(A) Unauthorized operations. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate, or carry on the business of distributing to any person in the county any television signals or radio signals by means of any CATV system unless a franchise therefor has first been obtained from the county and is in full force and effect.
(B) Unauthorized use.
(1) No person shall intercept, descramble, decode, or receive or assist in intercepting, descrambling, decoding, or receiving any signals from a grantee’s system unless specifically authorized to do so by the grantee. ASSIST IN INTERCEPTING, DESCRAMBLING, DECODING, OR RECEIVING shall include the manufacture or distribution of equipment intended by the manufacturer or distributor for unauthorized reception of signals over a CATV system.
(2) No person shall tamper with, remove, or injure any lines, poles, equipment, or other facilities used with a system unless specifically authorized to do so by the grantee.
(3) No person shall intentionally deprive a grantee of a lawful charge for cable service.
(4) If an unauthorized device or connection designed to intercept, descramble, or decode a cable television signal is present on the premises or property occupied or used by a person, it shall be presumed that such person knowingly used such device or connection to intercept, descramble, or decode cable television signals. If equipment of the grantee which has been tampered with, changed or modified is present on the premises or property occupied or used by a person, it shall be presumed that such person knowingly used such equipment to intercept, descramble, or decode cable television signals.
(5) Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit any of a grantee’s applicable rights and remedies available in law or in equity, all of which are expressly reserved to the grantee.
(Prior Code, § 64.011) (Ord. 89-15, passed 8-23-1989; Ord. 95-7, passed 4-19-1995; Ord. 95-6, passed 5-10-1995; Ord. 95-20, passed 12-13-1995; Ord. 2002-13, passed 6-12-2002) Penalty, see § 115.99