For the purpose of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section.
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER: Any person who sells, leases or installs automatic alarm systems which transmit alarms upon receipt of a stimulus from a detection apparatus.
ALARM SYSTEM: 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 the Police Department is expected to respond.
ALARM USER: The person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind in control of any building, structure or facility or portion thereof wherein an alarm system is maintained.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING ALARM SYSTEM: Any alarm system which upon being activated automatically transmits by telephone or telephone line to the Oak Brook Police Department a recorded message or code signal indicating a need for emergency response.
CENTRAL STATION ALARM SYSTEM: An alarm system in which the operation of electrical protection circuits and devices are signaled automatically to, recorded in, and maintained and supervised from a central station other than the Village of Oak Brook.
DIRECT CONNECT: An alarm system which has the capability of transmitting system signals to and receiving them at the Village communications center.
FALSE ALARM: A visual and/or audible signal transmitted by an alarm system which indicates the existence of an emergency situation, when in fact, no such emergency exists, and shall include any activation of an alarm system by whatever means, but shall not include alarms resulting from any of the following causes:
A. Criminal activity;
B. Earthquake causing structural damage to the protected premises;
C. Winds causing structural damage to the protected premises;
D. Flooding of the protected premises due to overflow of natural drainage;
E. Lightning causing physical damage to the protected premises;
F. Fire causing structural damage to the protected premises verified by the Fire Department;
G. Telephone line malfunction verified in writing by an authorized telephone company supervisor within seven (7) days of the occurrence; or
H. Electrical service interruption verified in writing by the local power company manager within seven (7) days of the occurrence.
If the alarm, when communicated to the village before an officer is dispatched to investigate, is clearly identified to the village as resulting from authorized entry, authorized system test, or other noncriminal cause through use of a preassigned code number, it shall not be considered a false alarm. If police units, responding to an alarm and checking the protected premises, according to standard department operating procedures, do not discover any evidence of unauthorized entry or criminal activity, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the alarm is false. Entries in the police department "daily log" shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein with regard to alarms and responses. (Ord. G-577, 10-22-1996)