Chapter 9.52 INTERFERENCE WITH RADIO RECEPTION

Chapter 9.52
INTERFERENCE WITH RADIO RECEPTION

Sections:

9.52.020 Radio receiving equipment operation.

9.52.030 Aerials over high-tension wires.

9.52.050 Notice to discontinue use or repair.

9.52.010 Deemed nuisance – Penalty.

Any motor, battery charger, lamp, transformer, or any other machine, apparatus, or equipment which causes electric, electrostatic, electromagnetic, or high frequency waves, and thereby or in any other manner causes interference with radio reception, is declared to be a public and common nuisance; and any person, firm, association, or corporation which maintains and/or operates any such motor, battery charger, lamp, transformer, or any other machine causing interference to radio reception shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in KMC 1.02.030. (Code 1962 § 4-20)

9.52.020 Radio receiving equipment operation.

It is unlawful to operate in the city any radio receiving equipment in such a manner as to cause electrostatic or electromagnetic waves to result in interference with radio reception. (Code 1962 § 4-21)

9.52.030 Aerials over high-tension wires.

No person, firm, or corporation shall erect any aerial in such a position over or above any high-tension electrical wire as would tend to endanger life or property or in any way violate any of the provisions of the electrical ordinances of the city. (Code 1962 § 4-22)

9.52.040 Right of entry for inspection.

The building official of the city or his duly authorized assistant shall have the right to enter upon any premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting the installation and working of all apparatus coming within the terms of this chapter; and it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to interfere with the building official or his duly authorized assistant in making the inspection or to refuse to permit the inspectors to enter the premises for such purposes. (Code 1962 § 4-23)

9.52.050 Notice to discontinue use or repair.

When an inspection and test have been duly made by the building inspector or his duly authorized assistant and it is found that equipment or apparatus coming within the terms of this chapter is being operated in violation of this chapter, the person or persons responsible for the operation of the equipment shall be notified in writing to discontinue the use of such machine or to make additions, repairs, or modifications thereof in order that the same may be operated in a manner which complies with the provisions of this chapter. The mailing of a registered letter addressed to the owner or operator of the machine at the premises where the machine is located shall constitute a sufficient notice for the purpose of this chapter. In the event that the owner or operator of the machine or apparatus does not, within 48 hours after receipt of notice to repair or discontinue the use of the machine, either entirely discontinue the use of the machine during the hours the use of the machine is prohibited by this chapter or repair the same so that it complies with the provisions of this chapter, such owner shall be deemed to be operating the machine or apparatus in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and such person shall be subject to the penalties hereafter provided for such violations. (Code 1962 § 4-24)