No person except a public utility engaged in the business of
providing communications services and facilities shall use or operate,
attempt to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated, or arrange,
adjust, program or otherwise provide or install any device or combination
of devices that will upon activation, either mechanically, electronically
or by other automatic means initiate an intrastate call and deliver
a recorded message or any telephone number assigned to any subscriber
by a public telephone company, without the prior written consent of
such subscriber.
The term "telephone number" includes any additional numbers
assigned by a public utility company engaged in the business, of providing
communications services and facilities to be used by means of a rotary
or other system to connect with the subscriber to such primary number
when the primary telephone number is in use.
Violation of the requirements of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor as provided in Section 1.01.190 of this Code.
(SCC 4 § 1, 1970)
