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Home My WebLink About1999 - 16 - Installation, Use, and Maintenance of Fire AlarmsBILL NO. ~" ~j. ~'C ORDINANCE N0.9l~'~~ AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE ALARMS, AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES OF THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF, TO BE ADOPTED AS A PART OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF RNERSIDE, MISSOURI. WHEREAS, Chapter 230 of the City Code contains provisions for the installation, maintenance, and operation of private security alarms. WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Riverside, Missouri, that provisions be also made for the installation, maintenance and operation of fire alarms, and for permits for said alarms, and further providing for penalties to be imposed when false alarms occur. WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of this ordinance that it be supplemental to, and not in conflict with, any of the provisions of the Uniform Codes adopted by the City as they pertain to alarms. NO W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 230.010 of the Citv Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 230.010: Purpose The purpose of this Article is to provide minimum standards for security [and fire] alarm systems, and to regulate alarm businesses, alarm agents, and alarm users as defined herein. SECTION 2. That Section 230.020 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 230.020: Definitions For the purposes of this Article, the following words, phrases, and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory. ACT OF GOD: An extraordinary event by a natural cause in the usual course of events that experience, prescience, or care cannot reasonably foresee or prevent. ALARM AGENT: Any person who alters, installs, moves, maintains, monitors, replaces, or services a security [or fire] alarm system, or who responds to a security [or fire] alarm system. The selling of [fire or] security alarm systems in conjunction with any of the ::ODMA\WORLDOX\CUVINDOW'S\TLVt P\W'D90.CMP-Ver d 61d9?VOOW2\vsv8691 Compare Vert to Vera February ?6. 1999 foregoing activities shall be included in this definition. This definition includes owners, managers, corporate officers, partners, and any employee of all alarm businesses if they are engaged in the above listed activities or if they have access to confidential information of any alarm user or to alarm monitoring equipment. ALARM BUSINESS: Any business which alters, installs, leases, maintains, repairs, replaces, or services [fire or] security alarm systems, or responds or causes others to respond to a [fire or] security alarm signal, or causes any of the foregoing activities to take place. A business which sells [fire or] security alarm systems is included in this definition when the sales are made in conjunction with the foregoing activities or when selling [fire or] security alarm systems is the principal business of the seller. ALARM SIGNAL: A detectable signal [audibly, visually, or both] to which the {-police-~re~ [Department of Public Safety is] expected to respond on an emergency basis, generated by {~-scc-rsrity} [an] alarm system indicating [the occurrence of a fire or] the commission or attempt to commit a burglary { ar}[,] robbery[, or other crime.]{ : } ALARM SYSTEM: Any single device, or any assembly of equipment and/or devices designed to produce an alarm signal to which -{paiiee-arc} [the Department of Public Safety is] expected to respond in the course of their {~vr crtforeemerrt} duties. In this Article, "Alarm System" or "Security Alarm System" shall include the terms "Audible Alarms", "Automatic Holdup Alarm System", "Burglar Alarm System" and "Holdicp Alarm System" as those terms are defined herein. Audible alarms affixed to automobiles or other motor vehicles are not included within this definition. ALARM USER: Any person who uses an alarm system to protect persons or property on premises of which the person is lawfully in possession. AND/OR: The two (2) words, phrases or propositions between which it is inserted as a connector are to be taken conjunctively or disjunctively as three (3) alternatives. For example, "Condition Aand/or Condition B" means both Condition A and Condition B taken together, or Condition A taken alone, or Condition B taken alone. AUDIBLE ALARMS: Alarm systems that emit an audible alarm in which the signal transmission is initiated by (a fire or] the commission of a robbery. AUTOMATIC HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEM: An alarm system in which the signal transmission is initiated by the commission of a robbery. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM: An alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the premises protected by the system. FALSE ALARM: , [An alarm signal eliciting a response by the Department of Public Safety when a situation requiring an ::ODMAUi'OR LDOX\C:\W INDO W S\TEMP\ W D90.CMP-Ver 3 61392V00002hsv8691 Compare Ver 3 ro Ver 2 3 February 26, 1999 immediate response does not in fact exist, such as when no breach of security has been attempted or committed, including the giving, signaling or transmission to any public fire or police station or company or to any officer or employee thereof, whether by telephone, spoken word or otherwise, information to the effect that there is a fire at or near the place indicated by the person giving, signaling or transmitting such information. An alarm will not be considered a false alarm if it is determined that the alarm was caused by: i. Natural or man-made catastrophe, or an act of God. Such events include tornadoes, floods, earthquakes or other similarly violent conditions. ii. Vandalism causing physical damage to the premises. iii. Telephone line outage. iv. Attempted entry of a location causing visible, physical or other evidence of damage to the location. v. Severe weather causing physical damage to the premises. vi. The test of a local alarm system by a licensed alarm business agent or employee who is present at the premises servicing, repairing or installing the alarm when such testing does not result in the alarm being activated for an uninterrupted period exceeding sixty (60) seconds, and when the Department of Public Safety has been notified of the test.] HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEM: An alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery. PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. SECTION 3. That the City Code is hereby amended by addine a new Section 230.045 to read as follows• [Section 230.045: Review of False Alarm Determinations A. Notification. An alarm user shall be notified in writing of each false alarm determination. B. Review of false alarm determinations. The Department of Public Safety shall, when requested by an alarm user, review the determination that an alarm was false. Such review may be done by the Department of Public Safety only if the alarm user requests such ::ODN1A\WORIDOX\C:\WINDOWS\TEht%WD90.CMP-Ver 4 61492V0000?\vsv8691 Compare Ver 4 to Ver 2 4 February ?6. 1999 a review within fifteen (15) days of the date of the mailing or other delivery of the notice of false alarm determination. A request for a determination shall include at least the following information: i. Alarm user name; ii. Address at which alarm is installed; iii. Date of alarm being contested; and iv. Facts upon which the request for a determination is made.] SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its aassage by the Board of Aldermen and approval by the Mayor. Passed this~~ day of ~~~/~G%~"~ ; 1999. _. -, ~- /' "~ O _~ ~" ~ ~ _,~ ~ ; 1V`Iayor Attest: ~ .~~~ /%~/.u~ Clerk ::ODMA\W ORI~DOX\C:\W'1ND0 W S\TEM P\ W U90.Ch1P-Vzr 1 6149?V00002\vsv8691 Compare Ver d io Ver 2 5 February 26, 1999