§ 13-51. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following terms have the definitions herein ascribed to them:

Alarm site: Any premises or location served by a general alarm system.

Alarm system: A device or system that transmits a signal intended to summon police of a municipality in response to a burglary. The term includes an alarm that emits an audible signal on the exterior of a structure. The term does not include an alarm installed on a vehicle, unless the vehicle is used for a habitation at a permanent site, or an alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants within the premises.

Burglar/intrusion alarm notification: Notification intended to summon the police, which is initiated or triggered manually or by a stimulus characteristic of unauthorized intrusion.

Commercial unit: Any business establishment.

Director: The chief of police or his authorized representative.

Emergency medical assistance alarm notification: A notification intended to summon emergency medical assistance from the city.

False alarm notification: A false police alert, false burglary alarm notification, or false emergency medical assistance alarm notification, but shall not include a false robbery alarm notification.

False burglar/intrusion alarm: An alarm notification to the police when the responding officer finds no evidence of unauthorized intrusion or attempted unauthorized intrusion.

False robbery alarm notification: A robbery alarm notification to the police when the responding police officer finds no evidence of a robbery or attempted robbery.

Fire alarm notification: A notification to the fire department intended to summon fire fighting forces, which is initiated or triggered manually by an alarm system designed to react to any of the visual or physical characteristics of fire.

General alarm system: A device or system that transmits or relays a signal, indirectly, other than by community antenna television cable, intended to summon emergency police, fire or emergency medical assistance services of the city.

Governmental unit: Any tax supported entity or structure, including public buildings.

Local alarm: An alarm system that emits a signal at an alarm site that is audible or visible from the exterior of a structure and has as its purpose the summoning of aid from the police department or the deterring or apprehension of an intruder.

Permit: A certificate, license, permit, or other form of permission that authorizes a person to engage in an action.

Permit holder: The person who has received an alarm permit and is directly responsible for management and control of the alarm site. In any multiple-family dwelling unit (more than four dwelling units per building), the permit holder shall be the occupant of the individual multiple-family dwelling unit.

Police alert alarm notification: An alarm notification which does not differentiate between burglar/intrusion and robbery but is intended to summon the police whenever a real and immediate threat to life exists.

Site: The premises upon which the alarm notification is located.

(Ord. No. 715, § 1, 10-14-1991; Ord. No. 98-1041, § 1, 6-15-1998; Code 1983, § 13-51)