For purposes of this division, the words and phrases listed hereunder have the meanings designated herein, except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning:
ALARM ADMINISTRATOR: The Ogle County sheriff or any other person designated by the sheriff.
ALARM BUSINESS: Any business operated by a person who is engaged in the activity of altering, installing, leasing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing, or responding to an emergency alarm system, or which causes any of these activities to take place.
ALARM SYSTEM: An assembly of equipment arranged to signal the presence of hazard requiring urgent attention to which the Ogle County sheriff's department or fire/ambulance service departments are expected to respond.
ALARM USER: Any person or business on whose premises an alarm system is maintained other than alarm systems on a motor vehicle.
FALSE ALARM: The activation of an alarm system through mechanical or electronic failure, malfunction, improper installation, or the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or his employees or agents, except that the following shall not be considered false alarms: a) alarms occurring on a repeated basis without apparent cause within the first thirty (30) days after installation of the alarm system and where continuous effort, in the sole opinion of the alarm administrator, is being made jointly by the alarm user, the alarm business, and any other concerned person to correct the malfunction expeditiously; b) alarms caused by actual illegal entry or attempted entry of which there is visible evidence; c) alarms caused by an on premises fire; d) alarms intentionally caused by a person acting under a reasonable belief that a need exists to call the police or fire/ambulance services; e) alarms caused by tornados, earthquakes, major floods, or other natural disasters or conditions; and f) alarms which are notified to the Ogle County sheriff's department to be unfounded before the Ogle County sheriff's department or fire/ambulance services respond to the alarm.
PERSON: Any natural individual, firm, partnership, trust, estate, club, association, or corporation. As applied to partnerships or associations, the word includes the partners or members thereof; as applied to corporations it includes the officers, agents, or employees thereof who are responsible for the act referred to. (Ord. 2011-1102, 11-15-2011)