(a) "After Hours" means outside of the hours of 8am – 4pm Monday through Friday.
(b) "Alarm system" means any assembly of equipment and devices which signals so as to be seen or heard outside the protected building or space, the presence of fire, smoke, robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion.
(c) "Interconnected alarm system" means an alarm system which directly or indirectly, automatically or manually uses a communication conveyance to transmit an alarm or message upon activation of the alarm system, and that such transmission is eventually delivered to either the City Police and/or Fire Departments.
(d) "Local alarm system" means an alarm system that when activated only sounds a horn, bell, buzzer or other type of audible or visible alarm that is designed to be audible or visible beyond the premises being served, but which does not result in the transmission of a signal to any other location.
(e) "Appropriate Chief" means the Massillon Chief of Police or the Massillon Fire Chief or his designee.
(f) "False alarm" means an alarm signal or message initiated and transmitted either automatically or manually through an alarm system, to the City eliciting response by police or fire personnel when fire, smoke, robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion does not, in fact, exist, but does not include an alarm signal caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, or other catastrophic acts of God not reasonably subject to control by the alarm manufacturer or installer. (Ord. 122-2016. Passed 9-19-16.)