As used in this chapter:
(a) Alarm business means a business conducted by any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity involving the selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing of any alarm system, or causing to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed any alarm system, in or on any building, structure or facility.
(b) Alarm system means any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which police are expected to respond.
(c) Alarm user means a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure, facility or premises where an alarm system is maintained.
(d) Automatic dialing device means a device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit by a voice message or code signal an emergency message indicating the need for an emergency response.
(e) False alarm means 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 of his or her employees or agents. Such terminology does not include, for example, alarms caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or other similarly violent conditions or other conditions clearly beyond the control of the user, and does not include activation of an alarm system while such system is being tested to determine whether or not the system is in proper working order.
(f) Interconnect means to connect an alarm system, including an automatic dialing device, to a telephone line, either directly or through a mechanical device that utilizes the telephone for the purpose of using the telephone line to transmit a message upon the activation of the alarm system to the Police Department.
(g) Issuing authority means the Chief of Police or his or her issuing designate.
(h) Local alarms means those alarms which activate an audible signal within the proximity of the premises only.
(i) Transfer interconnect means to transfer a message through to a central location upon activation of the alarm system, to be relayed to the Police Department through telephone communication.
(Ord. 1983-63. Passed 9-6-83.)