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RESOLUTION NO. 4189
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA ESTABLISHING RULES FOR
ISSUANCE OF'PERMITS FOR AUTOMATIC _TELgPHONE
DIALING DEVICES. '
WHEREAS, concurrent with adoption hereof; the City Council
has adopted Ordinance No. 1424 prohibiting the use of automatic
dialing equipment using pre-recorded messages to connect to a City
telephone without a permit; and'
WHEREAS, it is desirable to provide for the issuance of
such permits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE .
CITY OF ARCADIA THAT:
SECTION 1. The License Officer is authorized to issue a
permit for the ,installation and use of an automatic telephone dialing
device system which is programmed to dial and connect to unpublished
telephone numbers assigned to the Police Department or Fire Department
and deliver a pre-recorded message.
An application for a permit shall be made on a form pre-
scribed.by the License Officer. The application shall contain
information which is reasonably necessary to assure that such systems
shall be used only for proper police or fire purposes and to permit
a proper response to such a message.
The permi t'tee, in writing, shall release and hold the City
harmless from any claim, injury, or damage arising out of the use
of ' such device, including failure to respond, for whatever reason,
to any call, made by the device.
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Permit fees shall be paid to the City by the holder of any
such permit at times and in amounts as determined by the City Manager
to be sufficient" when accumulated with other such permit fees, to
pay the City's costs, from time to time, of the telephone service.
Conditions may be attached to a permit which are deter~ined
by the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief to be reasonably necessary
to assure the proper functioning of the system and ,the City's
telephones.
The City Manager may revoke a permit if he determines that
the holder has failed to pay any fee which is due and payable, has
violated any condition of the permit, or is using the system so as
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to cause an undue number of "false alarm" calls or in a manner which
prevents efficient use of a City telephone by the Police Department,
Fire Department, or other permittee.
A revocation shall be effective upon delivery of a notice
to a permittee, which notice shall state the reason for the revoca-
tion. An appeal from a revocation may be made to the City Council by
filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk not later than ten days
from the effective date
of 'revocation. On appeal, the City Council
CitY~_NL~~ger '
the ll:lU:~R~II1H{ had just cause for the'
'shall determine whether
revocation.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of 'the City Council of th~ City of Arcadia held
on the 16th day of March
least three Councilmen, to wit:
, 1971, by,the affirmative vote of at
AYES:
Councilmen Arth, Considine, Hage, Helms, and
Butterworth
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this
, 1971.
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