Nuisance alarms.
Riverside Municipal Code § 5.58.170
in effect5.58.170 - Nuisance alarms.
The Police Department may declare an alarm system at a specific location to be a nuisance if such alarm system activates excessive false alarms. The City Council hereby finds and determines that three false alarms within a calendar year is excessive and thereby constitutes a public nuisance. The Police Department shall not consider any false alarm in this computation of nuisance alarms if such was generated by earthquakes, high intensity winds, unusual acts of nature, or general power outages. Nuisance alarms shall be considered that are the result of the negligence of the alarm user, the agents or employees of the alarm user or a defect in the alarm system.
(Ord. 6978 § 1, 2008; Ord. 5934 § 1, 1991)
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_CH5.58SEALSY_5.58.170NUALFetched: 11/1/2026
