For the purpose of these Codified Ordinances, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
911 COORDINATOR. The employee of the city, designated by the Chief of Police, whose responsibility it is to coordinate the administration and documentation of the 911 system’s performance as it relates to the effective enforcement of the provisions of this section.
911 SYSTEM. A system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 911.
ALARM BUSINESS. The business, by any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity, of maintaining, servicing, repairing, installing or monitoring any alarm system in or on any building, structure or facility.
ALARM SYSTEM. Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, with one or more zones, arranged to signal the occurrence of an unauthorized entry, robbery or medical and/or other emergency, or any other activities requiring urgent attention and to which the Police and/or Fire Divisions are expected to respond.
ALARM USER. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind owning or in control of any building, structure or facility where an alarm system is maintained or used.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE. A device which is interconnected to a telephone line and which is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit, by a voice message or coded signal, an emergency message indicating the need for an emergency response.
BULKY HOUSEHOLD REFUSE. Discarded household items which may consist of, but are not limited to, furniture, bed springs and/or mattresses, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, dryers, washers, water heaters, wood (not over four feet in length), toys, porcelain, carpeting (bundled and tied, not to exceed four square feet per bundle), leather, rubber products, plastics, Christmas trees and excessive fruit on residential property, excluding orchards.
CONSTRUCTION WASTE. Waste from building construction, alterations or repair, such as, but not limited to, earth, sand, brick, stone, concrete, plaster, and the like, dirt from excavations, and unusual or special manufacturing or trade waste not classified as municipal waste.
EMERGENCY SITUATION. A sudden or unexpected happening that apparently calls for public safety services action without delay.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE. The Director of Public Service, or the City Manager or his or her properly authorized agent acting within the scope of the duties assigned by the City Manager.
FALSE ALARM. The activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation or the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or of his or her employees or agents. FALSE ALARMS do not include alarms caused either directly or indirectly by natural phenomenon (i.e. weather).
FALSE CALL. The use of the 911 system when no emergency situation exists or to report no existing emergency. However, the inadvertent dialing of the telephone number 911 is not a false call if the caller remains on the line to explain the error.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Any waste or combination of wastes, in solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous form, that, because of its quantity, concentration or physical or chemical characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment when improperly managed.
INTERCONNECT. To connect an alarm system, including an automatic dialing device, to a telephone line, either directly or through a mechanical or other device that utilizes the telephone, for the purpose of using the telephone line to transmit a message upon the activation of the alarm system.
LIQUID WASTE. Any material of a liquid nature which is being discarded.
LOCAL ALARMS. Those alarms which provide an audible signal within the proximity of the premises only.
MEDICAL WASTE. Includes, but is not limited to, cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, tissues, organs, body parts, human blood, products of blood, sharps used in patient care or laboratories, contaminated animal carcasses or body parts, wastes from surgery or autopsies, laboratory wastes, dialysis wastes, medical equipment and parts and biological wastes.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES or APARTMENT. The grouping together, under a common roof, of two or more residential units.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. Waste that consists of certain discarded products incidental to housekeeping, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, rubbish and bulky household refuse.
PANIC ALARM BUTTON. An automatic alarm system signaling a robbery, attempted robbery, burglary, attempted burglary or medical emergency.
REFUSE. All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body waste), including garbage, rubbish, dead animals, and the like, which are incidental to housekeeping.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. The place of abode of a person or persons living separately or together as an independent family.
RUBBISH. Includes the miscellaneous waste material and refuse from housekeeping and includes, but is not limited to, boxes, cartons, paper, ashes, tin cans, bottles, metals, wood, and the like.
SANITATION SERVICE. Includes refuse collection, street cleaning, leaf collection and refuse disposal operations.
YARD DEBRIS. Grass cuttings, leaves, tree trimmings, hedge clippings and similar lawn refuse.
ZONE. The process of dividing a building into specific areas. Alarm initiating devices in any area, when operated, cause the specific areas of danger to be known by illuminating an annunciator and/or causing a coded or noncoded alarm signal to be sounded, as determined by the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief.
(1997 Code, §§ 1060.01, 1064.02, 1064.05) (Ord. 89-86, passed 12-28-1989; Ord. 91-49, passed 9-12-1991)