It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of a franchise cable system within this city for the purpose of taking or receiving television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs or sound, or enabling him/herself or others to receive any television signal, radio signal, picture, program or sound, without payment to the owner of the system.
(Ord. 94-09, passed 9-12-94)