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For the purposes of this chapter, certain words, terms, phrases and their derivations shall be construed as defined as follows:

“ALI” means automatic location identification, including but not limited to the caller’s telephone number, the class of phone service (residence, business, coin, PBX, etc.), the date and time of the call, the caller’s name, address and city, the routing code of the call, the pilot number, and the port or trunk on which the call is received. It also includes the name of the public safety answering point (PSAP) and the agencies that are responsible for police, fire or medical response to that address.

“ANI” means the unique number identified with the calling party’s phone.

“Centron/centrex/centraflex system (CTX)” means a telephone switching system which is a single line phone service over a dedicated central office line, delivered to individual desks in a business, with added features.

“E-911 telephone system (E-911)” means a telephone system consisting of a network, database, and on-premises equipment that is accessed by dialing 911 and that enables the reporting of police, fire, medical or other emergency situations to a public safety answering point. The system includes the capability to selectively route incoming 911 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point which operates in a defined 911 service area and the capability to provide certain caller information (“ANI” and “ALI”) to the appropriate public safety answering point.

“Fire chief” means the city of Auburn fire chief.

“Person” means and includes any natural person, the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and also includes a firm, partnership, association or corporation, its or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.

“Private branch exchange system (PBX)” means a private telephone switching system located on a customer’s premises and connected to a common group of incoming lines, that provides service to a number of individual telephone sets.

“Public safety answering point (PSAP)” means Valley Communication Center located at 23807 – 98th Avenue South, Kent, Washington, 98031.

“Selective routing” means the function of telephone service which directs the call to the proper PSAP, based upon the calling party’s address. (Ord. 4570 § 2 (Exh. A), 1992.)