For all purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
ACTS OF GOD. An unusual, extraordinary, sudden or unexpected display of the forces of nature against which the science and the skill of man are of no avail.
ALARM SYSTEM. A protection device or an assembly of equipment and/or devices arranged to signal the Town of Long Beach or the Long Beach Marshal’s Department or Long Beach Fire Department directly or indirectly (through an alarm monitoring agency) regarding the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which the Town of Long Beach, Town Marshal, Volunteer Fire Department or other personnel are expected to respond.
ALARM SYSTEM USERS. Any corporation, partnership, unincorporated entity or individual, whether owner, occupant or tenant, upon whose premises or property an alarm system is maintained or operated within the Town of Long Beach, Indiana, except for an alarm system on motor vehicles; if, however, the alarm system on a motor vehicle is connected with an alarm system on premises, the person using such a system is an alarm user.
ALARM MONITORING AGENCY. Any corporation, partnership, unincorporated entity or individual who monitors an alarm system existing in the Town of Long Beach, Indiana on behalf of an alarm system user with the purpose of transmitting information to the Town of Long Beach Town Marshal, Fire Department or other town personnel regardless the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which the Long Beach Town Marshal, Volunteer Fire Department or other town personnel expected to respond.
TOWN. The Town of Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana.
FALSE ALARM. Any meritless signal received by the town or the Town Marshal or Town Volunteer Fire Department from an alarm monitoring agency to which the Town Marshal, Volunteer Fire Department or other town personnel are meant to respond, except such signals as are caused by criminal activity or Acts of God or circumstances not controlled by an alarm company or user.
(Ord. 9901, passed 4-12-99)