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Every person maintaining an outside audible alarm or alarm system shall comply with the provisions of this Section as follows

A. A posted notice containing the names and telephone numbers of the persons to be notified to render repairs or service and secure the premises during any hour of the day or night that the alarm is actuated; and such notice shall be posted near the alarm in such a position as to be legible from the ground level adjacent to the exterior perimeter to the building where such alarm is located. The wording “POLICE ALARM—call Police 435-2611,” shall be placed on the gong covers or immediately below such police alarm gong. Fire alarm gong covers shall be painted red and shall have the wording “FIRE ALARM—call 435-3323,” placed on the gong cover or immediately below. Such wording shall be similarly legible as provided above.

B. In lieu of the posting requirement of Subsection A, alarm subscribers or proprietors of alarms may deposit alarm keys and/or alarm combinations with the police chief in addition to information required under Section 16.14.050 to be used by the police or fire departments to reset such alarms or alarm systems whenever false alarms occur and the responsible party is absent.

C. It is unlawful to install or use a police or fire alarm system which, upon activation, emits a sound similar to sirens in use on emergency vehicles, to summon volunteer firefighters, or for civil disaster purposes.

D. All local exterior bells, gongs, noise making devices, or pulsating lights whose subscribers or proprietors have not deposited disabling keys and/or combinations as provided in Subsection B, shall be equipped with a timing device which will silence or turn off such devices or lights within ten minutes of activation. (Ord. 79-2 § 2, 1979.)