503.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the plural number include the singular number; and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

   (a)   "Alarm agent" means any person employed by or acting on behalf of an alarm business whose duties include the altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing, responding to, or causing others to respond to an alarm device.

   (b)   "Alarm business" means any business operated by a person for a profit which engages in the activity of altering, installing, leasing, maintaining, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing or responding to a fire, burglar or holdup alarm system, or which causes any of these activities to take place.

   (c)   "Alarm system" means an assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device such as a solid state unit which plugs directly into a 110 volt AC line) arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which police or firefighters are expected to respond. In this chapter, the term "alarm system" shall include:

      (1)   "Automatic holdup alarm system" means an alarm system in which a signal transmission is initiated by the action of a robber.

      (2)   "Burglar alarm system" means an alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system.

      (3)   "Holdup alarm system" means an alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery.

      (4)   "Manual holdup alarm system" means an alarm system in which the signal transmission is initiated by the direct action of the person attacked or by an observer of the attack.

      (5)   "Fire alarm system" means an alarm system which monitors temperature, humidity or any other condition of a fire hazard nature, and is not directly related to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a premises or an attempted robbery at a premises.

   (d)   The term "Chief of Police" means the duly appointed Chief of the Shaker Heights Police Department, or his authorized representative, and for the purposes of this chapter, shall be construed to include the Chief of the Shaker Heights Fire Department (herein referred to as the "Fire Chief") or his authorized representative in regard to duties as set forth in Section 503.10.

      (Ord. 74-128. Enacted 11-25-74.)