HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0169ORDINANCE NO.169
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD REGULATING THE USE
OF DEVICES AND APPARATUS WHICH INTERFERES WITH RADIO
BROADCASTING RECEPTION, IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, REPEAL..
ING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
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The City Council of the City of Lynwood ordains as follows:
SECTION I . The word "person" shall mean and include both
the singular and plural and shall also mean and include person,
individual, firm, corporation, co- partnership, association, club,
society or any other organization.
SECTION 2_ It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any device, appliance, equipment or apparatus, in the City of
Lynwood, generating or causing high frequency oscillations or
radiations which interfere with radio broadcast receiving appar-
atus or wireless receiving apparatus, except that a person duly
licensed to practice medicine, oeteopathy, chiropractic or dentistry
by the State of California, or duly licensed by the City of
Lynwood to carry on or conduct the business of a massage parlor
or X-ray laboratory may operate or cause to be operated any
machine necessary to give treatment, providing, however, that
all reasonable methods of preventing interference with radio
broadcast receiving apparatus or wireless receiving apparatus
has been applied.
SECTION 3 - It is expressly understood.and provided,
however, that this ordinance shall not apply to radio stations,
either broadcast, commercial or amateur, licensed by the federal
government or which are engaged in interstate communication or
public utilities under the supervision of the State Railroad
Commission.
SECTION 4 - The City Electrician of the City of Lynwood,
or his duly authorized deputies 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 ordinance, and it shall be unlawful for any person
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to interfere -with said City Electrician, or his duly authorized
deputy or deputies in making such inspection or to refuse to per-
mit the said City Electrician,<or his duly authorized deputy or
deputies to enter the premises for such purposes
SECTION 5 - when an inspection and test shall
have been made by the City Electrician of the City of Lynwood,
or his duly authorized deputy or deputies, and it is found that*
equipment or apparatus coming within the terms'of this ordinance '
is being operated in violation of the terms of this ordinance,
the person responsible for the operation of such 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 pro-
visions of this ordinance. 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 I
for the purpose of this ordinance. In the event that the owner or
operator of such machine or apparatus does not, within forty -eight
(48) hours after receipt of notice to, repair or discontinue the
use of such machine, either entirely discontinue the use of such
machine or repair the same so that it complies with the provisions
of this ordinance, such owner shall be deemed to be operating such
machine or apparatus in violation of the provisions of this ordin-
ance and such person shall be subject to the penalties hereafter
provided for such violation.
SECTION 6 - Every person violating or failing,
neglecting or ` refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceed Three Hundred
and no /100 Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment for not more than
three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each
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such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each
day during any portion of which the violation of or failure,
neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted.
SECTION 7 — That the office of City Electrician
is hereby created and it shall,be the fluty of said City Electrician
to enforce the provisions of this ordinance, but that said City
Electrician shall serve without compensation.
SECTION 8 — The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance by the O1tyiCouncil of the City of
Lynwood and cause the same to be published once in the LYNWOOD
TRIBUNE and it shall take effect thirty (30),days after its
final passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this aU4 day of June, 1931.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
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STATE OF"CALIFORNIA,
COUN OF
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CITY' N - LYNWOOD )))
I. the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by
the City Council of said City of Lynwood at its meeting held
June - - 1 - 1931 0 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Williams, Davies. Grayson and Dec ker.
, 'NOES: COUNCILMEN Nnna'_
, ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Saydder.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD