A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly maintain, operate or cause to be operated any machine, device, apparatus or instrument of any kind whatsoever or any electrical lines or plants of any description, within the corporate limits of the city, the operation of which will reasonably cause preventable electrical interference with radio and television reception within said municipal limits. All such electrical lines or plants or machines, devices, apparatus or instruments may be used if the same are properly equipped to avoid all unnecessary or reasonably preventable interference with radio and television reception and are not negligently operated.
B. This section shall not be held or construed to embrace or cover the regulation of any transmitting, broadcasting or receiving instrument, apparatus, or device used or useful in interstate commerce, or the operation of which instrument, apparatus, or device is licensed or authorized by or under the provisions of any act of congress of the United States.
C. The duly appointed city manager of the city shall be ex officio radio inspector and shall have power at all times to conduct investigations in the city to ascertain whether or not any machine, device, apparatus or instrument of any kind is causing interference with radio or television reception and shall be empowered with police authority to make such search and investigation as is necessary to carry out the intent of this section.
D. It shall be the duty of any person owning or controlling or operating any machine, device, apparatus or instrument of any kind, within the limits of the city which is interfering with radio or television reception, to equip the same with a filter or contrivance which will eliminate said interference with radio and television reception, upon being notified to do so by the city manager. (Ord. 37, 2-9-1954; amd. Ord. 123, 4-27-1982; 1982 Code)