A. 
General. Except for premises protected by a required operation alarm system, the Alarm Review Board shall be authorized to order the disconnection or deactivation of the alarm system by written notice to the owner of premises wherein an alarm system is installed, for any of the following reasons:
(1) 
Failure to meet all requirements or pay fees provided for in this chapter within fifteen (15) days of the charging of the fee.
(2) 
Failure of the owner to provide a written Affidavit of Repair/Service required by this chapter.
(3) 
A false alarm or alarm malfunction (fire or burglar) at a premises for which a fee is charged pursuant to this chapter is the result of the failure of the owner to take corrective action to eliminate the cause of this false alarm.
(4) 
The failure of a person notified to appear within thirty (30) minutes after being notified to respond, if such failure to timely appear occurs three (3) or more times within a calendar year.
B. 
Notification. Written notice to disconnect or deactivate shall be mailed (certified) to the owner and shall specify the date on which the owner shall be required to disconnect or deactivate the alarm system, which date shall be on or prior to fifteen (15) days following the date of the notice.
An owner to whom a notice to disconnect or deactivate an alarm system pursuant to § 98-12 shall be entitled to appeal the order of the Alarm Review Board to the Butler Code Management Appeals Board. An appeal must be in writing, stating the reasons why the order to disconnect or deactivate should be withdrawn and shall be presented to the Secretary of the Appeals Board (City Clerk) and shall be made within fifteen (15) days of the date of the notice to disconnect. The appeal of an order to disconnect or deactivate shall suspend the effective date of the order until the appeal has been acted upon by the Butler Code Management Appeals Board.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to disconnect or deactivate an alarm system which has been ordered disconnected or deactivated pursuant to § 98-12, including those situations in which the Butler Code Management Appeals Board affirmed the order to disconnect or deactivate, and it shall be unlawful for any person to reconnect an alarm system which has been disconnected or deactivated pursuant to the order of the Enforcement Official, unless reconnection of the alarm system is authorized pursuant to § 98-15. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to penalties provided for in the appropriate sections of this chapter, the penalty being cumulative to other administrative remedies provided for in this chapter.
A. 
Any order to disconnect or deactivate an alarm system may be rescinded by either the Fire Official or Police Official upon a finding by said official that the owner of the premises has taken corrective action as to conclude the cause of the false alarms or alarm malfunctions have been remedied at the premises. The owner shall have the burden of proof to provide evidence that corrective action has been taken and that the same is sufficient to support a finding that the cause of the false alarms and alarm malfunctions have been corrected. The Enforcement Official shall have the right to inspect and test the same prior to rescinding the order to disconnect or deactivate said alarm system.
B. 
The Enforcement Official shall not rescind an order to disconnect or deactivate if the owner has failed to pay any fee charged the owner pursuant to this chapter.
A. 
General. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, maintain, operate or use any alarm system within the city, if the system requires connection to any communications center which directly summons the Bureau of Police or Bureau of Fire. However, connection to the Butler County Communications Center (911) is specifically authorized by this chapter.
B. 
Approval. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, maintain, operate or use any alarm system within the city unless said system is currently approved by Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., or other certified laboratories recognized by the city and has been approved by the Enforcement Official.
C. 
Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to penalties as provided in the appropriate sections of this chapter.
The contractor or company shall provide the Code Official with an approved certificate indicating that the system is installed in compliance with adopted city codes and appropriate acceptance tests have been conducted.
This chapter replaces Ordinance 1376 enacted on March 4, 1993, but does not negate other adopted city codes or governmental bodies' requirements, and, when in conflict, the most stringent provisions of the law shall prevail.
The City of Butler, its officers, employees and agents shall not assume any duty or responsibility for the installation, maintenance, operation, repair or effectiveness of any alarm system, those duties or responsibilities being solely those of the owner of the premises. Additionally, it shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises to silence an activated alarm. An activated alarm shall not be reset unless the owner received permission to reset the alarm by an Enforcement Official. The city shall not provide or make available the service of its Police or Bureau of Fires as an Emergency Communications Center for use by owners of alarm systems as a central location for alarm receiving equipment.