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Title 20
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Title 20, Chapter 1
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§ 20-101
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Title 20 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 3 : Emergency Alarm Devices

20-305 : False alarms

  1. Whenever an alarm is activated 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.
  2. If the police or fire officer at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false and no emergency was necessary, then said officer shall submit a report of the false alarm to the 911 director. A written notification of emergency response and determination of the response shall be mailed or delivered to the alarm user at the address noted on the permit or location where alarm was activated.
  3. The 911 director 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 code.
  4. It shall be a violation of this code to intentionally cause a false alarm, and any person who intentionally causes a false alarm shall be subject to the penalty provisions contained herein.
  5. There shall be a fourteen (14) day grace period provided to the alarm user during the initial installation of the alarm system. For fourteen (14) days after the permit has been issued by the 911 director the fines provided for in § 20-306 will not apply.
  6. Any alarm business, testing or servicing any alarm system, shall notify the 911 center of the location and time of said testing and servicing. The fines provided for in § 20-306 will not apply to the alarm user in prior notice of testing or servicing has been made to the 911 center as outlined in this section. (Ord. #1994-7-B,_____)