For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM SYSTEM. A device or devices designed or arranged to signal the existence of a hazard requiring the urgent response of police or fire personnel. These systems include intrusion alarms, fire pull box alarms, and other alarms which require an emergency response by police or fire personnel.
ALARM USER. Any person who owns, possesses, controls, or otherwise exercises dominion over property upon which an alarm system is placed.
FALSE ALARM. The activation of an alarm system requiring an urgent response by the police or fire department when there is no immediate threat to life, safety, or property in, on, or about the property from which the signal originated. A false alarm shall not include alarms caused by tornadoes, earthquakes, or lightning.
UNKNOWN ALARM. The activation, due to causes that cannot be determined, of an alarm system requiring an urgent response by the police or fire department where there is no immediate threat to life, safety, or property in, on, or about the property from which the signal originated. Alarms caused by weather or electrical interruption shall not be designated unknown alarms.
(Ord. 358-6-94, passed 6-15-94)