A. From and after the effective date of this title, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or maintain within any public street 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 CATV system, unless a franchise authorizing such use of such street or property or area has first been obtained, and unless such franchise is in full force and effect.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively, or otherwise, with any part of the franchised CATV system within this city for the purpose of enabling anyone to receive any television signal, radio signal, picture, sound, or other transmission, without payment to the grantee.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the owner, wilfully to tamper with, remove or injure any cables, wires or equipment used for distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, sound or other transmission.
D. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (Ord. 2008-04, 10-14-2008, eff. 10-14-2008)