As used in this chapter:
(a) "Alarm system" means an assembly of equipment and devices, or a single device, arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which Police or Fire Departments are expected to respond.
(b) "False alarm" means any alarm condition which is registered at the Police Department or elsewhere but which does not result from criminal activity for which the alarm was intended, or, in the case of a fire alarm, any alarm condition which is registered at the Police or Fire Departments or elsewhere but which does not result from a fire or potential fire condition.
(Ord. 135. Passed 7-11-88; Ord. 2001-06. Passed 11-12-01.)