22-AMENDING EMERGENCY ALARM ORDINANCE

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Sec. 21-31. Responsibilities ofAlarm Registration Holders/Alarm System Owners. (a) An alarm registration holder shall: (1) Maintain premises containing an alarm system in a manner that ensures proper operation of the alarm system. It is the responsibility of the alarm system owner to properly maintain the alarm system to prevent false activations. (2) Adjust or modify the sensory mechanism of their alarm system to suppress false indications of force so that the alarm system will not be activated by impulses due to: a. Transient pressure changes in water pipes; b. Flashes of light; c. Wind noise caused by the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows; d. Vehicular noise adjacent to the installation; or e. Other forces unrelated to actual emergencies; and (b) A person in control of a local alarm shall: (1) Adjust the mechanism so that an alarm siren will sound for no longer than fifteen (15) minutes after being activated; (2) Display in a prominent exterior location an identification notice provided by the Director unless owner has furnished name and phone number of two (2) or more responsible persons to be called; and (3) Come to the alarm site within twenty (20) minutes after receiving a request from a member of the City's police department, and grant access to the premises and deactivate the alarm if necessary. (c) In the event that a mechanism sounds an alarm siren for longer than twenty (20) minutes after being activated, the police chief or his designated representative is authorized to disable the alarm. All costs incurred by the City in disabling such an alarm shall be assessed against the registration holder of the alarm system and shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. By registering the alarm system with the Director pursuant to this ordinance, the owner of the alarm system grants authority to the City to deactivate the local alarm system when deemed necessary. Sec. 21-32. All fees received by Director under this ordinance shall be transferred to a line item in the Police Department budget to offset administrative costs of the alarm registration process. The department may use a contractor for administration of this ordinance. Sec.21-33. Alarm Companies License. All Alarm Installation Companies and Monitoring Companies who install, maintain, service or monitor alarm systems in the City of Paris shall maintain the appropriate license or registration with the State of Texas. Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. 151