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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON <br />DILL NO. ____~6____. ORDINANCE NO. 5776 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE <br />OF '[HE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY~ RELATING TO OFFENSES- <br />MISCELLANEOUS, DY REPEALING SECTION 23-~.i AND <br />ENACTING IN LIEU THEROF A NEW SECTION KNOWN AS <br />"SECTION 25-33.1~.TELEPHONE HARASSMENT"; AND TO <br />CONFORM WITH RECENT COURT DECISIONS; CONTAINING A <br />SAVING CI-AUSE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. <br /> <br /> DE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY <br />CITY~ MISSOUR1 AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. Chapter 23 of the Municipal Code of the City <br />of University City relating to miscellaneous offenses is <br />hereby amended by enacting therein a new section to be known <br />as, "Section 23-~5.1~ telephone calls~ annoyance through <br />improper use" to conform with recent court decisions~ <br />relating to the same subject and re-enacting said section so <br />th~ said section~ as ~o amended shall read es follows: <br /> <br />Sectio~ 25-5~.i. Telephone Harassment <br /> <br /> 1,, It shall be unlawful for any person~ by <br />means of telephone communication or call, for the <br />purpose of frightening or disturbing another person~ <br /> <br />a) Make a telephone call anonymously; or <br /> <br />b) Make repeated telephone calls; or <br /> <br />c) <br /> <br />Use coarse language offensive to one of <br />average sensibility during a telephone <br />communication or call; or <br /> <br />(d) Make any comment, request~ suggestion, <br /> or proposal which is obscene or indecent. <br /> <br /> 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to <br />permit knowingly any telephone under such person"s <br />control to be used for any purpose prohibited by <br />this section. <br /> <br /> ~. For the purpose of this section~ an <br />offense shall be .deemed to have been committed in <br />University City if either or any telephone involved <br />in any of the acts or omissions prohibited by this <br />section is located in University City. <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br /> <br />