§ 3-26. Definitions.

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 Business means the business of any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any Alarm System or causing any Alarm System to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed in or on any building, structure or facility. An Alarm Business shall be a burglar alarm specialty electrical contractor which shall have, as a qualifying agent, a master burglar alarm technician with a valid Dade County certificate of competency.

Alarm Permit means a permit issued by the Village allowing the installation or modification of an Alarm System within the Village.

Alarm System means any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which the Police Department is expected to respond, but does not include alarms installed in conveyances or fire alarms.

Alarm User means any Person, in control of any building, structure or facility or portion thereof wherein an Alarm System is maintained.

Alarm User Certificate means a registration certificate issued by the Village allowing the operation of an Alarm System within the Village.

Automatic Telephone Dialing Alarm System means the automatic dialing device of an Automatic Telephone Dialing Alarm System, and shall include any system which, upon being activated, automatically transmits by telephone or telephone line to the Police Department a recorded message or code signal indicating a need for emergency response.

False Alarm means an alarm signal eliciting a response by police when a situation requiring a response by the police does not, in fact, exist.

(Code 1974, § 3½-17; Ord. No. 517, § 3, 4-13-07)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.