(a) Operation of Fire Alarm Telegraph. No person, other than the Mayor, members of Council and employees especially authorized to operate the fire alarm telegraph in the City or to use the same for instruction or drill, or police officers or residents using the same for communicating an actual alarm of fire, shall use the fire alarm telegraph in the City.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.04.010)
(b) Possession of Alarm Keys; Causing False Alarms. No person shall use the keys or appliances of the telegraph for communicating a false alarm, or for experimenting or tampering with the same for any purpose whatever, or have or possess any key thereof, without special authority from the Mayor and Council. No person, for himself or herself or by another, shall intentionally, maliciously or willfully cause a false alarm of fire to be given.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.04.020)
(c) Interference With Apparatus. No person shall post, paint, impress or in any way affix to any pole connected with the telegraph, or to any box, wire or other appliance connected therewith, any placard, sign, notice or announcement of any kind; or cut, mutilate, alter, mar, deface, cover, obstruct or connect or interfere with the same in any manner whatever; or paint or cause to be painted the poles of any other telegraph or any other poles on the line thereof of a similar color; or entangle, cut or interfere with the wires or apparatus of the telegraph.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.04.030)