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<br />Any person or company listed with the city for purposes of notification who is notified by a city official of the <br />activation of an alarm system pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and who is able to give access to the <br />alarm site shall come to the alarm site within one hour of the time such person or company is notified of such <br />activation and shall provide the city official any necessary access or assistance. <br /> <br />Sec. 30-40. Repairing of alarm system. <br /> <br />(a) The permit holder shall ensure that the alarm system is repaired within 72 hours of the time notification is <br />made from the city that such system is malfunctioning or causing potential excessive alarms; or <br /> <br />(b) Alternatively, the permit holder may cause such alarm system to be deactivated rather than having such <br />system repaired upon notification from the city that such system is malfunctioning or causing potential <br />excessive alarms. If the permit holder does deactivate such alarm system he shall so notify the city and such <br />system shall not be reactivated until it has been repaired. <br /> <br />Sec. 30-41. Operation of alarm system. <br /> <br />No person shall install, cause to be installed or permit to be installed an alarm system unless the following <br />requirements are met: <br /> <br />(I) An alarm system which may be activated as a result of different types of emergency situations shall give a <br />silent signal, if so equipped, that is unique to designate activation as a result of a holdup, a burglary, a fire, or <br />any other different type of emergency situation so that the proper notification and proper response can be made; <br />otherwise, <br /> <br />(2) An alarm system designed to emit an audible signal or sound intended to be heard from the exterior of the <br />alarm site shall have a 30-minute shutoff from the time of activation and must not sound similar to that of siren, <br />an emergency vehicle, or a civil defense warning system. <br /> <br />(3) No holdup alarm shall include any device which can cause activation inadvertently; and any holdup alarm <br />shall be designed so that it may be activated only by intentional and deliberate human action; <br /> <br />(4) No person shall use or permit the use of any telephone device or telephone attachment which automatically <br />selects any telephone line leading into the communication center of the city police department or city fire <br />department or any number leading into the offices of the city and then transmits any pre-recorded message or <br />signal; <br /> <br />(5) No person shall use or permit the use of any system which gives notification of the activation of the alarm <br />system directly to the city police department, city fire department or other offices of the city by any means other <br />than live human voice; <br /> <br />(6) The chief of police and the fire chief may set reasonable standards and procedures to be followed by any <br />alarm system business or telephone answering service when giving notice to their respective department of <br />activation of an alarm system. Such standards and procedures shall be set out in writing and made available to <br />any person requesting same. <br /> <br />Sec. 30-42. Determination of false alarm; rebuttable presumption. <br /> <br />For the purpose of this article, there is a rebuttal presumption that the following determinations made by the <br />chief of police or by the police department officer on the scene of the premises reporting an alarm signal are <br />