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113 (C) For purposes of enforcing this article against an individual residential unit, the tenant shall be responsible for False Alarm Dispatches emitted from the Alarm System in the tenant's residential unit. SECTION 3.2 ALARM SYSTEMS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES - FURNISHED BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AS AN AMENITY. (A) If the owner or property manager of an apartment complex provides Alarm Systems in each residential unit as an amenity, then the owner or property manager of the apartment complex shall obtain a master alarm permit from the Alarm Administrator. The annual fee for this permit and for each renewal of this permit shall be $20.00 dollars. (B) For purposes of assessing fees and enforcing this article, the master alarm permit holder shall pay those fees for False Alarm Dispatches emitted from the Alarm Systems in residential units. (C) The owner or property manager of an apartment complex shall obtain a separate alarm permit for any Alarm System operated in a nonresidential area of the apartment complex, including, but not limited to, common tenant areas and office, storage and equipment areas. An annual fee for such a permit shall be the same as the fee for a Commercial Alarm Site. SECTION 4. PERMIT DURATION AND RENEWAL. A permit shall expire one year from the date of issuance, and shall be renewed annually by submitting an updated application and a permit renewal fee to the Alarm Administrator. The Alarm Administrator shall notify each Alarm User of the need to renew thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the permit. The Alarm User shall submit an application prior to the permit- expiration date. Failure to renew shall constitute use of a non-permitted Alarm System and citations and penalties shall be assessed without waiver. SECTION 5. PROPER ALARM SYSTEMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. (A) An Alarm User shall: (1) maintain the premises and the Alarm System in a manner that minimizes or eliminates False Alarm Dispatches, and (2) make every reasonable effort to have a proper house number posted in accordance with the county road name/house number ordinance. This number shall be posted so as to meet or exceed this ordinance, and shall in all cases, be visible from the roadway under adverse weather conditions. (3) make sure that the directions given to the alarm monitoring station are accurate, clear and concise. Further, in the event of an alarm activation the appropriate Alarm Key Holder shall make every reasonable effort to respond or cause a representative to respond to the Alarm System's location within thirty (30) minutes when notified by the county/city to deactivate a malfunctioning Alarm System, to provide access to the premises, or to provide security for the premises, and (4) not manually activate an alarm for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that the Alarm System is intended to report provided, that in the event of manual activation for the purpose of testing the alarm, the Alarm User shall first notify the Sheriff's Department of such test. (B) An Alarm User shall adjust the mechanism or shall cause the mechanism to be adjusted so that a burglar alarm signal audible on the exterior of an Alarm Site sounds for no longer than ten (10) minutes after being activated (or fifteen (15) minutes for systems operating under Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. standards 365 or 609). Fire Alarm audible signals may sound until manually reset. SECTION 6. MONITORING PROCEDURES. (A) An Alarm User shall: (1) report alarm signals by using telephone numbers designated by the Alarm Administrator; (2) ascertain that an attempt is made to verify every alarm signal, except a duress or hold up alarm activation before or during the request for a law enforcement response to an alarm signal; (3) verify that the alarm monitoring service shall communicate Alarm Dispatch Requests to the appropriate dispatch center in a uniform manner and form determined by the Alarm Administrator; (4) verify that the alarm monitoring service can communicate verified cancellations of Alarm Dispatch Requests to the appropriate dispatch center in a manner and form determined by the Alarm Administrator. (B) The Alarm Administrator shall: (1) designate the manner, form and telephone numbers for the communication of Alarm Dispatch Requests which shall be provided to the user as guidance for the alarm system installer; (2) develop a procedure to accept verified cancellation of Alarm Dispatch Requests. (3) advise all alarm businesses and users that no alarm systems which have dialers that dial directly into administrative or 911 telephone