(1) “Alarm monitor” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of receiving from alarm users and transmitting to the North Bend police department communications or signals originating from alarm users.

(2) “Alarm system” means any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the presence of illegal entry or activity requiring urgent attention and which is interconnected to the North Bend police department.

(3) “Alarm user” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other organization, public or private, in control of premises wherein an alarm system is being maintained.

(4) “False alarm” means any activation of an alarm system not resulting from criminal activity or unauthorized entry upon or following which communication is made to the police department giving notice of the alarm. If the alarm when communicated to the department is clearly identified to the department as resulting from an authorized system test, it shall not be considered a false alarm. Alarm signals resulting from causes other than defective equipment or installation or improper operation of the system shall not be considered false alarms under the provisions of this chapter. If police units responding to an alarm and checking the protected premises are unable to discover any evidence of unauthorized entry or criminal activity, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the alarm is false. In case of dispute, the North Bend police chief shall make a determination as to whether an alarm was false as herein defined. (Ord. 1608 § 2, 1980)