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ORDINANCE N0. 19576 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING IMPROPER USE OF EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM; ADDING SECTIONS 4.900, 4.902, AND 4.904 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AMENDING SECTION 4.990 OF THAT CODE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1, Sections 4,900, 4,902, and 4,904 are hereb added to the Y Eugene Cade, 1971, to provide: 4.900 Emer enc Tele hone S stem - Pur ose. The cit council finds t they ~ y hat e has been deliberate and knowing use of 9-1-1 tele hone lines for the pur ose of initiatin a p p g false report, placing a prank cal 1 ar making a request for emergency services where there exists no true emer enc and that Public 5afet Answerin P ' g y' Y g o~nts ~PSAPs} within Lane County and the city experience repeated calls from c~t~zens for emergency services when there exists no true emergency. Responding to such unlawful re uests for serv' q ices requires the use of personnel and equipment such that the are not avail b for res onse i n t y a l e p he event,of a true emergency. The purpose of sections 4,900 to 4.904 of this chapter is to reduce such abuse and deliberate misuse of the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system and emergency services rovided b ublic safet ~ p y the p y agencies of Lane County and the city to ensure the availabilit of 9-1-1 and other emer enc tale hone lin ~ y 9 y p es for the reporting of true emerw genc~es ~n order,that,personnel and equipment may be available for use in true emergency s~tuat~ons, which will conserve ever and resources gY and re- duce costs, 4.902 Emer enc Tele hone S stem - Definitions. For ur oses of s ' 4.900 to 4 ~ p p ect~ons .904, the,fvllawing terms are defined as follows: Automatic d~a1~n and announcin device. An electronicall - or mechanicall -o erated ins ~ ~ y y p trument which automatically dials tele- phone numbers ~t has been programmed to dial and which la s a rerecorded mesa e p y p g when answered, Automatic rotection device. An electronically or mechani- cally operated instrument that automaticall si nals y g or sends by any means tinclud~ng direct or ~nd~rect connection to re ular tele- hone lines ictur g p } p es, sound, actor or a prerecorded messa e, either b va~ce ar other ~ g y a1 arm, from a protected premises upon receipt of a stimul us from a sensory detection apparatus, Automatic ratec- tion devices shall i ~ ~ ~ p ncl ude any aud~ bl a ai arm or 1 ~ ght s ~ gnal ~ ng device attached to the interior or exterior of a rotected remises. p p Emer enc . Any s~ tuat~ on why ch ~ nval vas an immed~ ate threat to property or persons. Intentional) As defined in ORS 161,085. Knowin 1 As defined in ORS 161.085. 9 ~-~. Three-digit telephone number assigned for use b the y Ordinance - 1