(A) No person, corporation, firm or association shall install a fire alarm notification system direct to the Fire Department without the prior approval of the Fire Chief.
(B) Any alarm system directed to the Fire Department must be a reliable system installed and maintained in compliance with nationally accepted standards and compatible with the equipment of the Fire Department.
(C) Any fire alarm system that disrupts the receiving equipment of the Fire Department shall be immediately disconnected and shall not be placed back into service until repaired as necessary.
(D) Excessive false alarms.
(1) No person shall allow, cause, or fail to prevent the transmission of a fire alarm signal serving a premises occupied or under their control, of more than three false alarm signals within a 12-month period. A alarm triggered by electric thunderstorms or other inclement weather shall not be considered a false alarm.
(2) Testing of equipment. No person shall initiate or cause to be initiated a test of any alarm system without first obtaining the approval of the Fire Department. Failure to do so shall be deemed a false alarm. The Fire Department shall keep a log of all alarm tests.
(3) Alarm activity log. It shall be the duty of the owner or the person in charge of the facility that has an alarm system to record a log, the date, time of each alarm activity, the cause and nature of each alarm, and the dates and nature of any service, installation, or maintenance of the alarm system and its components.
(4) The foregoing information shall be made available to the Fire Department upon request.
(Ord. 89-3, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 89-10, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 93-6, passed 4-19-93) Penalty, see § 93.99