As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall be construed as herein defined:
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER: Any person, firm or corporation that sells, leases or installs automatic protection devices or signaling devices.
AUTOMATIC PROTECTION DEVICE: An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus and related hardware which automatically sends, over regular telephone lines, a prerecorded voice alarm upon receipt of a stimulus from the sensory apparatus that has detected a force or condition characteristic of an unauthorized intrusion or other condition initiating police response.
OWNER: As applied to any building or structure, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, whether legal or beneficial, or lessee or occupant of any portion of a building or structure.
SIGNALING DEVICE: An electrically operated instrument which automatically sends visual and audible signals over a signal line to be registered by indicators at a monitor panel at a receiving terminal or to an exterior device. (Ord. 90-32, 5-10-1990)