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SECTION 1. PURPOSE <br /> <br /> (A) The purpose of this ordinance is to encourage Alarm Users and Alarm Businesses to <br />maintain the operational reliability and properly use Alarm Systems and to reduce or eliminate False Alarm <br />Dispatch Requests. <br /> <br /> (B) This ordinance governs users of systems intended to summon law enforcement, fire <br />department or emergency medical services response, requires permits, establishes fees, provides for <br />penalties for violations, establishes a system of administration, and sets conditions for suspension or loss of <br />permits. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />In this ordinance: <br /> <br /> (A) Alarm Adminis~'ator means a Person or Persons designated by the county manager to <br />administer, control and review alarm applications, permits and Alarm Dispatch Requests. <br /> <br /> (B) Alarm Business means the business, by an individual, partnership, corporation or other <br />entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, se~cing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving, installing or Monitoring <br />an Alarm System in an Alarm Site. <br /> <br /> (C) Alarm Dispatch Request means a notification to the law enforcement, fire or emergency <br />medical dispatch center bythe Alarm Business that an alarm, either manual or automatic has been <br />activated at a particular Alarm Site. <br /> <br />(D) Alarm Review Authority shall mean the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. <br /> <br /> (E) Alarm Site means a single premises or location served by an Alarm System or systems. <br />Each tenancy, if sep/ed by a separate Alarm System in a multi-tenant building or complex shall be <br />considered a separate Alarm Site. <br /> <br /> (F) Alarm System means a device or series of devices, including, but not limited to, systems <br />interconnected with hard wires or with radio frequency signals, which are designed to discourage or detect <br />crime, detect smoke or fire, or summons emergency medical assistance by emitting or transmitting a <br />remote or local audible, visual or electronic signal indicating an alarm condition. Alarm System does not <br />include: <br /> <br /> (1) an alarm installed on a vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site; <br />or <br /> (2) an alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises that does not have a <br />sounding device which can be heard on the exterior of the Alarm Site. <br /> <br /> (G) Alarm User means any Person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity who (which) <br />uses an Alarm System at its Alarm Site. <br /> <br />(H) Chief means the duly appointed Chief of a police or fire department. <br /> <br /> <br />