ORDINANCE NO. 2.09

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE WITH RADIO RECEPTION AND PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.

THE CITY OF CRYSTAL FALLS ORDAINS:

Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation, knowingly or wantonly to operate or cause to be operated, any machine, device, apparatus or instrument of any kind whatsoever within the corporate limits of the City of Crystal Falls, the operation of which shall cause reasonably preventable electrical interference with radio reception within said municipal limits; provided, however, that X-ray pictures, examinations, or treatments may be made if the machines or apparatus used therefore are properly equipped to avoid all unnecessary or reasonably preventable interference with radio reception and are not negligently operated.

Section 2. That this ordinance 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 the Congress of the United States.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.

Section 4. The City Manager and any person by him duly authorized, shall have the right to enter upon any premises within the City of Crystal Falls at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting the installation and working of all apparatus coming within the terms of this ordinance and it shall be unlawful for any firm, person or corporation to interfere with the representative of the City in making said inspection or to refuse to permit them to enter the premises for such purpose.

Section 5. If any section of this ordinance or any clause or phrase thereof shall be held to be unconstitutional and void all other portions thereof not so held shall be and remain in full force and effect.

Section 6.

A.  Any person violating this ordinance shall be deemed to have committed a civil infraction, subject to the payment of civil fines of $50.00 plus costs, for the first violation.

B.  Any repeat offense shall be subject to increased fines as follows:

    1.  First repeated offense shall be no less than $150.00 plus costs.

    2.  A fine for any second repeated offense or any subsequent repeated offense shall be no less than $250.00 plus costs.

Section 7. This ordinance shall take immediate effect to provide for the usual daily operation of the City as outlined in Sec. 8.3b of the City Charter; further, this is merely a renumbering of an ordinance previously adopted.

ORIGINAL ADOPTION DATE: 08/04/52