(A) From and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or maintain within any public street or alley in the city, or within any other public property of the city, or within any privately-owned area within the city which has not yet become a public street but is designated or delineated as a proposed public street on any tentative subdivision map approved by the city, any equipment or facilities for distributing any television signals or radio signals, through a system, unless a valid franchise authorizing such use of such street or property or area has first been obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or, unless specifically permitted, pursuant to this chapter.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to make or use any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise within this city for the purpose of enabling himself or others to receive or use any television signals, radio signals, picture, program or sound, without payment to the owner of said system.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of a grantee, to willfully tamper with, remove or injure any cables, wires, or equipment used for distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs or sound.
('83 Code, § 5.24.260) (Ord. 912, passed - -85) Penalty, see § 10.99