9423-03 Amend Chapter 4 and Chapter 12 to regulate and license the use of Alarm systems

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system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, or maintenance, or negligence of the alarm user or his employees or agents; but it does not include alarm activation caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by an alarm user or alarm agent. fie,) Kewholder means a natural~erson authorized by the alarm user to have and use a Offrcer means a member of the south Bend Police Department or the South Bend SECTION V. Chapter 12, Section 12-2 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: Sec. 12-2 Response to alarm; determination of validity. (a) Whenever an alarm system is activated in the City of South Bend which results in an emergency response to the premises by the Police or Fire Department, the officer on the scene of the activated alarm system shall inspect the area protected by the system and shall attempt to determine whether the emergency response was required or was a false alarm. If the officer cannot inspect the area~rotected by the alarm system because of a (b) If the officer at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false, the officer shall make a report of the false alarm, notice of which shall be sent to the alarm user at the address of the premises, or at the known address of the alarm user, if different from the premises address. If a false alarm requires the arrival of officers (c) The Police Chief or Fire Chief, or his designee, shall have the right to inspect the premises to which a response has been made and may cause such inspection to be made at any reasonable time after the occurrence of a false alarm. No provision in this chapter shall interfere with an officer's ability to respond to an emergency or crime. ~ The Police and Fire Departments shall maintain records of all false alarms to 4