A. Alarm businesses operating within the city shall comply with all state licensing requirements and operate in accordance with the standards set forth in the State Alarm Company Act as to conduct of business and qualification of employees, including alarm agents.

B. No person or company which installs, or otherwise provides, an alarm system shall install such device or system without the ability to provide twenty-four-hour service for that system. “Service” for the purposes of this section shall-include the ability to promptly repair a malfunctioning alarm system and, in any event, a service response to the alarm location shall be accomplished within thirty minutes of a request for service. “Service” shall also include the ability to provide periodic maintenance necessary to assure normal functioning of the system. This section shall not apply to persons or businesses who merely sell from fixed locations, or who manufacture alarm systems, unless such persons or firms also install, monitor or service such systems.

C. Any alarm business operating a private alarm dispatch center shall, within one minute of receiving notice that an alarm has been activated, notify the emergency dispatch center of the activation. Notification shall normally be made via a designated one-way telephone line which is dedicated solely to the reporting of such notifications.

D. Each alarm business that monitors fire alarm systems must comply with all sections of National Fire Protection Association Bulletin #71-1988 and as amended.

E. It shall be the duty of the alarm business to cooperate fully at all times with the city and its employees. Every alarm business shall, upon request during normal hours of business, make any and all records and information in its possession relating to alarm systems operating within the city available to personnel authorized by the chief of police or fire chief. Each alarm business must possess a valid city business license. (Ord. 1162 § 2 (part), 1990)