A. “Alarm business” means the business by any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity, 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.

B. “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.

C. “Alarm user” means the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind in control of premises wherein an alarm system is maintained.

D. “Automatic dialing device” means a device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to transmit by voice message or code signal a selected telephone number indicating a need for emergency response.

E. “Burglary alarm system” means an alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system.

F. “Chief of Police” means the Chief of the City of Hood River Police Department, or his designated representative in the department.

G. “False alarm” means an alarm signal eliciting a response by police where an emergency situation does not in fact exist; but does not include an alarm caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm business operator or alarm user.

H. “Interconnect” means to connect an alarm system including any 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.

I. “Primary trunk line” means a telephone line serving the Police Department that is designated to receive emergency calls.

J. “Robbery alarm system” means an alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery. (Ord. 1423, 1978)