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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Chapter 16 — Offenses – Miscellaneous

Gilroy Municipal Code § 16.14 (Reserved)

Gilroy Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Gilroy

Cite as: Gilroy Municipal Code § 16.14 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Note: See the editor’s note following §§ 16.7—16.13.

§ 16.14-1. Public safety telephone numbers; delivery of intrastate recorded telephone…

(a) No person except a public utility engaged in the business of providing communication 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 to any public safety telephone number, without the prior written consent of such public safety subscriber.

(b) 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.

(c) Violation of this section is an infraction.

(Ord. No. 886, §§ 1—3, 5-4-1970; Ord. No. 77-15, § 15, 4-18-1977)

§ 16.15. through § 16.16. (Reserved)

Note: See the editor’s note following §§ 16.7—16.13.

§ 16.17. through § 16.22. (Reserved)

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 86-19, § 56, adopted October 6, 1986, repealed §§ 16.17—16.22 in their entirety. Former §§ 16-17—16.22 were concerned with solicitation of funds or other property, and derived from Ord. No. 398 and 649.

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