§ 8A-162. Definition.

The term automatic telephone dialing alarm system shall include any system which, upon being activated, automatically transmits by telephone or telephone line, a recorded message or any other electronic or emergency or mechanical alarm signal to the Miami-Dade Police Department Communications Center or any telephone line leased by Miami-Dade County and installed within any facility operated by the Miami-Dade Police Department. However, public coin telephone alarm systems; alarm systems which are utilized by government departments or agencies of Miami-Dade County, Florida; or alarm systems which transmit to the Miami-Dade Police Department Communications Center live voices capable of two-way communication; or alarm systems which are automatically answered by the response of a private security or alarm service agency to the premises are expressly excluded from the definition of the term "automatic telephone dialing alarm system" as used in this article.

(Ord. No. 71-40, § 1, 5-4-71)