No person shall intercept or receive, or assist in intercepting or receiving, any communications service offered over a cable system, unless specifically authorized to do so by a cable operator, or as may otherwise is specifically authorized by law.
(A) For purposes of this section, the term ASSIST IN INTERCEPTING OR RECEIVING shall include the manufacture or distribution of equipment intended by the manufacturer or distributor for the unauthorized reception of cable service.
(B) Without securing permission from a cable operator or making payment to a cable operator, no person shall be authorized to make any connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of an authorized or franchised cable system for the purpose of receiving or intercepting, or assisting others to receive or intercept any cable service provided lawfully by the cable operator.
(C) No person shall be authorized to willfully tamper with, remove or damage any cable, wires, equipment or facilities used for the distribution of cable services.
(Prior Code, § 110.100) (Ord. 13-08, passed 6-3-2013) Penalty, see § 115.99