§ 106.01. DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

ALARM ADMINISTRATOR: The person designated by the police chief to handle and deal with enforcement of burglar alarms and false alarms.

ALARM SYSTEM: Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of any actual or attempted burglary, robbery, fire or medical alarm to which the police or fire departments are expected to respond.

ALARM USER: Jointly and severally, any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, company or organization which owns, leases, or occupies the premises or property where an approved alarm system is maintained.

AUDIBLE ALARM: An alarm system or device that generates an audible sound outside a building, structure or facility, when used as a component of any alarm system.

AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE ALARM: A device which automatically dials any of the communications center emergency telephone lines with a prerecorded message, without human activation of the device by the alarm subscriber, or employee of the alarm subscriber, upon detection of an illegal entry or other illegal activity at the premises, or upon detection of a fire or medical emergency.

BURGLAR ALARM USER: May be the owner or occupant of a building or business who has any type of a connected security, mechanical, holdup, or burglar alarm.

CALENDAR YEAR: A twelve-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of every year.

DISCONNECTIONS OF ALARM OR ALARM SYSTEM: The disconnection or removal of alarm equipment, mechanical or electrical, or signal from any building, structure or facility so it no longer will transmit a signal of an actual or attempted burglary, robbery, fire or medical emergency to the listed supervising station.

FALSE ALARM: An activation or transmission of any alarm signal caused by human error, mechanical or electronic malfunction, to include faulty equipment and telephone lines, negligence of the alarm subscriber or alarm subscriber's employee, whether or not the exact cause of the alarm activation can be determined by responding units, or any other activation or transmission of any alarm signal where no actual or attempted burglary, robbery, fire or medical, or panic alarm need exists.

FIRE ALARM PERMITTEE: A person(s), firm, partnership, corporation, association, or organization required by this Code to have an approved fire alarm and/or fire suppression system arranged to signal the occurrence of any actual or attempted fire to the listed supervising station.

FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM: An integrated system of pipes designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards designed to deliver water to automatic sprinklers. System consists of piping water supply, sprinkler heads and certain equipment meant to notify the public that a water flow is taking place. Such devices may be in the form of a bell mounted to the building, flashing indicating lights (strobes), and other related supervisory equipment.

PERSON: A natural person, or a firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization, company, or other entity.

POLICE DEPARTMENT DESIGNEE: The individual chosen by the chief of police to oversee and administer the false alarm program.

PRERECORDED TELEPHONE MESSAGE: Any prerecorded voice message transmitted or received over a telephone line.

PROTECTED PREMISES: Any building, structure, or facility where an alarm system is installed to signal the occurrence of any actual or attempted burglary, robbery, fire or medical emergency to which the police or fire departments are expected to respond.

SUPERVISING STATION: A facility that receives signals from protected premises fire alarm systems and at which personnel are in attendance at all times to respond to these signals. These facilities include listed central stations and remote supervising stations.

(Ord. 97-26, passed 3-25-1997; Am. Ord. 01-32, passed 3-27-2001; Am. Ord. 03-13, passed 1-28-2003; Am. Ord. 10-119, passed 10-26-2010; Am. Ord. 16-078 , passed 8-23-2016)