A. No person shall install, maintain, use or operate any apparatus or device, whether electrical, mechanical or of any other sort so as to cause electrostatic or electromagnetic waves to radiate so as to interfere with radio reception within the city. The above prohibition shall be construed to apply to radio-receiving equipment, either of the regenerative or of any other type, vibrating battery chargers, sign chargers, electric refrigeration machines, electrically driven oil pumps or furnace equipment, high tension ignition systems, electric transmission lines, gas or electric power plants, defective insulators, defective transformers, badly sparking generators which interfere with radio reception whether on account of the manner of construction or manner of operation of the apparatus.
B. Exceptions. The foregoing subsection of this section shall not apply to the following situations:
1. It is not unlawful to operate diathermal machines or any other electromedical devices causing radio interference, providing such interference is reduced as much as it is reasonably possible in every way, and particularly by not using the devices except when reasonably necessary, and by equipping the devices so far as possible with filters, condensors, shields and other grounds and with any other apparatus tending to reduce interference.
2. It is not unlawful to operate X-ray machines, whenever necessary, causing radio interference, provided such interference is reduced to a minimum. Further, it shall be the duty of the electrical inspector or other appointed representative of the city council to inspect any electrical or other device, appliance, equipment, machine or installation of any kind which may be causing interference with radio reception and whenever he shall find that any electrical or other device, appliance, equipment, machine or installation of any kind is unnecessarily or avoidably causing interference with radio reception, he shall give written notice to the owner or operator of same to abate such interference within ten (10) days or less.
C. A violation of this section is a Class II misdemeanor and subject to the penalties therefor as set forth in Chapter 1.12 of this code. (Ord. 398 (part), 1993; prior code §12-104)