2013-014 AMENDING ARTICLE II EMERGENCY ALARM SYSTEMS OF CHAPTER 21

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� � (1) A natural or man-made catastrophe; (2) Severe weather that causes power interruption to or physical damage to the premises; (3) Any attempted or completed criminal act; (4) The alarm is cancelled before police units arrive at the location. (b) The alarm registration holder may appeal any alarm declared as false to the Director. Factual evidence is required for the alarm to be declared excepted. The determination of the Director in classifying an alarm notification as false or actual is final. (c) An alarm that is initiated more than once over a 24 hour period or in a 48 hour period involving Saturday and Sunday shall be considered one (1) false alarm. Sec. 21-31. Alarm requirements. (a) An alarm registration holder must: (1) Adjust or modify the sensory mechanism of his 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 (2) Maintain premises containing an alarm system in a manner that ensures proper operation of the alarm system. (b) A person in control of a local alarm must: (1) Adjust the mechanism so that an alarm signal will sound for no longer than fifteen (15) minutes after being activated; (2) Display in a prominent exterior location an identification notice with the 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 to do so, and grant access to the site and deactivate the alarm if necessary. (c) In the event that a mechanism sounds an alarm signal for longer than twenty (20) minutes after being activated, the police chief or their designated representatives are authorized to call the any professional alarm installation company to disable the alarm. All costs of the City in disabling such an alarm shall be assessed to the operator of the alarm system and shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days after the operator has received notice that such costs have been assessed. By submitting an alarm registration under the provisions of this article constitutes a grant of approval by the operator of the alarm system for the City to deactivate the local alarm system under the provisions of this subsection. Sec.21-32. Alann Companies License. All Alarm Installation Companies and Monitoring Companies, who install, maintain service or monitor robbery and burglar alarm systems in the City of Paris shall maintain a License through the Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau. (Ref. Occupations Code Sec. 1702.102).