§ 20-142. Alarm systems in apartment complexes.

Alarm contracted by individual tenant.

(1)

A tenant of an apartment with an alarm system shall obtain an alarm registration from the alarm administrator before operating or causing the operation of an alarm system in the tenant's residential unit. The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall obtain a separate alarm registration for any alarm system operated in offices or common areas of the apartment complex.

(2)

For the purposes of enforcing this article against an individual residential unit, the tenant is responsible for false alarms emitted from the alarm system in the tenant's residential unit.

(3)

Each apartment unit shall be considered an alarm site.

(Ord. No. 2006-51, § 3.2, 11-7-06)