<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-102. - Definitions.</div>
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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:
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               <span class="ital">Alarm system</span> means any electronic or mechanical device transmitting an alarm signal outside the
               location, intended to alert law enforcement personnel to an actual or attempted unauthorized
               entry into a building or to the commission or attempted commission of a crime; and
               to alert the appropriate fire department in case of fire. The definition shall include
               but not be limited to silent, audible and direct telephone dialer alarms.
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               <span class="ital">False alarm</span> means an alarm signal indicating that an entry or other crime was committed or attempted
               when evidence indicates, upon inspection after response to the alarm, that the alarm
               was activated through the subscriber's negligence or equipment malfunction within
               the control of the subscriber or alarm business operator. An alarm signal caused by
               conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to
               control by the subscriber or alarm business operator shall not be deemed a false alarm.
               An alarm signal transmitted during testing procedures approved in advance by the sheriff
               or his designee shall not be deemed a false alarm.
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               <span class="ital">Fee schedule</span> means the schedule of charges, levied by the county, as the cost of the permit authorizing
               the initial connection or hookup and an annual renewal fee.
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               <span class="ital">Subscriber</span> means any person owning or leasing an alarm system.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6-146)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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