It was a motion or loud motor activated thing, right on the corner of a big street busy with loud trucks and bikes. The dude was gone with a regular vehicle most of the day, with this "classic" pick-up permanently parked with the alarm going off 24 hours with all passing traffic.
After the first few weeks, I started keeping a log of the date and time of the alarms and just that for about six months of data. Then called the police. The first couple of times, the cops would go talk to the dude and come back to tell me, first that a vehicle alarm is a safety feature, then that the dude treasured his classic vehicle, then that he had been robbed before and was taking precautions. With every new excuse I would whack-a-mole to defuse the previous excuse when the cops arrived, only for them to come back with his new one.
I'll say they were very impressed with the documented log. But in one of the last visits, the cop came back to say that the dude just wanted to talk to me to explain why he wanted to keep his alarm. I said that he had been robbed in SOME PREVIOUS place that he had rented at, not HERE, and that there was nothing to discuss - either he was going to turn it off or not.
Finally, I went to the station and talked to some sergeant, who called the D.A. to find out what charge might apply, - and EUREKA, the answer was brilliant: It's a simple matter of Disturbing the Peace!
And the folklore that Disturbing the Peace or loud music only applies after 10 P.M. or that multiple witnesses or complainants are necessary is B.S. The Peace can be any time of day because some people work nights and sleep days, not just after 10 P.M. and all that is needed is *ONE* complainant.
After about six months, the dude moved out.
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