The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
A. “Alarm System” shall mean any device designed for the detection and/or apprehension of persons effecting unauthorized entry and/or attempted entry into any premises, or for alerting emergency services entities of the commission of an unlawful act or requirement for emergency service, which device, when actuated, emits a sound beyond the business premises or residential unit or dwelling protected by such device or transmits a signal or message to another location. It also means combination of approved compatible devices with the necessary electrical interconnection and energy to produce an alarm signal in the event of fire or system activation.
B. “Emergency Services Entities” means the City Police Department and/or Fire Department.
C. “False Alarm” shall mean an activated alarm or alarm signal from any alarm which is responded to within the City by the City’s emergency services entity or entities, but for which no emergency situation exists or where there is no evidence to indicate that there was an emergency situation as determined by the responding officer. “False alarm” shall not include those alarms activated by extraordinary meteorological, atmospheric or other conditions or means as determined by said emergency services entity or entities.
D. “Fiscal Year” shall mean the period from and including July 1 of any year to and including June 30 of the following year.
E. “Person” shall mean individual, partnership, corporation or other entity.