(a) “Alarm user” means a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure or facility where an alarm system is maintained.
(b) “Alarm system” means any assembly of equipment (mechanical, electrical or detecting device) arranged to signal the occurrence of an unauthorized entry, burglary, fire or other activity requiring urgent attention, and to which the Police Department and/or Fire Department is expected to respond, either as an automatic dialing device directly connected to the Police and/or Fire Department, or an audible alarm inside or outside the premises.
(c) “Automatic dialing device” means a device or system which, upon activation of the alarm, automatically interconnects the telephone system thereby utilizing the telephone system to select a predetermined telephone number for the purpose of transmitting a recorded emergency message of a voice or coded signal indicating a need for emergency response.
(d) “False alarm” means the activation of an alarm when there is no emergency, attempted or forced entry, or risk from fire, heat or smoke. This also includes the activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation or the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or his employees or agents. Such terminology does not include alarms caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or other similarly violent conditions or other conditions clearly beyond the control of the user. It also does not include the activating of an alarm system while the system is being tested to determine whether or not the system is in proper working order, provided the Police Department and/or Fire Department has been notified prior to the time the alarm is being tested.
(e) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization or similar entity.
(Ord. 117-98. Passed 7-13-98.)