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ORDINANCE NO. 80- Page -3- The Mayor, or his authorized representative, shall issue a permit for such alarm, provided that the intensity of sound does not exceed eighty-five (85) decibels at any location outside the premises being served. 971.06 FALSE ALARMS: (a) No person shall fail to maintain equipment under his control designed to give alarms of any type at less than the level of maintenance necessary to prevent false alarms from being emitted. (b) It shall be prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory maintenance in violation of Sec. 971.06 (a) if two (2} alarms are emitted and reported in any manner to the Police or Fire Departments for which no external cause can be found, provided that such alarms occur within six (6) months of each other. (c) The penalty for violation of Sec. 971.06(a) shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a first offense and Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for each subsequent offense. Prior to formal prosecution, the person to be charged shall be notified of the alleged violation and fine and shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty (20) days to voluntarily waive his right to be charged and present a defense by signing a waiver and paying the fine. Thereafter, prosecution may be instituted. Failure to make satisfactory repairs after conviction under this Section shall constitute a separate offense each day such condition remains unabated. (d) Notwithstanding the fine to be assessed, as set forth hereinabove, no charge shall be made for a false alarm to which there is no response by the Division of Police or the Division of Fire nor when the cause has been proven to be an act of God. 971.07 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS; OPERATION AND SERVICE: (a ),,.All equipment used in installation for which a permit is required shall meet the applicable standards of the Underwriter s. Laboratories or the National Fire Protection Association or other recognized industry standard, The applicant may be required to submit evidence of the reliability and suitability of the equipment to be installed. (b) The sensory mechanism used in connection with such devices must be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion so that the devices will not be actuated by impulses due to transient pressure change in waterpipes, short flashes of light, wind noises such as the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows, vehicular noise adjacent to the installation or other forces related to genuine alarms. (c) All components comprising such device must be maintained by the owner or lessee in good repair to assure reliability of operation. (d) Each alarm equipment supplier that sells or leases to a person an automatic protection device which is installed on