[R.O. 2004 § 210.620; Ord. No. 17-01, 3-1-2017]
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain or for any property owner or occupant to allow to be erected or maintained on any property within the City any fence equipped with or having barbed wire, spikes, or any similar device or any electrical charge sufficient to cause an electric shock to any person.
[Ord. No. 25-02, 3-18-2025]
A. 
Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ALARM SIGNAL
Means a detectable signal, audibly, visually or both, to which the police are expected to respond on an emergency basis, generated by an alarm system, indicating the commission of or attempt to commit a crime, or to which the Police Department personnel are expected to respond on an emergency basis, generated by an alarm system, indicating the existence of a police emergency.
ALARM SYSTEM
Means any single device or assembly of equipment designed to signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other emergency activity requiring immediate attention and to which the police personnel are expected to respond.
ALARM USER
Means any person in possession of any building, structure or facility, or part thereof, who purchases, leases, contracts for or otherwise obtains an alarm system; any person who contracts for the servicing or maintenance of an alarm system; any person who contracts with or hires an alarm business to monitor an alarm system.
AUTOMATIC DIAL PROTECTION DEVICE
Means an electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus and related hardware, which automatically sends over regular telephone lines a prerecorded voice alarm, upon receipt of a stimulus from the sensor apparatus that has detected a force or condition characteristic of an unauthorized intrusion or an emergency message indicating a need for emergency response.
CALENDAR YEAR
Means each 12-month period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.
FALSE ALARM
1. 
The term "false alarm" means an alarm signal eliciting a response by the police when a situation requiring an immediate response does not in fact exist, such as when no breach of security has been attempted or committed, or when no emergency, in fact, exists.
2. 
An alarm will not be considered a false alarm if it is determined that the alarm was caused by:
a. 
A natural or manmade catastrophe, or an act of God. Such events include tornadoes, floods, earthquakes or other similarly violent conditions.
b. 
Vandalism causing physical damage to the premises.
c. 
Telephone line outage.
d. 
Attempted entry of a location causing visible, physical or other evidence of damage to the location.
e. 
Severe weather causing physical damage to the premises.
f. 
Multiple false alarms on any one (1) system, occurring within a 24-hour period of time, shall be considered as one (1) false alarm.
g. 
The test of an alarm system by a licensed alarm business agent or employee who is present at the premises servicing, repairing or installing the alarm when such testing does not result in the alarm being activated for an uninterrupted period exceeding sixty (60) seconds and when the Police Department has been notified of the test.
B. 
Violations.
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this Section.
2. 
It shall be unlawful for an alarm subscriber to use an alarm system which reports, or causes to report, four (4) or more false alarms within a calendar year. Such violations shall be subject to the penalties outlined in Section 210.2270(C).
C. 
Penalties.
1. 
Four (4) through six (6) false alarms: $50.00.
2. 
Six (6) through nine (9) false alarms: $100.00.
3. 
Ten (10) and each subsequent false alarm: $150.00.