As used in this chapter:
"Alarm administrator" means the person designated by the chief of police as the person responsible for administering the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8.36.060.
"Alarm appeals hearing officer" means the person designated by the chief of police as the person responsible for hearing appeals pursuant to Section 8.36.260.
"Alarm business" means the selling, monitoring, maintaining, servicing, altering, or installing of any alarm system or causing to be sold, monitored, maintained, serviced, altered, or installed any alarm system in or on any building, real property, or premises.
"Alarm company" means any person engaged in an alarm business for any consideration whatsoever. The term also includes "alarm system monitoring company."
"Alarm system" means an "alarm system" as defined in California Business and Professions Code Section 7590.1.
"Alarm system monitoring company" means any person that, for any considerations whatsoever, engages in the business, practice, or profession of monitoring alarm systems within the city, and that reports, directly or indirectly, any activation of alarm systems to the city, its departments, divisions, officials, agents, or employees including, but not limited to, the police department and/or police dispatch.
"Alarm user" means a person having or maintaining an alarm system on real property owned or controlled by that person.
"Alarm user permit" means the permit required under Section 8.36.200.
"Audible alarm" means an alarm system that, when activated, generates an audible sound at its location.
"Chief of police" means the chief of police of the city or designee.
"False alarm" means an alarm to which a public safety officer responds and, in the opinion of that officer, no evidence of the commission or attempted commission of a crime is present that can be reasonably attributed to have caused the alarm activation, or the responding officer is unable to determine if evidence of a criminal offense or attempted criminal offense is present because the site is inaccessible.
"One-plus duress alarm" means an alarm system that permits the manual activation of an alarm signal by entering on a keypad a code that adds the value of one to the last digit of its usual arm/disarm code.
"Public safety officers" means police officers, community safety officers, sheriff officers, and other public safety personnel authorized to enforce local, state, or federal laws.
"System subscriber" means any alarm user that has purchased, contracted for, or has had installed, an alarm system that is monitored by an alarm system monitoring company in or upon property that is owned or controlled by the system subscriber. (Ord. 2012-023 § 2)