As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged
to signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring
urgent attention and to which police and/or fire personnel would be
expected to respond.
ALARM USER
The person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure
or facility who or which purchases, leases, contracts for or otherwise
obtains an alarm system or for the servicing or maintenance of an
alarm system and therefore contracts with or hires an alarm business
to monitor and/or service the alarm device.
ANSWERING SERVICE
A telephone answering business providing among its services
the service of receiving on a continuous basis, through trained employees,
emergency signals from alarm systems and thereafter immediately relaying
the message by live voice to the communication center of the Parsons,
Kansas Police Department.
AUTOMATIC DIAL PROTECTION DEVICE
An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus
and related hardware which automatically sends over regular telephone
lines a prerecorded voice alarm upon receipt of a stimulus from the
sensory apparatus that has detected a force or condition characteristic
of an unauthorized intrusion or an emergency message indicating a
need for emergency response.
BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM
An alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into
an area protected by the system.
CALENDAR YEAR
Those dates than run from January 1 through December 31 of
each year.
CENTRAL STATION PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
A system or group of systems operated by a person, firm or
corporation in which the operations of electrical protection circuits
and devices are transmitted to, recorded in, maintained and supervised
from a central station having operators in attendance at all times.
CHIEF OF POLICE
The Chief of Police of the City of Parsons, Kansas, or his
or her designee.
CITY
The City of Parsons, Kansas.
COORDINATOR
The individual designated by the Chief of Police to enforce
the provisions of this chapter.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm signal eliciting an urgent response by police and/or
fire personnel when a situation requiring an urgent response does
not, in fact, exist, but does not include an alarm signal caused by
violent conditions of nature. A false alarm may be the result of,
but not limited to, mechanical or electronic failure, malfunction,
improper installation, improper adjustment, accidental tripping, misoperation,
misuse, defect or negligence of a person. The burden of proving that
such alarm was not a false alarm shall be on the alarm business or
alarm user.
LOCAL ALARM SYSTEM
An alarm system which when activated causes an audible and/or
visual signaling device to be activated and is intended to be seen
and/or heard by others outside of the protected premises.
NOTICE
Written notice, given by personal service upon the addressee,
or given by United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
person to be notified at his last known address. Service of such notice
shall be effective upon completion of personal service or upon placing
of the same in the custody of the United States Postal Service.
PRIMARY TRUNKLINE
A telephone line leading into the communications center of
the Parsons, Kansas, Police Department that is for the purpose of
handling emergency calls on a person-to-person basis and which line
is identified by a specific listing among the emergency numbers by
the telephone company serving the City.
PROPRIETARY SYSTEM
An alarm system sounding and/or recording alarm and supervisory
signals to a control center located within the protected premises,
the control center being under the supervision of the proprietor of
the premises. If a proprietary system includes a signal line connected
directly or by means of an automatic dialing device to a police communication
system, a central station protective system or answering service,
it thereby becomes an alarm system as defined in this section.
RESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ALARM (also known as "panic alarms")
An alarm system installed or maintained in a residence for
the purpose of summoning police assistance to an actual or attempted
burglary, robbery or medical emergency requiring an urgent or emergency
response by fire, medical or police personnel and equipment.
SECONDARY TRUNKLINE
A telephone line leading into the central switchboard of
the Parsons, Kansas, Police Department that is identified by a specific
listing in the telephone directory for handling administrative and
other calls on a person-to-person basis.
Violation of this chapter shall constitute a Class C misdemeanor, punishable as provided in §
1-2 of this Code.