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City code section
- A. Alarm systems which can be heard outside a building, structure or facility of the alarm user must be equipped with a sound emission cutoff feature which will stop the emission of sound 15 minutes or less after the alarm is activated.
- B. When an alarm system may be heard outside a building, structure or facility for more than 15 minutes continuously or intermittently, and the alarm owner or alarm system monitoring company is not readily available or able to silence the device, the Portland Police Bureau is authorized to enter the premises and physically disconnect the sounding device. The alarm owner is liable for the cost of, or associated with, disconnecting and reconnecting the alarm. Neither the City nor its officers, agents or employees are liable for such costs.