As used in this chapter:
(a) "Alarm agent" means any person who is employed by an alarm business, either directly or indirectly, whose duties include any of the following: selling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any alarm system in or on any structure in the Village.
(b) "Alarm business" means any full-time or part-time business by a person of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any alarm system, or causing the same to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed, in or on any building, place or premises.
(c) "Alarm malfunction" means an activated alarm system, and a response by the Police Department and/or Fire Department, resulting from a windstorm or other severe weather condition, power outage or any electrical or mechanical failure not resulting from improperly installed equipment.
(d) "Alarm system" means any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of an unauthorized entry or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which the Police Department and/or Fire Department is expected to respond, either as an automatic dialing device directly connected to the Village Police Department and/or Fire Department or as an audible alarm outside the premises.
(e) "Audible alarm" means an alarm system that, when actuated, generates an audible sound outside the premises.
(f) "Village" means the Village of Bratenahl, Ohio. All official titles shall mean officials of the Village unless otherwise stated.
(g) "False alarm" means an alarm signal necessitating a response by the Police Department and/or Fire Department where an emergency situation does not exist. The definition excludes alarms caused by the user acting under a sincere belief that a need exists to call the Police Department or the Fire Department.
(h) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity.
(i) "Subscriber" means the person in control of premises wherein an alarm system is maintained.
(Ord. 2702. Passed 5-19-93.)