Nuisance alarms.
Riverside Municipal Code § 5.59.060
in effect5.59.060 - Nuisance alarms.
The fire department may declare an alarm system at a specific location to be a nuisance if such fire alarm system activates excessive false fire alarms. The City Council hereby finds and determines that three false fire alarms within a 365-day period is excessive and thereby constitutes a public nuisance. The fire department may not consider any false fire alarm in this computation of nuisance alarms if such was generated by earthquakes, high intensity winds, or unusual acts of nature. Nuisance alarms shall be considered that are the result of the negligence of the fire alarm user, the agents or employees of the fire alarm user or a defect in the fire alarm system. After six false fire alarms within a 365-day period, the fire alarm system will be required to be certified per NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm Code.
(Ord. 7747, § 1, 2025; Ord. 7341 § 4, 2016; Ord. 6977 § 1, 2008)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT5BU_CH5.59FIALSY_5.59.060NUALFetched: 11/1/2026