A. The purpose of this chapter is to encourage alarm users and alarm businesses to assume increased responsibility for maintaining the mechanical reliability and the proper use of alarm systems to prevent unnecessary police emergency responses to false alarms and thereby to protect the emergency response capability of the county from misuse.

B. This chapter governs burglary and robbery alarm systems, requires permits, provides for fines for excessive false alarms, no response to alarms, provides for punishment of violations and establishes a system of administration.