Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this chapter:
211 ALARM or TAKEOVER ALARM means a silent alarm dispatch request generated by the manual activation of an alarm system device intended to signal that a robbery is in progress or that an alarm site has been entered by intruders.
ALARM means a sound, signal, or message generated by an alarm system.
ALARM AGENT means a person employed by an alarm business, whose duties include altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, or servicing alarm systems.
ALARM BUSINESS means a commercial enterprise that sells, leases, installs, moves, maintains, alters, services, or monitors alarm systems. Alarm business does not include a business that:
(1) Sells but does not service alarm systems; or
(2) Manufactures alarm systems and sells the same to retailers, and not to the public.
ADMINISTRATOR means the Police Chief, or designee.
ALARM DISPATCH means a visit by a public safety officer to an alarm site in response to an alarm dispatch request.
ALARM DISPATCH REQUEST means a notification to the city that an alarm has been activated at an alarm site.
ALARM SITE means a building, structure, or portions thereof, at which an alarm system operates, except that in multi-tenant structures, each alarm system is considered to serve a separate alarm site.
ALARM SYSTEM means any mechanical or electrical device or connected devices, not including a smoke detector, designed or used for the detection of unauthorized entry into a building or structure, or the commission of an unlawful act within a building or structure, or the existence of a fire or medical emergency within a building or structure, that when activated emits a sound and/or transmits a signal or message.
AUDIBLE ALARM. means an alarm system device that, when activated, emits an audible sound at the alarm site.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE means a device that automatically sends, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded voice message or coded signal indicating the existence of an emergency to the Public Safety Department or other city facility.
FALSE ALARM DISPATCH means an alarm dispatch to which the responding public safety officer, having completed a timely investigation of the alarm site, finds no evidence of a situation requiring a response by a public safety officer.
MONITORING means the process by which an alarm business receives signals from alarm systems and relays an alarm dispatch request to the city.
ONE PLUS CODE means an alarm system code that adds one to the last digit of the normal arm/disarm code.
OWNER means any person owning or leasing real property upon which an alarm system is operated or maintained.
PERSONAL ALARM DEVICE means a personal reporting device carried on a person to report a medical or other personal emergency.
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT means the Santa Paula Police Department or Santa Paula Fire Department.
SILENT ALARM means an alarm system device or connected devices, when activated, automatically transmits a non-audible message or signal to an alarm business, indicating the need for an emergency response to the alarm site.
UNSECURED, in reference to an alarm site, means that a building or structure is not equipped with a lock, bar or other device that prevents a door or window from being opened from the exterior of the alarm site without breaking the door or window.
(Ord. 1136, passed 5-1-06)