"Alarm business" means any persons engaged in the business of installing, planning the installation, assisting in planning the installation, servicing, maintaining, monitoring, repairing, replacing, moving or removing alarm systems in the city.

"Alarm coordinator" means the individual designated by the chief of police to issue permits and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

"Alarm system" means any mechanism, equipment or device which is designated to detect an unauthorized entry into any building or onto any property, or to direct attention to a robbery, burglary or other emergency in progress, and to signal the above occurrences either by a local or audible alarm or by a silent or remote alarm or that is designated to detect smoke or fire hazards. The following devices shall not constitute alarm systems within the meaning of this subsection:

A. Devices which do not register alarms that are audible, visible or perceptible outside the protected premises;

B. Devices which are not installed, operated or used for the purpose of reporting an emergency to the police department;

C. Alarm devices affixed to motor vehicles; and

D. Alarm devices installed on a temporary basis by the police department.

"Alarm user" means the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure of facility or portion thereof wherein an alarm system is maintained.

"Answering service" means a telephone answering service providing among its services the receiving on a continuous basis through trained employees of emergency signals from alarm systems and the subsequent relaying of such messages by a live voice to the police department.

"Automatic dialing device" means an alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone lines, by direct connection or otherwise a prerecorded voice message indicating the existence of an emergency situation that the alarm system is designed to detect.

"Central station" means an office to which alarm systems are connected, where operators supervise the circuits, and where guards and/or servicemen are maintained continuously to investigate signals.

"Direct line" means a telephone line leading directly from a central station to the police department, where said line is used only to report emergency signals on a person-to-person basis.

"Emergency" means the commission or attempted commission of a robbery, burglary or other criminal action or a hazard caused by smoke or fire.

"Employee" means any person who is employed by an alarm business and who sells, installs, services, maintains, repairs or replaces alarm systems in the city.

"False alarm" means the activation of an alarm system which results in a response by the police department or fire department personnel where an emergency does not exist. It includes an alarm signal caused by conditions of nature which are normal for that area and subject to control by the alarm business operator or alarm user. "False alarm" does not include an alarm signal caused by extraordinarily violent conditions of nature not reasonably subject to control.

"Intrusion alarm system" means an alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system.

"Local alarm" means any noise-making alarm device.

"Modified central station" means an office to which alarm systems are connected, where operators supervise the circuits, but where guards are not maintained to investigate alarm signals.

"Permittee" means the person to whom an alarm user permit is issued.

"Person" means and includes natural persons, without regard to number or gender, and any partnership, corporation, and any other type of legal entity.

"Physical duress system" means an alarm system signaling a robbery or other physical endangerment.

"Trunkline" means a telephone line leading into the police department and having the primary purpose of handling emergency signals or messages on a person-to-person basis, originating through a central station, modified central station or answering service. (Ord. 7-26-94A § 1)