As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated, unless otherwise expressly stated:
ALARM SUPPLIER
The business of any individual, partnership or corporation
of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering,
replacing, moving or installing an alarm system.
ALARM SYSTEM
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical, electrical or battery
operated, arranged to signal the occurrence of a police, fire or medical
emergency requiring urgent attention and immediate response by the
Police or Fire Department.
ANSWERING SERVICE
A service whereby trained employees, in attendance at all
times, receive prerecorded voice messages from automatic dialing devices
reporting an emergency at a stated location, where such employees
have the duty to relay immediately by live voice any such message
to the Police or Fire Department which must immediately respond.
AUDIBLE ALARM
Any device, bill, horn or siren which is attached to the
interior or exterior of a building, structure or facility and emits
a warning signal audible outside which is designed to attract attention
and signal a police or fire emergency.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE
A device which is interconnected to a telephone line and
is programmed to transmit a signal by voice or coded message to an
answering service to indicate an emergency which requires an immediate
response by the Police or Fire Department.
CENTRAL STATION
A protective system or group of such systems owned privately
for customers by a person, firm or corporation, having operators and
guards in attendance at all times who accept emergency messages and
transmit notification of such emergency to the Police or Fire Department.
CHIEF OF POLICE
The administrative head of the Police Department who shall
have responsibility for the registration of all alarm systems within
the township and the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
COMMUNICATION CENTER
A system which shall be maintained by Radnor Township and
which shall monitor on a continuous basis the reception of emergency
messages or signals received from an alarm system.
EMERGENCY
A police, fire, medical or hazard emergency.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm activated in the absence of an emergency, whether
willfully, by inadvertance or by lack of maintenance to an alarm system
which requires an emergency response by the Police or Fire Department.
This definition shall exclude malfunctions resulting from the testing
of equipment; provided, however, that written notification has been
received by the Police Department advising as to the date and time
of such test. Malfunctions resulting from the repair of telephone
or electrical lines or acts of God, such as windstorms, thunder or
lightning, shall also be excluded from this definition. If doubt exists
as to the cause of a "false alarm," a final determination shall be
made by the Chief of Police.
HAZARD EMERGENCY
An explosion, leak of toxic gas, liquefied or solid, or a
potential leak or explosion.
KEY
To use a telephone line and equipment for transmitting a
message, either directly or indirectly, by an automatic dialing device.
INTERMEDIARY
A central station protective system or an answering service
as herein defined.
REGISTRATION
Written permission duly received through the Police Department
upon the filing of all necessary information and the payment of a
fee as required by this chapter.