§ 210.010. Definitions., Chapter 210. Alarm Systems, Public Health, Safety and Welfare, Code of Ordinances, Blue Springs

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

ALARM AGENT

Any person, corporation, or partnership who is employed by an alarm business, either directly or indirectly, whose duties include any of the following: Selling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing, on or in any building, structure, or facility any alarm system.

ALARM BUSINESS

Shall mean and include any business engaged in any of the activities of selling, installing, servicing, altering, leasing, repairing, maintaining, replacing, moving, monitoring, or responding to an alarm system and causing any of these activities to take place.

ALARM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

A number issued to an alarm subscriber by the Police Department of the City for the purpose of identifying that alarm system for dispatching and recordkeeping purposes. The decal on which this number is printed is commonly known as an "alarm permit."

ALARM SUBSCRIBER

Any person, corporation, or partnership that leases, contracts for, buys or otherwise obtains and operates an alarm system for the purpose of obtaining a response to the alarm from the Police, and on whose premises an alarm system is maintained, excluding audible alarms on motor vehicles.

ALARM SYSTEM

Any device, which is designed or used for the detection of burglary or attempted burglary or fire, or for alerting others of the commission of a robbery or attempted robbery within a building, structure, or facility or both, and which emits a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated for the purpose of deterring the intruder or notifying another person of the happening or both.

AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE

Shall refer to an alarm system, which automatically sends over the telephone switching network, a prerecorded voice message or coded signal indicating existence of an unlawful act or situation to which a Police or Fire Department response is requested. This definition refers only to those devices which terminate at any Blue Springs Police Department, Blue Springs Emergency Medical Service, or Central Jackson County Fire Protection District telephone line.

CALENDAR YEAR

Any year beginning January first, at 12:01 A.M. and ending at Midnight, December 31.

FALSE ALARM

The activation of a burglary, robbery, fire, or other alarm, whereby the Police or Fire Department are summoned to a location, and neither of these offenses or a fire have occurred or have been attempted, except that an alarm will not be considered a false alarm if it is determined that the alarm was caused by:

1.

Natural or man-made catastrophe, or an act of God. Such events include tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, or other similarly violent conditions.

2.

Vandalism causing physical damage to the premises.

3.

Telephone line outage or power outage.

4.

Attempted entry of a location causing visible physical or other evidence of damage to the location.

5.

The test of a local alarm system by a licensed alarm business agent or employee who is present at the premises servicing, repairing or installing the alarm when such testing does not result in the alarm being activated for an uninterrupted period exceeding sixty (60) seconds and when the Blue Springs, Missouri, Police Department has been notified in advance of the test.

TELEPHONE COMPANY

The utility that furnishes telephone service to the City area.