(A) From and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install, or maintain within any public street in the village, or within any other public property of the village, or within any privately owned area within the village 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 village, any equipment or facilities for distributing any television signals or radio signals through a cable television system, unless a franchise authorizing such use of such street or property or area has first been obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and unless such franchise is in full force and effect.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to make or use any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively, or otherwise, with any part of a franchised cable television system within this village for the purpose of enabling himself, herself or others to receive or use any television signal, radio signal, picture, program, or sound without payment to the owner of the system.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the owner, to willfully tamper with, remove, or injure any cables, wires, or equipment used for distribution of television signals, radio signals, picture, programs, or sound.
(1995 Code, § 112.40) (Ord. 79-O-20, passed 7-9-1979) Penalty, see § 10.99