City Code

Section 1015 - Hoax, Obscene or Annoying Telephone Calls And Bomb Threats

1015.01 Unlawful Calls to a Person. No person shall use a telephone located within the City to make, or to cause to be made, a telephone call to any other person within or without the City and threaten to bomb any building, structure or location or threaten that a bomb or other explosive device has been placed in any building or in any other structure or location.

1015.02 Unlawful Calls to a Location. No person shall make or cause to be made a telephone call and threaten to bomb any building, structure or location in the City or threaten that a bomb or other explosive device has been placed in any building, structure or location in the City.

1015.03 Annoying, Abusive, Threatening or Harassing Calls. No person shall make a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing the caller's identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person at the number called; or to make the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the number called; or by means of a telephone to make any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent. Any such act shall be unlawful whether performed from or to a telephone situated within the City.

1015.04 Person Responsible for Telephone Allowing Unlawful Acts. No person shall knowingly permit any telephone under the person's control to be used for any unlawful purpose described in this Section.

1015.05 911 Emergency Calls. No person shall dial 911 on a telephone for the purpose of requesting emergency police, fire or medical services when an emergency does not exist.

History: Ord 1004 adopted 2-25-71