[Adopted 10-19-1987 by Ord. No. 87-6 as
§§ 5.15 and 5.20 of the 1987 Code; amended in its entirety 9-20-2007 by Ord. No.
2007-18]
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
City to encourage the installation of reliable alarm systems to provide
additional protection from events which might be a danger to persons
and property but to discourage the incidence of preventable or avoidable
false alarms and protect the City from unnecessary expense and damage
claims which may arise from the City responding to a false alarm.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
ALARM BUSINESS
Any business operated by a person for profit which alters,
installs, leases, maintains, monitors, replaces, sells, services or
responds to an alarm system or which causes any of these activities
to take place.
ALARM SYSTEM
One or more devices installed or placed to signal the presence
of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which the Fire Department
or Police Department is expected to respond.
ALARM USER
Any person who owns or rents the premises on which an alarm
system is maintained within the City or the City Fire District.
FALSE ALARM
The activation of an alarm system through negligence of the
owner or lessee of an alarm system or of his employees or agents,
the activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure or malfunction
because of improper maintenance by the alarm user, or the activation
of an alarm system because of improper installation and/or use of
equipment by the alarm business, but does not include alarms caused
by tornadoes, earthquakes or other violent conditions or acts of God.
FIRE ALARM
An alarm system signaling the presence of fire or smoke.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article or any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-4, of this Code.