<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 9-100. - Definitions.</div>
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               For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the
               context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Alarm signal</span> means detectable signal, audible or visual, generated by an alarm system, to which
               law enforcement or fire department is expected to respond.
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               <span class="ital">Alarm system </span>means any single device or assembly of equipment designed to signal the occurrence
               of an illegal or unauthorized entry or other activity requiring immediate attention
               and to which law enforcement or fire department is expected to respond, but does not
               include alarms installed in motor vehicles, domestic violence alarms, or alarms designed
               to elicit a medical response.
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               <span class="ital">Alarm user </span>means any person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, governmental or educational
               entity, or any other entity owning or leasing an alarm system, or on whose premises
               an alarm system is maintained for the protection of such premises.
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               <span class="ital">Automatic dial protection device</span> means an automatic dialing device or an automatic telephone dialing alarm system,
               and shall include any system which, upon being activated, automatically initiates
               to the county's communications center, sheriff's department or fire department a recorded
               message or code signal indicating a need for emergency response.
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               <span class="ital">False alarm </span>means the activation of an alarm system through mechanical or electronic failure,
               malfunction, improper installation, or the negligence of the alarm user, his or her
               employees, or agents, and signals activated to summon law enforcement or fire department
               personnel unless the alarm user or his or her agent canceled law enforcement or fire
               department response before law enforcement or fire department personnel arrive at
               the alarm location. An alarm is false within the meaning of this article when, upon
               inspection by law enforcement or fire department, evidence indicates that no unauthorized
               entry, robbery, or other such crime was committed or attempted in or on the premises
               or no evidence indicates the necessity of fire department response that would have
               activated a properly functioning alarm system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a false
               alarm shall not include an alarm that can reasonably be determined to have been caused
               or activated by unusually violent conditions of nature nor does it include other extraordinary
               circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user. In addition, an
               alarm activated during an alarm system testing procedure shall not be considered a
               false alarm if the alarm user first notifies and receives permission from the user's
               alarm company, or designee, to test the system.
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               <span class="ital">Local alarm</span> means an alarm system that emits a signal at an alarm site that is audible or visible
               from the exterior of a structure and is not monitored by a remote monitoring facility.
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               <span class="ital">Runaway alarm </span>means an alarm system that produces repeated alarm signals that do not appear to be
               caused by separate human action.
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               (Ord. of 12-2-19(1), pt. I)
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