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e e Sec. 30-41. Operation of alarm system. No person shall install, cause to be installed or permit to be installed an alarm system unless the following requirements are met: (a) An alarm system which may be activated as a result of different types of emergency situations shall give a silent signal, if so equipped, that is unique to designate activation as a result of a holdup, a burglary, a fire, or any other different type of emergency situation so that the proper notification and proper response can be made; otherwise, (b) An alarm system designed to emit an audible signal or sound intended to be heard from the exterior of the alarm site shall have a thirty-minute shutoff from the time of activation and must not sound similar to that of siren, an emergency vehicle, or a civil defense warning system. (c) No holdup alarm shall include any device which can cause activation inadvertently; and any holdup alarm shall be designed so that it may be activated only by intentional and deliberate human action; (d) No person shall use or permit the use of any telephone device or telephone attachment which automatically selects any telephone line leading into the communication center of the city police department or city fire department or any number leading into the offices of the city and then transmits any pre-recorded message or signal; (e) No person shall use or permit the use of any system which gives notification of the activation of the alarm system directly to the city police department, city fire department or other offices of the city by any means other than live human voice; and (f) The chief of police and the fire chief may set reasonable standards and procedures to be followed by any alarm system business or telephone answering service when giving notice to their respective department of activation of an alarm system. Such standards and procedures shall be set out in writing and made available to any person requesting same. Sec. 30-42. Determination of false alarm; rebuttable presumption For the purpose of this ordinance, there is a rebuttal presumption that the following determinations made by the chief of police or by the police department officer on the scene of the premises reporting an alarm signal are correct: (a) There is no evidence of a crime or other activity that would warrant a call for immediate police or fire assistance at the premises; 8