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ORDINANCE NO. 68-3-316
AN ORDINANCE ON INTERCEPTION OF POLICE RADIO SIGNALS; PROHIBITING
THE INSTALLATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY POLICE RADIO RECEIVING SETS IN
ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, BY ANY
PERSON NOT HAVING A PERMIT FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE SO TO DO, AND
FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
WHEREAS the interception and use of police radio signals
by unauthorized persons has resulted in violations of law, imposition
on and injury to the public, and in general constitutes a public
nuisance; and
WHEREAS there are or may be persons to whom the public interest
requires issuance of a permit to install and use a high frequency
police radio receiving set capable of receiving police radio station
signals;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. As used in this ordinance:
(a) High frequency police radio receiving set shall be
any radio receiving set or conversion equipment capable of
receiving or causing to be receivable any message sent out by
any police radio station.
(b) The word "person" shall include the singular and the plural
and shall also mean and include any person, firm, corporation,
association, club, co -partnership, society or any other organiza-
tion.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to equip or
operate inside the City of Paducah, Kentucky, any motor vehicle with
a high frequency police radio receiving set, unless such motor vehicle
is being used by the Federal, State, City or County Government, a
peace officer, or a permit for the use of the same shall be granted
as hereinafter prescribed.
SECTION 3. Any person desiring a permit from the Chief of Police
to operate a high frequency police radio receiving set in a motor
vehicle inside the City of Paducah, Kentucky, shall file an application
with the Chief of Police in writing, stating the name of the applicant,
the license number, engine number, model and made of the motor vehicle
in which it is desired to install such set, and shall furnish a
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photograph of applicant and his fingerprints. The application shall
also state the reason why it is desirable to install said set. If the
Chief of Police finds that the application shows a need for the set,
that the set will be used for a lawful purpose, and that the public
interest will be served by a granting of the application, he shall
issue a permit for installation and use of the set on payment of an
application fee of $10.00 per year. An application must be filed for a
new permit for each year a high frequency police radio receiving set
is used.
SECTION 4. Any permit issued under the provisions of Section 3
hereof shall not be transferrable to any other person and any high
frequency police radio receiving set authorized to be installed and used
by any such permit shall not be placed in any other motor vehicle than
the one described in the application for said permit without first
obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police for the removal of such
set to the other motor vehicle. No fee shall be charged for such
removal permit. In case of a change of a license number of any motor
vehicle in which a high frequency police radio receiving set has been
permitted under this ordinance, the owner of said vehicle shall notify
the Chief of Police of such change within five (5) days after the change
is made.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor
vehicle other than city officers and police and fire department officers
in line of duty, to follow up and answer police radio calls or to in
any way interfere with police officers answering such police radio calls.
SECTION 6. Any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisoned
for not more than six (6)'months, or both. Each person shall be deemed
guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which
any violation of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued
or permitted.
SECTION 7. It is the intention of the Board of Commissioners of
the City of Paducah that each separate provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed independent of all other provisions herein, and it is further
the intention of the Board that if any provision of this ordinance be
declared to be invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain valid
and enforcible.
SECTION B. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 26, 1968
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 26, 1968