In this title, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Alarm Administrator" means a person designated by the Chief of Police to administer the provisions of this title.
(2) "Alarm business" means a person who provides alarm services.
(3) "Alarm monitor" means an alarm business that provides the alarm service of receiving alarm signals from alarm sites for the purpose of making dispatch requests.
(4) (i) "Alarm services" means the installation, maintenance, inspection, sale, service, or repair of alarm systems.
(ii) "Alarm services" includes receiving and monitoring alarm signals from alarm sites and making dispatch requests.
(5) "Alarm signal" means the activation, either manual or automatic, of an alarm system.
(6) "Alarm site" means a single premises or location served by one or more alarm systems that may be composed of multiple zones.
(7) (i) "Alarm system" means a device or series of devices at an alarm site, including those interconnected with radio frequency signals, that is designed to discourage crime by emitting or transmitting a remote or local audible, visual, or electronic signal indicating a criminal activity, and that is intended to summon a response from the Police Department.
(ii) "Alarm system" does not include an alarm installed on a vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at an alarm site, or an alarm that is designed to alert only the inhabitants of an alarm site that does not have a sounding device that can be heard on the exterior of the alarm site.
(8) (i) "Alarm user" means a person who operates an alarm system or causes an alarm system to be operated.
(ii) "Alarm user" includes a tenant who operates an alarm system or causes an alarm system to be operated in the area leased by the tenant.
(9) "Cancellation" means the process by which a dispatch request is rescinded when an alarm monitor notifies the Police Department that there is no crime requiring response to an alarm site.
(10) "Computer aided dispatch (CAD)" means a computer system into which police personnel enter dispatch request information, including the date, time, and location of the alarm site, that is linked to police patrol cars, and into which police personnel responding to the alarm site enter the time and the outcome of the response.
(11) "Dispatch request" means a notification to the Police Department that an alarm signal has been activated for the purpose of summoning a response to the alarm site.
(12) (i) "False alarm" means an alarm signal that results in a dispatch request that is not canceled prior to the arrival of police personnel at the alarm site, where police personnel find no evidence of criminal activity or attempted criminal activity.
(ii) "False alarm" includes an alarm signal that is activated negligently or accidentally, that is the result of faulty, malfunctioning, or improperly installed or maintained equipment, or that is intentionally activated to summon police personnel for a non-emergency situation.
(iii) "False alarm" includes an alarm signal that is activated as a result of weather or power outage conditions, unless there is visible evidence of severe conditions directly affecting the alarm site, such as a tree or object striking a building or a window.
(iv) "False alarm" includes each separate false alarm occurring in one calendar day at a single alarm site.
(Bill No. 41-09)