§ 26-25. Prohibited act.

It shall be a violation of this article for anyone to:

(1)

Transmit a false alarm.

(2)

Notify the county sheriff's office directly through its emergency phone lines, including, but not limited to, lines bearing the prefix 911, of any alarm activation by means of any auto-dialer, telephonic recording, message, signal, or warning.

(3)

Activate, except in the event of an actual emergency, any alarm system for the purpose of summoning a member of the county sheriff's office, or to aid or abet in the commission of such act.

(4)

Maintain an alarm system featuring an audible alarm, siren, bell or horn without a properly functioning automatic cutoff system limiting the operation of the audible signal to not more than 30 continuous minutes.

(Code 2005, § 50-37; Ord. of 7-11-2000(2), § 3)