It shall be unlawful for any person, except the owners thereof, to cut, tamper with, release, remove or otherwise interfere with any electric light wires, electric service wires, telephone wires, telegraph wires, fire alarm system wires, or any other wires in the city by which electric energy, sound or intelli-gence is transmitted, or to deface, break, tamper with, remove, molest or otherwise interfere with any of the appliances or appurtenances, for the maintenance of the wires or the transmission of such electric energy, sound or intelligence, without first having obtained from the owners thereof permission to do so.
('86 Code, § 9.56.030) (Ord. 253, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010