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As used in this chapter:

ALARM BUSINESS: An individual, partnership, corporation or other entity that engages in the business of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing a security alarm system in an alarm site.

ALARM SITE: A single premises or location served by a security alarm system or systems. Each tenancy, if served by a separate security alarm system in a multi-tenant building or complex shall be considered a separate alarm site.

ALARM SYSTEM MONITORING COMPANY: Any individual, partnership corporation or other form of association that engages in the business of monitoring security alarm systems and reporting any activation of alarm systems to the police.

ALARM USER: Any individual, partnership, corporation or other form of association that owns or leases a security alarm system or on whose premises a security alarm system is maintained for the protection of the premises.

AUTOMATIC DIALING TELEPHONE ALARM: A security alarm system with a device that automatically dials the police department without human activation of the device by the alarm user.

CHIEF: The chief of police of the city of St. George and the chief’s designee.

DEPARTMENT: The city of St. George police department.

DISPATCH OR RESPONSE: A discretionary decision whether to direct police units to a location where there has been a request, made by whatever means, for police assistance or investigation. There is no duty to dispatch under any circumstances, including to answer an alarm signal, and all dispatch decisions are made subject to competing priorities and available police resources.

FALSE ALARM: An alarm signal eliciting notification to and a response by the police when there is no evidence of crime or other activity that warrants a call for immediate police assistance, and no person who was on or near the property or has viewed a video communication from the property call for the police dispatch or confirmed the need for police assistance. “False alarm” does not include an alarm signal caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the alarm user.

SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM: Any system, device or mechanism for the detection and reporting of any unauthorized entry or attempted entry or property damage upon premises protected by the system that may be activated by sensors or other techniques and, when activated, automatically transmits a telephone message or emits an audible or visible, or electronic signal that can be heard, seen or received by persons outside of the protected premises and is intended to summon police assistance. (Ord. 5-4-1999, 5-6-1999)