Chula Vista Municipal Code Art. IV Alarm System Standards

A. Alarm systems installed within the City after enactment of this chapter shall be listed with Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc., or a nationally recognized testing organization.

B. The alarm administrator may grant an exception to the requirement in subsection (A) of this section when the alarm administrator determines that the alarm system meets or exceeds the applicable alarm testing standards set by Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc., or a nationally recognized testing organization. The alarm administrator may require the alarm company or alarm user to submit documentation and certification from a qualified authority necessary to make the exception determination.

• C. One-plus duress response alarms are not permitted under any circumstances. (Ord. 3278 § 1, 2013).

• A. Audible Alarms. No person shall install or use any alarm system with an alarm that is audible for a period of more than 15 minutes each time the alarm is activated.

B. Automatic Alarms. No person shall install or use any alarm system that automatically sends any prerecorded message or signal to the City, its officers, or employees without the prior written consent of the Chief of Police.

C. Differentiation of Security/Robbery Alarms. No person shall operate a security alarm system in the City that fails to differentiate security/property/intrusion alarm activations from robbery/hold-up/panic/duress alarm activations, or that fails to accurately report such activations independently.

D. Differentiation of Other Alarms. No person shall operate a security alarm system in the City that fails to differentiate police incidents (i.e., security/property/intrusion alarm activations, robbery/hold-up/panic/duress alarm activations) from fire, medical or other non-police incidents, or that fails to accurately report such incidents independently. (Ord. 3278 § 1, 2013).