As used in this chapter:
(a) "Alarm permit" means a permit issued by the Chief of Police, upon approval first being obtained from the Mayor, to any owner or other person in control of a building or property, or part thereof, located in the Village, to install and maintain an interconnected alarm system.
(b) "Alarm system" means any assembly of equipment and devices which signals, so as to be seen or heard outside the protected building or space, the presence of fire, smoke, robbery, burglary, vandalism or unauthorized intrusion.
(c) "Interconnected alarm system" means an alarm system which, directly or indirectly, automatically or manually, uses a telephone line to transmit an alarm upon activation of the alarm system.
(d) "Local alarm system" means an alarm system that, when activated, only sounds a horn, bell, buzzer or other type of audible or visible alarm that is designed to be audible or visible beyond the premises being served, but which does not result in the transmission of a signal to any other location.
(e) "Alarm permit holder" means a person who has a permit issued to him or her by the Chief of Police, upon approval first being obtained from the Mayor.
(f) "Automatic dialing device" means a device which is interconnected to a telephone line and programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and to transmit by code signal an emergency message indicating a need for emergency response.
(Ord. 1983-37. Passed 9-20-83.)
(g) "False alarm" means an emergency alarm, activated by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional acts, including, but not limited to, malfunction of the alarm system, to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds. The definition excludes false alarms caused by malfunctions of the indicator at the police or fire station; malfunction, testing or repairing of telephone equipment or lines; malfunction, testing or repairing of the normal power supply source for alarms; acts of God, such as earthquake, flood, windstorm, thunder or lightning; an attempted illegal entry of which there is visible evidence; or the user acting under a sincere belief that a need exists to call the Police Department or the Fire Department. If a doubt exists as to the cause of a favor of the alarm user. Multiple alarms received before the system can be deactivated within a reasonable period of time shall be considered a single alarm.