§ 46-42. Automatic telephone dialing alarm systems prohibited.

(a)

It shall be a violation of this article for any person, natural or corporate, to sell, offer for sale, install, maintain, lease, operate or assist in the operation of an automatic telephone dialing alarm system over any telephone lines exclusively used by the public to directly request emergency service from the police department. Violation of this section shall result in a civil penalty as established by resolution of the city commission.

(b)

Any automatic telephone dialing system installed in violation of this section as set forth in subsection (a) of this section prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived shall be removed within 30 days of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived.

(Code 1979, § 24-64)