(a) No alarm system shall be installed, used or maintained in violation of any of the requirements of this Code, or of any applicable statute, law or administrative requirement of the United States of America, the State of California, or any administrative rule-making body thereof.
(b) The holder of an alarm system permit shall be responsible for training and retraining all employees, family members and other persons who may make regular use of the protected premises and who may, in the normal course of their activities, be in a position to accidentally trigger a sensor. Such training shall include procedures and practices to avoid accidental alarms, and steps to follow in the event the system is accidentally triggered.
(c) The holder of an alarm system permit shall, at all times, be responsible for the proper maintenance and repair of the system, and for the repair and/or replacement of any component, method of installment, design feature or like condition which may give rise to a false alarm.
(d) Upon notification by the police department that an audible alarm is activated, the permittee, his representative, or his alarm agent, shall immediately proceed to silence the alarm. For purposes of this article, "immediately" means within thirty minutes of notification by the police department. Alternatively, the alarm system may be equipped with an automatic shut-off device which shall silence the alarm within thirty minutes, thus eliminating the need for a personal response as otherwise required therein.
(e) Each alarm must be equipped so as not to sound due to power outages, and must have a standby battery pack to operate the alarm for at least four hours.
(f) No person, except an authorized representative of a public utility engaged in the business of providing communication services and facilities, shall use or operate, attempt to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated, or arrange, adjust, program or otherwise provide or install, any device or combination of devices that will, upon activation, either mechanically, electronically, or by other automatic means, initiate an intrastate call and deliver a recorded message to any telephone number used for the receipt of emergency or governmental, administrative messages by the police department, or any administrative office or department of the city. The term "telephone number" includes any additional numbers associated with such emergency or governmental, administrative telephone number through the use of a rotary or other system whereby additional telephone calls to the number are connected to other numbers when the first number is in use.
(g) Alarm systems are primarily designed to alert regarding intrusion or robbery. Any use of an alarm system to summon the police where a telephone call would best serve the purpose will constitute a misuse of the alarm system and a violation of this article. For example, the use of an alarm system to summon police to a brawl or other disturbance would be a misuse of the system. (Ord. No. 935, § 1; Ord. No. 1051, § 3.)
