CHAPTER 21
CITIZENS BAND RADIO CONTROL

SECTION:

6-21-1: Application

6-21-2: Definitions And Abbreviations

6-21-3: Channels And Frequencies

6-21-4: Antenna Height

6-21-5: Authorized Equipment

6-21-6: Power Requirements

6-21-7: Power Amplifiers Prohibited

6-21-8: Authorized Communication

6-21-9: Prohibited Communications

6-21-10: Responsibility

6-21-11: Length Of Communication

6-21-12: Emergency Communication

6-21-13: Remote Control

6-21-14: Telephone Connection

6-21-15: Causing Interference Prohibited

6-21-16: Inspections Of CB Station Equipment And CB Station Records

6-21-17: Transmitter Service

6-21-18: Penalties

6-21-19: Construction

6-21-1: APPLICATION:

All persons shall comply with these rules when operating a station in the CB service from within the corporate boundaries of the city of Canton, Illinois, unless that person, station or entity holds a current and valid license in any radio service issued by the FCC pursuant to title 47, United States Code, section 301 and is operating within the parameters of that license. (Ord. 1837, 5-3-2005)

6-21-2: DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ANTENNA: The radiating system (for transmitting, receiving or both) and the structure holding it up (tower, pole or mast) and everything else attached to the radiating system and the structure.

CB: Citizens band.

CFR: Code of federal regulations.

CITIZENS BAND RADIO SERVICE OR CB RADIO SERVICE: Private, two- way, short distance voice communications service for personal or business activities or for voice paging.

CITIZENS BAND STATION OR CB STATION: A radio station transmitting in the CB radio service.

CITIZENS BAND TRANSMITTER OR CB TRANSMITTER:

   (A)   An apparatus that converts electrical energy received from a source into radio frequency capable of being radiated; and

   (B)   An apparatus authorized by the FCC, pursuant to an application filed after September 9, 1976, for use in the operation of a CB station.

FCC: Federal communications commission.

PERSON: An individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a state, territorial or local government unit, or other legal entity.

RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE: Radio frequency energy which:

   (A)   Is radiated from a CB station; and

   (B)   Interferes with the operation of electronic devices located off the premises of the CB station. (Ord. 1837, 5-3-2005)

6-21-3: CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES:

No person may operate a CB radio station on any channel or at any frequency other than the channels and frequencies authorized by 47 CFR 95.407 which is adopted herein by reference. (Ord. 1837, 5-3-2005)