San Bernardino County Municipal Code Ch. 16 Automatic Telephonic Dialing Systems

No person shall install, rise or cause to be used any telephonic device which is activated electronically to automatically dial a telephone line of the San Bernardino County Government, or special district with fire prevention and fire-fighting powers.

(Ord. 1684, passed - -1971)

All automatic telephonic dialing systems, insofar as such systems are used to transmit messages to San Bernardino County Government installations, under the authority of the Board of Supervisors, shall dial to, and the message shall be received by, a live answering service, such as a private alarm dispatch center, or a telephone answering service, or a 24-hour answering facility.

(Ord. 1684, passed - -1971)

No person shall install, use or cause to be used any telephonic device which is activated electronically to automatically dial a telephone within the unincorporated part of County of San Bernardino without first obtaining a permit from the San Bernardino County Sheriff to install and use such telephonic device. The Sheriff shall review all requests for telephonic burglar alarms and the Sheriff and the County Fire Warden, or the chief of any special district the department involved, shall review all requests for telephonic fire alarms. Before a permit may be issued, the following requirements shall be first complied with:

(a) There shall be filed with the San Bernardino County Sheriff by the current subscriber of the telephone which contains an automatic dialing device, that party’s name, address, the telephone number and the location of the telephone for which the application is filed;

(b) There shall be filed with the San Bernardino County Sheriff by the current subscriber of the telephone which receives calls from an automatic telephone dialing system that party’s name, address, the telephone number and the location of such telephone.

(Ord. 1684, passed - -1971)