In construing the provisions of this chapter, except where otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the context, words used in this chapter shall be given their common and ordinary meaning, and in addition, the following definitions shall apply:
ALARM SERVICE COMPANY: Any privately owned business, partnership or corporation which installs and supplies an alarm system and acts as an intermediary for contacting emergency response and law enforcement entities when an alarm is sounded.
ALARM SYSTEM: Any assembly of equipment, mechanical, electrical or electronic, designed to alert an alarm service company, law enforcement agencies, the public, or any person or any public emergency response entity, of the commission, or attempted commission, of a crime or occurrence of another emergency, at a particular or given location, excluding vehicle alarms.
ALARM USER: Any person, business or other entity, which owns, or has control over any building, structure, or facility where an alarm system is maintained.
FALSE ALARM: The intentional or unintentional activation of any alarm system that elicits a response from the law enforcement or another public emergency services entity when no criminal act has been committed or attempted or there is no other emergency. The causes of false alarms include, but are not limited to, the following: equipment malfunction, improper installation or maintenance of equipment, human error or negligence, or any cause other than the actual commission or attempted commission of a criminal act, fire or other emergency. (Ord. 335, 1-28-2003)