§ 34-4. Installation, activation and operation of alarm device or alarm system.

A. 

Each alarm device or alarm system shall be installed utilizing discrete circuitry for multipurpose alarm devices or alarm systems to ensure appropriate emergency response.

B. 

Any alarm device or alarm system which requires for its operation electricity supplied by a public utility may be equipped with a battery rendering it operable in the event of a power outage, if so desired by the property owner. Such a battery backup system shall only be required for any alarm device or alarm system which will trigger itself automatically in the event of a power fluctuation, surge or outage.

C. 

All burglar alarm devices or alarm systems must be provided with a device which will automatically shut off the alarm after 15 minutes of activation.

D. 

All burglar alarm devices or alarm systems not fitted with an external key switch shall be equipped with a time delay of at least 15 seconds, which may include an audible signal of the same length of time, said time delay to be designed to prevent accidental activation of the system. The fifteen-second signal, if utilized, shall be audible only within the structure and not externally.

E. 

No person shall install, cause to be installed or permit to be installed any alarm device or alarm system, by whatever name known, which automatically selects a telephone line dedicated to the Police Division or Fire Division for the purpose of playing a recorded message to report any emergency.

F. 

In the event that an alarm device or alarm system other than a fire or burglar alarm system is tied into and/or serviced by a central station or answering service, upon activation of said alarm device or alarm system, the central station or answering service shall verify the validity of the alarm prior to notifying the Police Division of the same.

G. 

The resetting of any transmitted fire alarm shall be done in the presence of the Fire Division. In no case shall an alarm be reset prior to the Fire Division's authorization. In the case of burglary alarms, the police shall not be responsible for resetting the alarm device or alarm system.

H. 

No alarm business or person owning, using or possessing an alarm device or alarm system shall cause or permit the giving of repeated false alarms, whether intentional, accidental or otherwise.