For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM AGENT. Any person who is employed by an alarm business, whose duties include selling, maintaining, leasing, or repairing an alarm system on or in any building, structure, facility, or grounds.
ALARM SYSTEM.
(1) Any device used for the detection of an unauthorized entry or attempted entry into a building, structure, facility, or grounds or for alerting others of the commission of an unlawful act within a building, structure, facility, or grounds, which, when activated, causes notification to be made directly or indirectly to the Town Police Department.
(2) For the purpose of this chapter, an
ALARM SYSTEM shall not include:
(a) An alarm designed so that the Town Police Department is not notified until after the occupants, the owner, or his or her agent or an alarm agent has checked with the alarm site and determined that the alarm was the result of the type of activity for which the alarm system was designed to give notice;
(b) An alarm which alerts only the occupants of the property on which the alarm is located; or
(c) An alarm installed upon property occupied by an agency of the U.S., the state, or any political subdivisions thereof.
FALSE ALARM. A burglar or emergency alarm signal received at the Town Police Department or the alarm monitoring company, that is from causes other than burglary, attempted burglary, or severe weather conditions. Those other causes include human error, improper maintenance, improper installation, faulty equipment, electrical or mechanical malfunction, or excessive sensitivity, but do not include signals when a timely and proper call is made to police, canceling any response needed to the alarm.
(1985 Code, § 471-2) (Ord. 95-5, passed 3-13-1995)