For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM USER.
The person using and responsible for an automatic alarm to protect premises regardless of whether the person owns or leases the property.
AUTOMATIC ALARM.
Any device or system which is designed to be used for the detection of an unauthorized person in any structure, for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act, or for the detection of smoke, fire, heat, carbon monoxide, or other hazardous condition within a structure, and which emits a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated.
AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION DEVICE.
An automatic alarm which automatically sends to another location, a message or signal indicating the existence of an emergency situation.
CALENDAR YEAR.
The period of January 1 through December 31 of each year.
CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM.
Alarm system that functions through a constantly attended location (central station) operated by an alarm company. Alarm signals from the protected property are received in the central station and are then re-transmitted by trained personnel to the city’s Police or Fire Department’s alarm communications center for dispatch.
FALSE ALARM.
The city’s Police Department personnel or Fire Department personnel responding to an automatic alarm, whether it is as a result of direct contact with the alarm signal or contact by a third party reporting the activated alarm, when an emergency situation or hazardous condition did not exist.
(‘81 Code, § 14-71) (Ord. 280, passed 11-23-82; Am. Ord. 733, passed 8-14-03; Am. Ord. 960, passed 1-23-14)