ALARM COMPANY.
The business by any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization, company, or other entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any alarm system, or causing to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved, or installed, in or on any building, structure or facility.
AGENT.
Any person employed by, working for, or subcontracted by an alarm company.
ALARM SYSTEM COORDINATOR. The Itasca Police Department Deputy Chief of Administration, or his/her designee.
AUDIBLE ALARM.
An alarm system or device that generates an audible sound.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DIGITAL ALARM COMMUNICATOR SYSTEM.
A system in which signals are transmitted from a digital alarm communicator transmitter located at a protected premise, through the public switched telephone network, to a digital alarm communicator receiver at a central alarm station, or police department alarm monitoring system.
AUTOMATIC DIALING TELEPHONE ALARM.
A device that automatically dials any of the Police Department emergency communications center telephone lines, without human activation.
CALENDAR YEAR. January 1 through December 31.
CENTRAL ALARM SYSTEM.
A system in which the operation of electrical protection circuits and devices are signaled automatically to, recorded at, or maintained and serviced from a place of business having trained operators in attendance at all times.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
The Village of Itasca Chief of Police or his designee.
FALSE ALARM.
An activation or transmission of any alarm signal caused by human error, mechanical error or electronic malfunction, negligence of the alarm user or alarm user's employee, whether or not the exact cause of the alarm is determined, or any other activation or transmission of any alarm signal where no actual contact or attempted burglary or robbery exists. Severe weather, power outages, transmission line malfunctions, acts of God, malicious acts of persons not under the control of the alarm user, or any other cause clearly beyond the control of the alarm user will be considered in determining if an alarm activation was false and whether or not any occurrence, fine, warning or other punitive action will be taken against the alarm user as provided for by this chapter.
NOTICE.
Written notice given by personal service upon the addressee or, given by the United States Postal Office, postage paid, to the addressee's last known mailing address.
PERSON.
A natural person, or firm, partnership, corporation, association, company or other entity.
PRERECORDED TELEPHONE MESSAGE.
Any prerecorded voice message transmitted or received over a telephone line.
PROTECTED PREMISES.
Any building, structure, or facility where an alarm system is installed to signal the occurrence of any actual or attempted burglary or robbery to which the police are expected to respond.
SYSTEM.
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of any actual or attempted burglary or robbery, to which police are expected to respond.
USER.
A person(s), firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization, company, or other entity in control of a premise where an alarm system is located.
VILLAGE.
The Village of Itasca, Illinois.
(Ord. 993-98, passed 6-2-98; Am. Ord. 1038-99, passed 10-19-99; Am. Ord. 1710-14, passed 11-4-14)