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Code of Gatlinburg
Title 20 Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 Emergency Alarm Devices
Title 20 Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 Emergency Alarm Devices
Gatlinburg
Title 20 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 : Emergency Alarm Devices
20-206 : False alarms.
- Whenever an alarm is activated in the city, thereby requiring an emergency response to the location by police and/or fire personnel, a police and/or fire officer on the scene of the activated alarm shall determine whether the emergency response was in fact required as indicated by the alarm system or whether in some way the alarm system malfunctioned and thereby activated a false alarm.
- If the police or fire officer at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false and no emergency response was necessary, then said officer shall submit a report of the false alarm to the city manager, or his designee, and the respective chief. A written notification of emergency response and/or determination of the response shall be mailed or delivered to the alarm user at the address noted on the permit or location where the alarm was activated.
- The building official shall have the right to inspect any alarm system on the premises to which response has been made and he may cause inspection of such system to be made at any reasonable time thereafter to determine whether it is in conformity with this chapter.
- It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false alarm, and any person who intentionally causes a false alarm shall be subject to the penalty provisions contained herein.
- There shall be a fourteen (14) day grace period provided to the alarm user during the initial installation of the alarm system. For fourteen days after the permit has been issued by the building official, the fees provided for in § 20-207 will not apply.
- Any alarm business testing or servicing any alarm system shall notify the police and/or fire departments and instruct said departments of the location and time of said testing or servicing. The fees provided for in § 20-207 will not apply to the alarm user if prior notice of testing or servicing has been made to the respective departments as outlined in this section. (1976 Code, § 1-1606)
Date Last Updated: 03/23/2022
Codification Date: 03/01/2000
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Mike Werner
Vice Mayor - Mark McCown
Commissioner - Ryan DeSear
Commissioner - Chad Reagan
Commissioner - Kirby Smith
City Manager - Cindy Cameron Ogle
City Attorney - Ronald E. Sharp