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Emergency response services. Police, fire and/or emergency medical services. False alarm. A report received by the city from any source that results in a dispatch of emergency response services personnel to the premises on which a[~] fire alarm system is located, (when a situation requiring a response does not in fact exist), but does not include an alarm signal caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the property owner, alarm business operator or alarm user. Use of a[~] fire alarm system for a purpose other than its specific intended use constitutes a false alarm. A false alarm does not necessarily require a response by the city to the premises. Fire a[A]larm business. The business of any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any fire alarm system or causing to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed any alarm system in or on any building, structure or facility. Fire alarm system. A combination of approved compatible devices with the necessary electrical interconnection and energy to produce an alarm signal in the event of fire or system activation. Fire alarm system, for purposes of this chapter, includes, but is not limited to audible alarm systems, local alarm systems, silent alarm systems and those devices designed to transmit a signal or a message to a central alarm receiving station. An alarm system, the existence of which is e. empt from disclosure under the public records law, is not included within this definition and is not subject to the provisions of sections 3.105 to 3.115 of this code. Fire a[A]larm user. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind that owns, leases, rents, controls or occupies any building, structure or facility wherein a[~] fire alarm system is maintained on premises within the city. Interconnect. To connect a[~] fire alarm system including an automatic dialing device to a telephone line, either directly or through a mechanical device that utilizes a telephone, for the purpose of using the telephone line to transmit a message upon the activation of the alarm system. Local alarm system. Any fire alarm system that operates solely as an audible alarm system without the additional features of a silent alarm system. Ordinance - 3 L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040712\S0407124-attA.DOC (6/09/04)