§ 1902. Definitions.

A.

Terms which are not defined in this chapter shall have their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context may imply.

B.

When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in plural include the singular and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not directory.

C.

For the purpose of this chapter, each of the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given below.

1.

Alarm Certificate Administrator means a person supervised and designated by the Director of Finance to administer, control and review intrusion alarm applications, certificates and alarm dispatch requests.

2.

Alarm Industry Business means any entity having obtained a license pursuant to the provisions of the Alarm Industry Act of the state of Oklahoma who sells, leases, maintains, services, repairs, alters, replaces, moves, installs or monitors any intrusion alarm system.

3.

Intrusion Alarm Dispatch Request means a notification to the police of the City of Tulsa from an alarm industry business that an intrusion alarm system has activated.

4.

Intrusion Alarm Response shall mean an actual police response to the location of an intrusion alarm system resulting from an intrusion alarm dispatch request.

5.

Alarm Site means a single premise or location served by a single intrusion alarm system.

6.

Intrusion Alarm System shall mean any single assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system. A single intrusion alarm system shall be contained at one (1) physical address and able to be activated independently of any other system.

This definition shall not be construed as to apply to:

a.

Duress alarms,

b.

Vehicle alarms,

c.

Any alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premise that does not have a sounding device that can be heard on the exterior of the premise,

d.

Or personal alarms.

7.

Residential Alarm User shall mean and include the person or persons, over the age of eighteen (18), owning or leasing the residential property where an intrusion alarm system is located.

8.

Commercial Alarm User shall mean and include the person or persons, over the age of eighteen (18) owning, leasing, or managing the commercial property where an alarm system is located.

9.

Chief of Police shall mean the duly appointed, qualified or acting Chief of Police of the City of Tulsa or his authorized representative.

10.

Director of Finance shall mean the duly appointed, qualified or acting Director of the Finance Department of the City of Tulsa or his authorized representative.

11.

Duress Alarm means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a crisis situation requiring police response.

12.

False Alarm Dispatch means an intrusion alarm dispatch request when the responding officer finds no evidence of criminal activity after having completed an investigation of the location. An intrusion alarm dispatch request that is canceled by the alarm user or the alarm industry business prior to the time an officer reaches the location shall not be considered a false alarm dispatch. Any intrusion alarm response that is first designated as a false alarm dispatch but where the alarm user later shows convincing evidence of criminal activity to the alarm certificate administrator and files a police report, shall, subject to the judgment of the alarm certificate administrator, be amended to not be recorded as a false alarm dispatch.

13.

First Response means the police receive an intrusion alarm dispatch request and elect to provide intrusion alarm response.

14.

First Response Certificate shall mean a certificate issued to an alarm user who has met all requirements of this chapter. Issuance shall not create any property right in the renewal, reinstatement or continued unsuspended or unrevoked status of a certificate.

15.

Holdup Alarm means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress.

16.

Monitoring means the process by which an alarm industry business receives signals from intrusion alarm systems and relays an intrusion alarm dispatch request to the City of Tulsa for the purpose of summoning police response to the alarm site.

17.

Person shall mean every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

18.

Certificate shall mean a valid first response certificate that is not under suspension or revocation.

19.

Certificate Year shall mean one (1) year from the date of issuance of a first response certificate.

20.

Police shall mean any or all sworn officers of the City of Tulsa Police Department.

21.

Secondary Response means the police receive an intrusion alarm dispatch request but elect not to provide intrusion alarm response until after the alarm industry business has provided its own alarm response to the alarm site and has determined evidence of actual or attempted criminal activity.

22.

Verify means an attempt by an alarm industry business to contact the alarm site by telephonic or other electronic means, whether or not actual contact with a person is made, prior to an intrusion alarm dispatch request, in an attempt to avoid a false alarm dispatch.

(Ord. Nos. 18188, 18781, 19421, 19721; Ord. No. 23129, § 1, 6-9-2014)