No person, whether or not an authorized system user of a telecommunications system, may intentionally or knowingly damage or cause to be damaged any wire, cable, conduit, equipment, or apparatus of a grantee, or commit any act with intent to cause such damage, or to tap, tamper with, or otherwise connect any wire or device to a wire, cable, conduit, equipment, and apparatus, or appurtenances of a grantee with the intent to obtain a signal or impulse from the system without authorization from or compensation to a grantee, or to obtain cable television or other communications service with intent to cheat or defraud a grantee of any lawful charge to which it is entitled.
(2011 Code, § 14.02.160) Penalty, see § 114.999