(a) "Alarm system" means a device or system that emits, transmits or relays a signal intended to summon the safety forces of the City. "Alarm system" does not include:
(1) An alarm installed on a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site; nor
(2) An alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises.
(b) "Alarm notification" means a notification intended to summon the safety forces of the City which is designed either to be initiated purposely by a person or by an alarm system that responds to a stimulus characteristic of unauthorized intrusion.
(c) "Alarm situs" means a single premises or location (one street address) served by an alarm system or systems that are under the control of one owner.
(d) "Permit holder" means the person designated in the application as one who is responsible for responding to alarms and giving access to the site and who is also responsible for proper maintenance and operation of the alarm system and payment of fees.
(e) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization or similar entity.
(f) "Special trunkline" means a telephone line leading into the communications center of the safety forces of the City that is for the primary purpose of receiving emergency messages that originate from automatic protection devices and are transmitted directly or through an intermediary.
(Ord. 87-77. Passed 4-6-87.)