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


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  • (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.