For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM CONDITIONS. Alarms activated by unlawful violation of a user's property or other violations that the systems were designed to protect against, acts of God, or violent conditions, or by outside agencies not under the control of the owner, lessee, or his or her employee or agent.
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER. Any person, firm, or corporation that sells, leases, or installs automatic protection devices or signaling devices which transmit alarms upon receipt of a stimulus from a detection apparatus or a manually operated system.
ALARM SYSTEM. An assembly of equipment and devices such as a solid state unit, arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which Police or Fire Departments are expected to respond.
ALARM USER. Any person on whose residence, commercial property, or other premises an alarm system is maintained within the city, except for alarm systems on motor vehicles. Also, included are those systems which employ an audible signal emitting sounds or a flashing light or beacon designed to alert or signal persons outside the premises.
CENTRAL DISPATCH. A facility whose prime purpose is to monitor incoming alarm signals 24 hours a day, and relay the signal information to the appropriate authorities.
CITY. The City of Mount Vernon, Indiana.
DIRECT LINE. A telephone line leading directly into the communications center of the Police or Fire Department, that is for use only to report signals on a person-to-person basis.
FALSE ALARMS. The activation of an alarm system caused by improper operation, negligence, equipment malfunction, or intentional act by an unauthorized individual such as results in the dispatch of a city officer or Fire Department personnel, unnecessarily.
FIRE CHIEF. The Chief of the City Fire Department, or his or her authorized representative.
LOCAL ALARMS. A signaling system which, when activated, causes an audible or visual signaling device to be activated in or on the premises within which the system is installed.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, business association, entity, or society, but does not include the city.
POLICE CHIEF. The Chief of the Police Department of the City of Mount Vernon, or his or her authorized representative.
PUBLIC TRUNKLINE. A telephone line leading into the communication center of the Police or Fire Department that is for the purpose of handling emergency and administrative calls on a person-to-person basis.
SIGNALLNG DEVICE. An electrically operated instrument which automatically sends visual or audible signals to be registered by indicators at a monitor panel at the receiving terminal or central dispatch.
(Ord. 02-10, passed 5-28-02)