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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Alarm system contractor means a contractor who contracts with a subscriber, owner or lessee of premises to provide and maintain alarm transmitting and/or receiving equipment, meaning equipment which terminates at either a city or a remote communications center, and which, when activated, produces and transmits a silent signal to an alarm center.
Audible alarm system means a system which produces an audible or visible signal at the point of origin.
Emergency means an occasion which reasonably calls for a response by the police department or fire department. A response due to failure of the alarm system or to personnel error is not an emergency. Any person who contends that the chief has erroneously determined that an emergency did not exist shall, upon written request to the chief of police or fire chief, ask for a hearing with respect to such determination and shall be given a hearing by a representative of the chief of police or fire chief within 30 days after receipt of such request. The request shall set forth why: (1)
An emergency did exist; or
(2)
The false alarm resulted from circumstances beyond the writer's control.
The representative of the chief of police or fire chief shall, within ten days after the hearing, give written notice of his decision.
False alarm means any alarm signal necessitating response by the city police or fire department when an emergency does not exist. The chief of police or the fire chief shall evaluate whether an emergency did exist.
Franchisee means any person with a franchise from the city to provide alarm receiving equipment at a city communications center for the purpose of processing alarm signals.
Remote alarm system means a system which transmits a silent signal from an owner's or lessee's location to a remote communications center separate from the city communications center.
Subscriber means any person whose premises are protected by an alarm system which is utilizing alarm receiving equipment provided by the franchisee at a city communications center.
Subscriber alarm system means a police or fire alarm system which terminates in the alarm receiving equipment housed in a city communications center.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-231)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.