(a) "Alarm permit" means a permit issued by the Chief of Police to any owner or other person in control of a building, property or part thereof located in the City to install and maintain an alarm system.
(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 robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion.
(c) "Inter-connected alarm system" means any alarm system which directly or indirectly, automatically or manually uses a telephone line to transmit an alarm or message upon activation of the alarm system.
(d) "Local alarm system" means any 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) "Alarm permit holder" means any person, organization or company who has a permit issued to him by the Chief of Police.
(f) "Automatic dialing device" means a device which is inter-connected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit by voice message or code signal an emergency message indicating a need for emergency response.
(g) "False alarm" means any alarm signal or message initiated and transmitted either automatically or manually through an alarm system to the City soliciting response by police when 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, installer or alarm permit holder.
(Ord. 125-79. Passed 10-8-79.)