[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Las
Vegas as Ch. 4, Art. 2, Sec. 4-2-10 of the 1972 City Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A device which emits an audible signal which terminates at
a specific location in the Police Department.
An audible signal or telephonic call received by the Police
Department requiring the assignment of a police officer to a specific
business or residence to check the criminal activity. Alarm was initiated
by employee error, equipment malfunction, or by other inadvertent
means.
A.
No audible signal alarm shall terminate in the City Police Department
or any other municipal facility.
B.
Exceptions.
(1)
Audible signal alarms shall be allowed as required by state or federal
statute.
(2)
Audible signal alarms shall be allowed if the following criteria
are met:
(a)
The audible signal alarm terminates in the Police Department
as of April 1, 1980;
(b)
The business using the audible signal alarm connection remains
in operation on a continuous basis;
(c)
The audible signal alarm system is kept in proper operating
condition; which includes maintenance of the system, instruction of
employees and upgrading of system to accommodate new equipment in
the place of alarm termination.
