Sections
656.01 Interfering with radio signals.
656.02 Devices used in interstate commerce excepted.
656.03 Serving notice; inspection.
656.04 Abatement.
Cross references
Television installation, see Ch. 854
Radio and television transmitting stations in Class I Residential Districts, see § 1248.01(a)(5)
Installation standards and approved materials for electrical devices or equipment, see Ch. 1472
(a) No person shall operate or cause to be operated in the City any device, appliance, equipment or apparatus which creates or causes electrical high-frequency oscillations that interfere with the reception of radio broadcast signals, provided:
(1) The radio receiver being interfered with is thoroughly and effectively shielded and grounded;
(2) The radio receiver being interfered with is equipped with and operated from a suitable antenna of modern design suspended as far as practicable from any source of interference, such antenna, if dipole, to be coupled to the receiver by a suitable transmission line;
(3) X-ray pictures, examinations or treatments and diathermy treatments may be made if machines or apparatus used therefor are equipped to avoid all unnecessary or reasonably preventable interference and are not negligently operated.
(1956 Code Sec. 973.01)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 656.01 shall not be construed to cover the regulation of any transmitting, broadcasting or receiving instrument, apparatus or device used or useful in interstate commerce, the operation of which instrument, apparatus or device is licensed or authorized by or under the provisions of an Act of Congress of the United States and which is used in interstate and international commerce or communications.
(1956 Code Sec. 973.02)
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