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As used in this chapter, the following terms are defined in this section:

“Alarm system monitoring company” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or other form of association, that engages in the business of monitoring property, burglary, robbery, fire, smoke, sprinkler system flow or panic alarms, and reporting any activation of such alarm systems to the 911 Center.

“Alarm system user” means the person having or maintaining a property, burglary, robbery, fire, smoke, sprinkler system flow or panic alarm. It means only a subscriber when the system is connected to an alarm system monitoring company.

“Burglary alarm” has the same meaning as “property alarm” below.

“False alarm” means the activation of an alarm when (1) there is no evidence of a crime or other activity on the premises that would warrant a call for immediate police or fire assistance or investigation, and (2) no individual who was on or near the premises or who viewed a video communication from the premises called for the dispatch or confirmed a need for immediate police or fire response.

“Fire alarm” means a signal initiated by a device such as a manual fire alarm box, automatic fire detector, waterflow switch, smoke detector, or other device whose activation is indicative of the presence of a fire or fire signature.

“Fire chief” means the chief of fire or his designee.

“Fire department” means office of the fire chief.

Municipality. Wherever “municipality” is used in the fire prevention code, it means the city of Aberdeen.

“Person” whenever used in this chapter shall when necessary mean and include any person of either sex, associations, copartnerships and corporations whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee. The singular number shall, when necessary, include the plural and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.

“Police chief” means the chief of police or his designee.

“Police department” means office of the police chief.

“Property alarm” or “burglary alarm” means any system, device, or mechanism for detection and reporting of any unauthorized entry or attempted entry or property damage upon real property protected by the system which may be activated by sensors or other techniques, and, when activated, automatically transmits a telephone message, emits an audible or visible signal that can be heard or seen by persons outside the protected premises, or transmits a signal beyond the protected premises.

“System subscriber” means any person, corporation, or other business entity that purchased or contracted with an alarm system monitoring company for any alarm system.

(Ord. 6639 § 13, Amended, 12/12/2018. Prior code §§ 3.01.030, 3.02.060)