For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined as follows:
(a) “Alarm permit” means a permit issued by the Chief of Police to any owner or other person in control of a building or buildings, property or part thereof, to install and maintain an alarm system.
(b) “Alarm system” means any assembly of equipment and devices which signals so as to be seen or heard outside the protected building or space, the presence of fire, smoke, robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion.
(c) “Interconnected alarm system” means an alarm system which directly or indirectly, automatically or manually uses a communication conveyance to transmit an alarm or message upon activation of the alarm system, and that such transmission is eventually delivered to the Village police.
(d) “Local alarm system” means an alarm system that when activated only sounds a horn, bell, buzzer, or other type of audible or visible alarm that is designed to be audible or visible beyond the premises being served, but which does not result in the transmission of a signal to any other location.
(e) “Alarm permit holder” means a person, organization or company who has a permit issued to him by the Chief of Police.
(f) “Appropriate Chief” means the Ada Chief of Police or his designee.
(g) “Automatic dialing service” means a device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit by voice, message or code signal an emergency message indicating the need for emergency response.
(h) "False alarm" means an alarm signal or message initiated and transmitted either automatically or manually through an alarm system, to the Village eliciting response by police or fire personnel when fire, smoke, robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion does not, in fact, exist, but does not include an alarm signal caused by acts of God not reasonably subject to control by the alarm manufacturer, installer or alarm permit holder.
(Ord. 86-3. Passed 3-18-86.)