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 by such supplier to persons for whom installations of such devices are made.
(f) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases an alarm system with an automatic dialer for which a permit is required, shall 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 alarm system 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 user shall be responsible for having the device repaired as quickly as possible after learning, either from his own sources or from notification by the City, that the device is not working properly.
(h) The Director of Public Safety, or his designate, shall have the authority, at reasonable times and upon prior notice where possible, 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 and/or Fire Department. Refusal to permit entrance shall be grounds for revocation of the permit. Such officials may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a warrant to enter under circumstances where the owner or person in charge refuses or neglects entrance, or is absent, to inspect the equipment. Where there is insufficient time to reasonably obtain a search warrant under urgent circumstances, the safety forces may enter the property to abate a nuisance or conduct a required investigation.
(i) All equipment referred to in this chapter shall be maintained in good operating condition. The Director, or his designate, may require that repairs be made whenever the official has determined that such are necessary to assure proper operation.
(j) The Director, or his designate, may serve written notice of his intent to revoke a permit upon a permit holder at the permittee's application address for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or for any of the following:
(1) An incomplete or untruthful application;
(2) Failure to properly maintain an installation; or
(3) For having five or more false alarms in any twelve-month period.
Such notice shall be given not less than seven days prior to revocation and shall state the right of the permit holder to appeal to the Director, in writing, within seven days of the order. If an appeal is filed, then the Director shall hold a quasi-judicial hearing on the issues and any interested party may be present, represented by an attorney, permitted to bring witnesses, to examine and cross-examine any witness, after which the Director shall render a decision on the basis of the facts presented. The decision shall be final. In the event no appeal is filed, the permit shall be cancelled. Upon cancellation, the Chief of the Police or Fire Department shall take whatever steps are necessary to disconnect the alarms. Any service of notice shall be complete by leaving it at the place where the equipment is located, or with a person living or working at such place, or by delivery to a place indicated on the permit or application.
(Ord. 1989-53. Passed 3-7-89.)