03/28/2006 Ordinances 9037
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ORDINANCE NO. 9037
An ordinance to amend Chapter 3 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Sections 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5 and 3-7 pertaining to housekeeping issues; to repeal Sections 3-2, 3-3,
3-4, 3-5 and 3-7 as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith;
and to provide for publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 3-2 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3-2. Duties of Subscriber and of Vendor
(1) Duties of Subscriber. It shall be the responsibility of each subscriber to see that the standards of
installation and maintenance set forth in this chapter are adhered to.
(2) Duties of Vendor. It shall be the responsibility of any vendor causing installation of or maintaining an
alarm system to cause such installation or maintenance to conform to the requirements of the Fire Code and the
Electric Code applicable in the City of Grand Island, Nebraska.
(3) Duties of Subscriber and Vendor. Each alarm system shall be utilized only for the purposes of
summoning the Public Safety personnel for emergency and/or life hazard situations. Without the prior express
consent of the Communications Division of the Emergency Management Department, systems shall not be tested so
as to transmit a signal to Public Safety personnel when an emergency or life hazard situation does not exist. It shall
be the responsibility of each subscriber and also each vendor not to make such tests.
SECTION 2. Section 3-3 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3-3. Standards Required For Alarm Systems
(I) Notification. Each subscriber must provide to the City of Grand Island on a form provided by the
Communications Division of the Emergency Management Department the name, address, and telephone number of
the subscriber and of the vendor, if any, with whom the subscriber has contracted for maintenance of the alarm
system. Each subscriber shall also provide the City with the names, addresses, and phone numbers of those persons
(not less than two) who can be contacted 24 hours a day and seven days a week to turn off or deactivate an alarm
system. It shall be the obligation of the subscriber to keep this information current and correct through
supplementary notifications filed from time to time on the same form.
(2) Designated Televhone Lines. No person shall use or cause to be used an alarm system or device of any
kind that automatically dials or calls any telephone line of the offices of the City of Grand Island or any department
or division thereof except such telephone line or lines as may be designed by the Communications Division of the
Emergency Management Department of the City for the specific purpose ofreceiving signals from alarm systems.
(3) Automatic Dialing or Calling Devices. Alarm systems that automatically dial or call a telephone line
designated by the Communications Division of the Emergency Management Department shall comply with the
following requirements:
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March 29, 2006 a City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9037 (Cont.)
(A) Total length of the recorded message being transmitted to the Communications Division of the
Emergency Management Department (including repetition of message) shall not exceed 30 seconds duration.
(B) The recorded message transmitted shall be repeated not less than two nor more than three times.
(C) The recorded message being transmitted shall incorporate language specifically identifying the
message as a "recording" with the balance of the message identifying by street number and street name the
location of the emergency and the nature of the event which caused the alarm system to activate. If the location
of the event signaled by the alarm system is in a multi-family building or a multi-unit office or commercial
building, the message shall also identify by number and by floor the particular dwelling unit, office unit, or
commercial unit in which the event occurred.
(D) The recorded message being transmitted to the department shall be appropriate for the purpose for
which the alarm system was installed, and the message in its entirety shall be intelligible and spoken in the
English language.
(E) The City of Grand Island's cost of providing monitoring and telephone lines designated for alarm
systems that use automatic dialing or calling devices, including any re-occurring fees charged, shall be paid in
advance each year to this City by the subscribers. The fee shall be in accordance with the City of Grand Island
Fee Schedule. If payment is not received within thirty days after billing, the system must be disconnected
immediately in the manner described in 93-5(3).
(4) Digital Alarm Systems. Subscribers to alarm systems that automatically transmit digital data via
common telephone line to a receiving unit located at the Communications Center shall pay a digital alarm system
monitoring fee, in advance, in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(5) Suvervised (Dedicated line) Alarm Systems. Subscribers that automatically transmit alarm conditions
via dedicated telephone line to a receiving unit at the Communications Center shall pay a supervised (dedicated line)
alarm system monitoring fee, in advance, in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(6) Video (Live) Alarm Systems. Subscribers that transmit continuous video to a receiving unit at the
Communications Center for the purpose of monitoring a premise shall pay a video (live) alarm system monitoring
fee, in advance, in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
SECTION 3. Section 3-4 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3-4. Standards For Alarm Systems
Systems installed shall comply with the following standards as to installation and maintenance (and, in
addition, shall also comply with the standards set forth in 93-3):
(I) Alarm systems must incorporate a device that allows an adequate delay before the time at which
activation of the system would directly or indirectly signal Public Safety personnel, or signal other parties who
in turn might be expected to notify Public Safety personnel. This delay is to permit the subscriber to stop a false
alarm from being transmitted.
(2) The alarm system shall incorporate a device that limits any exterior signal to a period of time not to
exceed fifteen minutes in duration. At the expiration of the maximum time permitted, the alarm system shall
automatically cease to emit a signal.
SECTION 4. Section 3-5 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3-5. Excessive False Alarms
If any alarm system produces three false alarms in any twelve consecutive months, written notice of that
fact shall be given by certified mail or delivery to the subscriber, or other appropriate party listed in the notification
required in 93-3( I) at the addresses listed in the most recent such notification for that alarm system. Thereafter, the
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ORDINANCE NO. 9037 (Cont.)
Communications Division of the Emergency Management Department shall have the power to require the subscriber
to comply with anyone or combination of the requirements set forth below as would minimize, such false alarms in
the future:
(1) The subscriber may be charged a fee in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule. Such
charges shall continue for each excessive false alarm until six consecutive months have elapsed during which no
false alarms have been registered, and must be paid within 15 days after notice thereof is given in the same
manner as provided by this section for notice of excessive false alarms.
(2) The subscriber may be required to cause the alarm system to comply immediately with the applicable
standards referred to in ~3-4.
(3) The subscriber may be required to disconnect the alarm system immediately in such fashion that
signals are not emitted so as to notify Public Safety personnel directly or indirectly through automatic telephone
recording devices or to register a signal which is so audible, visible, or in other ways perceptible outside a
protected building, structure, or facility as to notify persons in the neighborhood who may in turn notify Public
Safety personnel of the signal.
SECTION 5. Section 3-7 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3-7. Penalty
Any person in violation of this chapter of the city code shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor.
SECTION 6. Sections 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5 and 3-7 as now existing, and any
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 7. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof.
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9037 (Cont.)
Enacted: March 28, 2006.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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