§ 13-38. Findings of fact.

The city council makes the following findings of fact:

(a)

Malfunctions of alarm systems are causing substantial misuse of the manpower and resources of the police department of the city by provoking responses to numerous false alarms.

(b)

Telephone devices regulated or programmed to make connection with the police department could seize and hold police department telephone lines to the exclusion of other calls.

(c)

Such false alarms and use of such telephone alarm devices create a threat or potential threat to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the city.

(Code 1966, § 18-61; Ord. No. 86-1, § 1, 1-28-86)