§ 2.00 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

§ 2.01.   ALARM SYSTEM. Any mechanical or electrical device which is designed or used for the detection of an unauthorized entry into a building, structure or facility; for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act within a building, structure or facility; or for the detection and signaling the presence of a fire; and which emits a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated and to which police are expected to respond. In this chapter, the term ALARM SYSTEM shall include the terms AUDIBLE ALARM, AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE, BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM, HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEM and FIRE ALARM SYSTEM as those terms are hereinafter defined.

§ 2.02.   ANSWERING SERVICE. A telephone answering business providing among its services receiving, on a continuous basis through trained employees, emergency signals from alarm systems and thereafter immediately relaying the message by live voice over a signal channel circuit to the communication center of the Police Department.

§ 2.03.   AUDIBLE ALARM. A device designed for the detection of unauthorized entry on premises which generates an audible sound on the premises when it is activated. This AUDIBLE ALARM may or may not be combined with method of transmitting a signal to a remote point. This provision is not applicable to audible alarms affixed to motor vehicles.

§ 2.04.   AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE. An alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded voice message or coded signal indicating the existence of the emergency situation that the alarm system is designed to detect.

§ 2.05.   BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM. A method of detecting and signaling presence, entry or attempted entry of an intruder into protected premises.

§ 2.06.   CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM. A system, or group of systems, usually operated from its customers by a person, in which the operation of protected circuits and devices are transmitted to, recorded in, maintained and supervised from a central station having trained operators and guards in attendance at all times, that have the duty to take appropriate action upon receipt of a signal or message including the relaying of messages by a signal channel circuit to the communication center of the Police Department.

§ 2.07.   CITY. The City of Eldridge, or its authorized employees or agents.

§ 2.08.   FALSE ALARM. The intentional or unintentional activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation or the negligence of the owner or leasee of an alarm system, answering service or central station system or of his or her employees or agents which necessitates response by the Eldridge Police Department where an attempted or actual burglary or holdup or fire does not exist. Such terminology does not include, for example, alarms caused by tornadoes, earthquakes or other violent conditions.

§ 2.09.   FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. The method of detecting and signaling the presence of fire, the products of combustion or heat in a protected premises.

§ 2.10.   HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEM. An alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery.

§ 2.11.   POLICE CHIEF. The Chief of the Police Department of the City of Eldridge, or his or her authorized representative.

§ 2.12.   POLICE DEPARTMENT. The Police Department of the City of Eldridge.

§ 2.13.   PROTECTED PREMISES. The part of a building, structure or facility to which protection is afforded by an alarm system.