Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.06.040 Regulations; Requirements; Duties; Unlawful Acts.

1. A.
   The Chief of Police or his or her designee may require inspection of any or all alarm systems installed within the City.
2. B.
   Local alarm systems shall not emit a sound similar to that of an emergency vehicle siren or a civil defense warning system.
3. C.
   Local alarm systems shall be equipped to automatically discontinue emitting an audible sound within 15 minutes of activation.
4. D.
   Whenever a change occurs relating to the written information required by this ordinance, the alarm user shall give written notice thereof to the Alarm Coordinator's office within 15 days after such becomes effective.
5. E.
   Alarm users shall notify the police communications center prior to any service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alteration or installation of a local or police monitored alarm system which might activate a false alarm. Upon the completion of such service, test, repair, maintenance, adjustment, alteration or installation, the alarm user shall notify the police communications center of such completion. The police communication's officer shall forward this information to the Alarm Coordinator's office as requested.
6. F.
   An alarm business, alarm user, employee of a central station protective system or employee of an answering service charged with the responsibility of relaying a live voice request for police response upon the activation of an alarm system shall give the following information to the police communications center at the time of such request: address of alarmed location; type of alarm system that has been activated; name of commercial business or full first and last name of resident; specific location of the building, structure or facility protected by the activated alarm; name of the alarm business making request if applicable; name of person making the request; and a phone number where the requesting party can be contacted. It is the sole responsibility of the person making such request to notify authorized persons in control of such alarmed building, structure or facility that such alarm has been activated.
7. G.
   The Alarm Coordinator's office shall be responsible for determining which alarms constitute false alarms as defined by Section 5.06.010. A record of all false alarms shall be maintained by the Alarm Coordinator's office.
8. H.
   At the time of the first and second chargeable false alarms for any permittee within any permit year, the Alarm Coordinator's office will notify the permittee by first class mail of such occurrence and that additional chargeable false alarms during the permit year will require the payment of fees as per Section 5.06.050 of this Code.
9. I.
   It is unlawful for any person to activate any burglary, robbery or residential emergency alarm for the purpose of summoning police except in the event of an actual or attempted burglary, robbery or medical emergency or for such person notifying the police of an activated alarm and having knowledge that such activation was apparently caused by an electrical or other malfunction of the alarm system to fail to notify the police communications center of such malfunction.
10. J.
    It shall be unlawful to have or maintain an alarm system on any premise without providing address numbers which are clearly visible from the roadway abutting the property. For residential premises, the address numbers shall be placed in a position on the building or on any structure, mail box, sign or monument on the property that is securely fixed to the ground to be plainly legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. For Commercial premises, the address numbers shall be posted to the left, right or overhead to the main entrance of the building, structure or facility and if such building, structure or facility is on a corner lot, address numbers shall face the street named in the official address as designated by the United States Postal Service.
11. K.
    The Chief of Police shall establish, distribute and cause the enforcement of Rules and Regulations, subject to the provisions of this chapter, as from time to time he/she deems it necessary for the implementation of this ordinance.

(History: Ord. APD-2735 §1, 2008; APD-1982 §4, 96; APD-1957 §4, 95; APD-1897 §3, 94; APD-1809 §4, 93; APD-1336 §3, 85; APD-1140 §4, 81)

Effective on: 1/1/1901