Total length of the recorded message being transmitted to the Public Safety Department (including repetition of message) shall not exceed 30 seconds duration.

The recorded message transmitted shall be repeated not less than two nor more than three times.

The recorded message being transmitted shall incorporate language specifically identifying the message as a "recording" with the balance of the message identifying by street number and street name the location of the emergency and the nature of the event which caused the alarm system to activate. If the location of the event signaled by the alarm system is in a multi-family building or a multi-unit office or commercial building, the message shall also identify by number and by floor the particular dwelling unit, office unit, or commercial unit in which the event occurred.

The recorded message being transmitted to the department shall be appropriate for the purpose for which the alarm system was installed, and the message in its entirety shall be intelligible and spoken in the English language.

The City of Oakwood's cost of providing telephone lines designated for alarm systems that use automatic dialing or calling devices, including any re-occurring fees charged, shall be paid in advance each year to this City by the subscribers. Payment shall be based upon dividing the cost of the telephone service by the number of alarm systems then utilizing such designated phone lines with the quotient thus obtained to be billed annually in advance to each subscriber and to be paid within thirty days of receipt. If not so paid, the system must be disconnected immediately in the manner described in 751.05 (c).

Every new system installed after the passage of this ordinance shall comply with the above standards.

Every alarm system existing before the passage of this ordinance shall be placed in compliance with the above standards no later than three months after such passage date. The Public Safety Department may elect not to respond to any alarm system that is not in compliance within that time period or may elect to charge each subscriber not in compliance for each such response at a rate of no less than Fifty Dollars per false alarm, or to charge the City's direct and indirect costs for the time, labor, equipment, and other services used in responding to such alarm, whichever is greater.