§ 16-58. Definitions.

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

Alarm system means, individually or collectively, a burglar alarm protection service or burglar alarm system.

Burglar alarm protection service means any service where the person providing such service employs electronic or mechanical means to detect the unlawful entry or attempted unlawful entry into premises within the city, the report of which is then transmitted to or through the communication system of the police department or fire department of the city or is in any manner connected with the communication system of the police department or fire department of the city.

Burglar alarm system means a local protective signaling system so designed and operated that both the equipment for detecting unlawful entry and the equipment for sounding a warning thereof by bell, horn, siren, or other means are located on the particular premises being protected.

City means the City of Justin, Texas.

False alarm means the activation of any alarm system which was not the result of an emergency or threat of emergency of the kind for which the burglar alarm protection service, burglar alarm protection service, or burglar alarm system designed to give notice.

Fire department means the fire department of the city.

Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.

Police department means the police department of the city.

(Code 1994, art. 7.300)