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Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-3-2

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Sec. 12-3-2. - 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 agent means any person who is employed by an alarm business, either directly or indirectly, to sell, lease, install, maintain, service, repair, alter, replace or move an alarm system. Alarm business means the business by any person of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any 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. Alarm system means 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 are expected to respond. Alarm user means the person in control of any building, structure or facility wherein an alarm system is maintained. Automatic dialing device means a device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a predetermined telephone number and transmit by voice message or code signal an emergency message indicating a need for emergency response. Bureau of emergency communications means the city facility used to receive emergency and general information from the public to be dispatched to the respective police units within the city. Burglary alarm system means an alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system. Coordinator means the director of public safety or his designated representative. Director of public safety means the chief public safety officer for the city or his designated representative. False alarm means an alarm signal eliciting a response by police when a situation requiring a response by the police 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 alarm business operator or alarm user. Identification card. Every person directly engaged in the business of maintaining, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any alarm system shall carry on his person at all times while so engaged a valid identification card, and shall display such card to any police officer upon request. The identification card shall bear the name and address of the registrant and the name of the alarm business. The fee for this service shall be set by the city council. Interconnect means to connect an 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. Primary trunk line means a telephone line serving the city police department that is designated to receive emergency calls. Robbery alarm system means an alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery. Standalone system means any system installed in a building, including residences and businesses, which is not connected by telephonic or electronic link to the bureau of emergency communications. Included is any system which notifies a private agency or firm of an occurrence at the alarm location and any system which, by noise or alarm at that location, draws attention to that location. (Code 1959, § 11A-39; Ord. No. 1577, § 1, 1-8-90)

Source: City of Biloxi, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Land Development Ordinance (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/biloxi/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH12LIBURE_ARTIIIALSY_S12-3-2DEFetched: 11/1/2026