§ 32-36. Alarm systems in apartment complexes.

(a)

Nonresidential areas of apartment complex. The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall register any alarm system operated in any nonresidential area of the apartment complex, including, but not limited to, common areas, offices, storage and equipment areas. If an alarm system is installed or operated in any of those areas, the owner or property manager of the apartment complex shall be responsible for false alarm dispatch emitted from the alarm system.

(b)

Residential areas of apartment complex. If an alarm system is installed or operated by an individual tenant in an apartment complex that is monitored, the tenant must provide the name of the representative of the apartment owner or property manager who can grant access for the police department to investigate any response to the apartment. Any fee charged shall be same for an apartment as it is for a residential user. With reference to enforcing this article against an individual apartment, the tenant is responsible for false alarm dispatch emitted from the alarm system in the tenant's apartment. In any apartment complex which furnishes an alarm as an amenity, the individual tenant in an apartment is responsible for registering the alarm system and the individual tenant shall be responsible for any fee or fine associated with this article. The lease agreement between the apartment complex and the tenant shall specify that although the alarm is furnished as an amenity, the tenant is responsible for the registration and operation of the alarm system in the apartment.

(Ord. No. O-246-98, § 4¼-4, 9-23-98)