For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM COMPANY. Any person who sells, installs, services, monitors or responds to an alarm system.
ALARM NOTIFICATION. A notification intended to summon the police, which is designed either to be initiated purposely by an alarm system that
responds to a stimulus characteristic of unauthorized intrusion.
ALARM SITE. A single premises or location served by an alarm system that are under the control of one person.
ALARM SYSTEM. A device or system that emits, transmits or relays a signal intended to summon, or what would reasonably be expected to summon police services of the city, including, but not limited to, local alarms. ALARM SYSTEM does not include:
(1) An alarm installed on a vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site; nor
(2) An alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises that does not have a local alarm.
CONVERSION. The transaction or process by which one alarm company begins monitoring an alarm system previously monitored by another alarm company.
DURESS ALARM. The deliberate activation of a silent alarm by entering at a keypad a code that is different from the normal arm/disarm code, or by a separate deliberate act at another device.
FALSE ALARM NOTIFICATION. An alarm notification to the Police Department, when the responding officer arrives within 15 minutes after receipt of the alarm notification and upon inspection of the interior or exterior of the premises, finds no evidence of a criminal offense or attempted criminal offense.
HOLDUP ALARM. A silent alarm generated by the deliberate activation of holdup device.
KEYPAD. A device that allows control of an alarm system by the manual entering of code sequence of numbers or letters.
LOCAL ALARM. An alarm system that emits a signal at an alarm site that is audible or visible from the exterior of the structure.
MONITORING. The process by which an alarm company receives signals from an alarm system and relays an alarm notification to the city.
PERMIT HOLDER. The person designated in the application who is responsible for responding to alarms and giving access to the site and who is also responsible for proper maintenance and operation of the alarm system and payment of fees.
PERSON. An individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization or similar entity.
POLICE. The City of Tool Police Department.
SPECIAL TRUNK LINE. A telephone line leading into the communication center of the police department that is for the primary purpose of receiving emergency messages that originate from automatic protection devices and are transmitted directly or through an intermediary.
TAKEOVER. The transaction or process by which a person takes over control of an existing alarm system that previously controlled by another person.
(Ord. 106A, passed 11-16-2000)