[Amended 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286, § 1]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
ALARM COMPANY—An entity that provides a service or protective system, or group of such systems, operated privately for an alarm user by a person, firm or corporation, and which maintains trained personnel and accepts signals or other messages from automatic protection devices at a protected premises reporting an emergency at a stated location and which has a duty to relay immediately by live voice or other communication method through designated channels, including and primarily through 9-1-1 telephone call answering points to emergency responders, particularly the Police Department or Fire Company. [Added 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER—Any person, firm or corporation who sells or leases or installs automatic protection devices.
ALARM REGISTRATION FORM—Form provided by the Code Enforcement Department to be updated and returned annually to the Code Enforcement Department by every alarm user; also “permit.” [Added 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
ALARM SYSTEM—Any commercial or residential automatic protection device or any commercial audible alarm system. [Added 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
ALARM USER—Any individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation, trust or other legally recognized entity in control of any premises having an automatic protection device which notifies the Police Department or Fire Company, either directly or indirectly, and requires the response of the Police Department or Fire Company. [Added 7-13-1993 by Ord. No. 843; amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
ANSWERING SERVICE—A service whereby trained employees in attendance at all times receive prerecorded voice messages from automatic protection devices reporting an emergency at a stated location and who have the duty to relay immediately by live voice any such emergency message over a designated or direct trunkline to the communications center of the Police or Fire Department.
AUDIBLE ALARM—Any device, bell, horn or siren which is attached to the interior or exterior of a building and emits a warning signal audible outside the building and designed to attract attention when activated by criminal act or other emergency requiring the Police Department or Fire Company to respond. [Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
AUTOMATIC PROTECTION DEVICE—Also “automatic protective device.” An electrically operated instrument, composed of sensory apparatus and related hardware, which automatically transmits an alarm or signal to be relayed to the Police Department or Fire Company. [Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
CENTRAL STATION PROTECTIVE SYSTEM—A protective system, or group of such systems, operated privately for customers by a person, firm or corporation which maintains supervisors and accepts recorded messages from automatic protection devices at a central station having trained operators and guards in attendance at all times that have the duty to take appropriate action upon receipt of a signal or message, including the relaying of messages by designated or direct trunkline to the communications center of the Police or Fire Department.
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT—The Chief of the Fire Department of Upper Dublin Township.
CHIEF OF POLICE—The Chief of the Upper Dublin Township Police Department.
CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT—The Code Enforcement Department of the Township of Upper Dublin. [Added 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
DESIGNATED TRUNKLINE [Repealed 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
DIRECT TRUNKLINE [Repealed 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
EMERGENCY RESPONDER [FIRST RESPONDER]—An individual or organization that responds in an official or officially authorized capacity to situations that endanger health, safety, or property. [Added 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
FALSE ALARM—Any signal activated by an automatic protection device, any audible alarm or any other kind of direct or indirect signal given the Police Department or Fire Company to which police or firemen respond, which alarm or signal is not the result of a burglary, fire, robbery or similar emergency. [Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER—The fire communications room and other rooms which house auxiliary communication equipment.
FIRE DEPARTMENT—The Township of Upper Dublin Fire Department. [Amended 3-11- 2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
FIRE MARSHAL—The Fire Marshal appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Upper Dublin Township.
INTERMEDIARY—An alarm company as herein defined. [Amended 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]
KEY—To use a telephone line and equipment for transmitting a message either directly or indirectly by an automatic protection device.
PERMIT—See “alarm registration form.” [Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
POLICE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER—The police communications room and other rooms which house auxiliary communication equipment.
POLICE DEPARTMENT—The Upper Dublin Township Police Department. [Amended 12- 12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
PRIMARY TRUNKLINE [Repealed 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
SECONDARY TRUNKLINE [Repealed 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 900]
SECRETARY—The Secretary of the Township of Upper Dublin.
VERIFIED RESPONSE—The process by which an alarm company attempts to contact a person at the premises protected by the alarm system by telephone and/or other electronic means to determine whether an alarm signal is valid or the result of an actual emergency before requesting the dispatch of emergency personnel in an attempt to avoid an unnecessary alarm dispatch request. A person on site at the protected premises who can properly be identified must verify whether an alarm signal is a valid emergency alarm prior to notification of an alarm to emergency responders. [Added 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1286]