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7.82 Alarm System 7.82.01 Purpose. The Council of the City deems it necessary to provide for the special and express regulation of alarm systems which are designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which public safety personnel are expected to respond in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare. 7.82.02 Declaration of Policy. The Council has determined that the regulation of alarm systems is necessary in order to reduce the increasing frequency of false alarms in Ramsey. The great number and increasing frequency of these false alarms requires intensive, time- consuming efforts by the Police Department and Fire Department and thereby distracts from and reduces the level of services available to the rest of the community. This diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the community. In consideration for the necessity on the part of the City to provide numerous Public Safety services in one area to work to the detriment of members of the general public, it is hereby decided that the alarm systems shall be regulated through the permit process. 7.82,03 Definitions Public Safety Personnel — means the law enforcement and fire department officers of the City. Alarm User — means the person, firm partnership, association, cooperative, company or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure, or facility wherein an alarm system is maintained. Anoka County Communication Center — is the facility operated by the County of Anoka, State of Minnesota to receive emergency requests for service and general information from the public to be dispatched to respective public safety units. False Alarm — means an alarm signal eliciting a response by public safety personnel when a situation requiring a response does not, in fact, exist, and which is caused by the activation of the alarm system through mechanical failure, alarm malfunction, intentional acts, improper installation or the inadvertence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or their employees, agents or of a third party. False alarms do not include alarms caused by climatic conditions such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, utility line mishaps, violent conditions of nature or any other conditions which are clearly beyond the control of the alarm manufacturer, installer or owner. year. Calendar Year — shall mean the period January 1 through December 31 of each