(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. 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 shall be designed, installed and adjusted to suppress false indication of fire or intrusion so that the device shall not be activated by impulses due to transient pressure change of water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises such as rattling or vibrating doors or windows, vehicular noises adjacent to the installation or other forces unrelated to genuine alarms, unless otherwise accepted as provided herein Section 715.05(c)(2).
(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 within the City shall furnish such person with instructions as to the manner in which the device operates, along with maintenance instructions.
(e) Each alarm equipment supplier shall also furnish the Chief of Police and/ or Chief of the Fire Department with a copy of instructions as to the way the device operates. If the Chief of Police and/or Chief of the Fire Department find 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 the 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 within the City 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 telephone number to call the service. 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 City, that the device is not working properly.
(h) The Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department or any officer designated by them 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 and/or Fire Station.
(i) All equipment, the use of or installation of which is subject to this chapter, shall be maintained in good operating condition. The Chief of Police or the Chief of the Fire Department may require that repairs be made whenever he has determined that such are necessary to assure proper operation.
(j) Audible alarms, as defined in Section 715.05(a), shall be equipped to automatically deactivate so that no audible signal is emitted longer than ten consecutive minutes after each activation.
(Ord. 1998-70. Passed 12-10-98.)