For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meaning herein given them:
ALARM: The giving, signaling or transmitting by any public safety station or to any police department, fire department or any officer or employee thereof, by telephone, public safety station, public alarm station, automatic transmitted alarm, in person, or otherwise, a report statement, or information to the effect that there is an emergency, a fire, an accident, the commission of a crime or violation of a city ordinance or a need for police, firefighter or ambulance assistance.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMITTED ALARM: An alarm which is sent to an installation using supervised dedicated circuits to transmit an alarm from one or more protected premises to a remote location at which appropriate action is to be taken. (Ord. 395, 11-28-1989)