NYC Administrative Code

§ 24-238 — Audible burglar alarm and audible status indicator.

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This section mandates that audible burglar alarms in buildings automatically terminate within fifteen minutes and limits activation methods for alarms in motor vehicles. It also prohibits audible status indicators on motor vehicles. Applies to building owners and motor vehicle owners operating such alarms.

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§ 24-238 Audible burglar alarm and audible status indicator.

AC § 24-238

(a)No owner of a building or of a motor vehicle shall have in operation an audible burglar alarm thereon unless such burglar alarm shall be capable of and shall automatically terminate its operation within fifteen minutes of its being activated in the case of a building, and three minutes of its being activated in the case of a motor vehicle. No audible burglar alarm on a motor vehicle shall be capable of being activated except by: (i) direct physical contact with that motor vehicle; or (ii) through the use of an individual remote activation device, that is activated from no further than 15 feet away from such vehicle and, that is designed to be used with the audible burglar alarm system of a particular vehicle which alarm shall be capable of and shall terminate its audible response within three minutes of its being activated.

(b)No owner of a motor vehicle shall have in operation an audible status indicator on such motor vehicle. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2005/113.

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