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Ordinance No. 2003-11 effective date of this section (Ordinance 75-11 l, passed October 1, 1974) shall have installed and maintained on each level of the building used for offices an Underwriters Laboratories Factory Mutual or Underwriters Laboratories of Canada approved early warning fire detection system. Prior to the construction of any such building, the developer or owner thereof sha11 present plans to the Building Commissioner and Fire Chief with respect to the placemetrt of the early warning fire detection system. Such plan sha.ll meet the approval of the Commissioner and/or Fire Chief. Should the Commissioner and/or Fire Chief of the City deem it necessary to have additional detectors installed within the office building, the location and number of detectors sha11 be determined jointly by the Commissioner and Fire Chief. (d) Specifications and Requirements. (1) The ea.rly warning fire detection system deteetors shall be sensitive to visible and invisible products of combustion. Detectors sensitive to heat alone are not acceptable with respect to compliance with the requirements of this Code. (2) For the purposes of installation and maintenance, the application of the following standards of the National Fire Protection Association shall apply: No. 71, 72A, 7213, 72C, 72D and 74. (e) Automated Fire Alarm Svstems. (1) "Fire Alarm system " means any fire alarm system, as required by the Ohio Fire Code or as otherwise permitted to be instalded in any structure within the City, whether or not inspected in accordance with Section 1701.13, and whrch transmits to a privately operated central station and which resudts in a telephone call directly to the police or fire station, via 911 or othenvise, to alert the City that a fire or other emergency exists or that the services of the fire or other public safety forces are needed. "Fire Alarm system " also means any alarm device which automaticadly emits an audible, visual, electronic, telephonic, or other similar response uport the occurrence of arry hazard or emergency and which alerts persons inside or outside of the building as to the existence of such hazard or emergency. "Fire Alarm system " shall include but not be limited to ala-ms for burglwy, if registered under Chapter 559, and for frre, f lood and cold but excludes persor2al and motor vehicle "alarm systems ". (2) "Automatic dialing alarm systems" means an alarm system which either directly dials or otherwise prompts cn automated telephone call to the police of fire station, via 911 or otherwise and uses a pre-taped or pre-reeorded message to alert the Crty that a frre or other emergency exists or that the services of the fire or other public safety forces are needed. A. No person shall use or cause to be used arry telephone devrce or attaehment tlxzt automatieally seleets any telephone line addocated or direeted to the City, eaccept a telephone line so designated by the Fire Chief for such purpose and only upon the City's authorization. B. The message upon an automatic dialing alarm system shald not exceed fcfteen (I S) seconds in length, shall not be repeated mvre than three (3) times per dialing, shall provide a concise and intella,gible message specific to the emergency and shall state "this is a recording". 4