§ 28-71. Duties of the alarm user.

(a)

An alarm user shall:

(1)

Maintain the premises and the alarm system in a manner that will minimize and/or eliminate false alarms;

(2)

Make every reasonable effort to respond or cause a representative to respond to the alarm system's location within 30 minutes when notified by the county to deactivate a malfunctioning alarm system, to provide access to the premises, or to provide an alternative security for the premises; and

(3)

Not manually activate an alarm for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that the alarm system was intended to report.

(b)

An alarm user shall adjust the mechanism or cause the mechanism to be adjusted so that an alarm signal audible on the exterior of an alarm site will sound for no longer than 15 minutes after being activated.

(c)

An alarm user shall have a properly licensed alarm company inspect the alarm system after two false alarms in a one-year period from the date of registration issuance or renewal. The alarm administrator may waive an inspection requirement if it determines that a false alarm(s) could not have been related to a defect or malfunction in the alarm system. After four false alarms within a one-year period from the date of registration issuance or renewal the alarm user must have a properly licensed alarm company modify the alarm system to be more false alarm resistant or provide additional user training as appropriate. See Appendix A, attached to the ordinance from which this article derives, for the installers false alarm prevention checklist.

(d)

An alarm user shall not use automatic voice dialers.

(e)

An alarm user shall maintain at each alarm site, a set of written operating instructions for each alarm system.

(Ord. of 6-5-00, § 4)