A. No one shall install, modify or repair an alarm system in unincorporated Pierce County that has a siren, bell or other signal that is audible from any property adjacent to the alarm site that sounds for longer than ten consecutive minutes after the alarm is activated, or that repeats the 10-minute audible alarm cycle more than two consecutive times without resetting. Violators shall be fined in accordance with the penalties for false alarms. (See PCC 8.64.190, Fees and Fines Schedule.)

B. In the event that an audible alarm is activated and fails to reset itself or continues to activate for more than 60 minutes and the responsible person listed on the alarm registration or other responsible person cannot or will not respond to silence the alarm, and the continued activation of the alarm is creating a disturbance, the Sheriff's Department may cause the alarm to be disconnected in a manner determined reasonable for the circumstances. The alarm user shall be liable for the actual costs involved to abate the malfunctioning alarm. Pierce County, the Sheriff's Department, and its employees or agents shall not be liable for any damage resulting from such disconnection.

C. No alarm system shall emit a sound resembling an emergency vehicle siren or civil defense warning. The Sheriff's Department or designee shall make the final determination regarding any question of the alarm sound.