Definitions

Unless it is apparent from the context that another meaning is intended, the following words when used in this article shall have the following meanings:

Alarm system means any assembly of personnel or equipment, mechanical or electrical, so arranged to signal the occurrence of a possible fire requiring urgent attention, and to which the fire-rescue department is expected to respond, but does not include either alarms installed in conveyance or burglar alarms.

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

Automatic telephone dialing alarm system means an automatic dialing device or an automatic telephone dialing alarm system and shall include any system which, upon being activated, automatically transmits, by telephone or telephone line to the city fire-rescue department, a recorded message or code signal indicating a need for emergency response; the term also means a system which, upon activation, automatically connects with an answering service whose function it is to transmit to said department a need for emergency response.

Certified fire alarm company means fire alarm specialty electrical contractors or electrical contractors certified by the county or by the state, or individuals who are so certified.

False alarm means an electrical signal eliciting a response by the fire-rescue department when a situation requiring a response by the fire-rescue department does not in fact exist.

Hearing officer means an employee of the city designated by the city manager to act as an impartial arbitrator at hearings related to the enforcement of this article.

(Ord. No. 10073, § 1, 1-23-86; Code 1980, § 3.5-41)