[Amended 6-28-1994; 1-9-1996]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any business operated for a profit which engages in the activity of altering, installing, leasing, maintaining, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing or responding to a burglar or holdup alarm system or fire alarm system or which causes any of these activities to take place.
An assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device, such as a solid-state unit, which plugs directly into a one-hundred-ten-volt AC line) arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which police or fire are expected to respond. In this chapter, the term "alarm system" shall include but not be limited to the terms "automatic holdup alarm systems," "burglar alarm systems," "holdup alarm systems," "manual holdup alarm systems," "audible alarm systems" and "fire alarm systems" or similar systems. Alarm systems which monitor temperature, humidity or any other condition not directly related to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a premises or an attempted robbery or a fire or smoke condition at a premises are specifically excluded from the provisions of this chapter.
An alarm system which gives alarm by means of a bell, siren, buzzer or similar sound-producing device mounted at some location other than wholly within a building or which, when activated, is clearly audible at a distance of 50 feet or more outside of any building in which it is mounted.
Refers to an alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded voice message or coded signal indicating the existence of the emergency situation that the alarm system is designed to detect.
An office to which remote alarm and supervisory signaling devices are connected, where operators supervise the circuits and where operators transmit the alarm to the West Hartford Emergency Reporting Center or direct security guards to investigate the alarm.
An alarm system which has the capability of transmitting system signals to and receiving them at any agency maintained by the Town, such as the communication center.
A telephone line leading directly from a central station to the communication center of the Police Department that is for use only to report emergency signals on a person-to-person basis.
An activation of a fire, burglar, holdup or security system or combination of burglar/fire system that is caused by some accidental, malicious or intentional act on the part of the system owner, employee, worker or person other than an intruder, some internal fault of the system or in its communication device or by carelessness or mistakes.
Refers to a signal or message from a person or device indicating the existence of a fire or other emergency which requires Fire Department action.
To connect an alarm system to a voice-grade telephone line, either directly or through a mechanical device that utilizes a standard telephone, for the purpose of using the telephone line to transmit an emergency message upon the activation of the alarm system.
A telephone line providing voice communication with the West Hartford Emergency Reporting Center which is for the purpose of sending and receiving person-to-person telephone calls and which is listed as an emergency or nonemergency telephone number assigned to the West Hartford Police Department or West Hartford Fire Department in the telephone directory issued by the telephone company.
An alarm system sounding and/or recording alarm and supervisory signals at a control center located within the protected premises, the control center being under the supervision of the proprietor of the protected premises. If a proprietary system includes a signal line connected directly or by means of an automatic dialing device to a police communication center, a central station, modified central station or answering service, it thereby becomes an alarm system, as defined in this chapter.
An alarm signaling system which, when activated by an alarm device, transmits a signal from an alarm signaling device to the Police Department or other central location, where appropriate action is taken to investigate and respond to the signal.
A telephone line leading into the communication center of the Police Department and having the primary purpose of handling emergency signals or messages originating either directly or through a central location from automatic dialing devices.
A person who buys and/or leases or otherwise obtains an alarm system and thereafter installs it or has it installed. The term "subscriber" shall also mean a person who has control of a premises in which an operable alarm system exists.