(A) Use of public street. From and after the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or maintain in any public place within the grantor’s territory, or upon any easement owned or controlled by a public utility, or within any other public property of the grantor, or within any privately-owned area within the grantor’s jurisdiction which is not yet, but is designated as, a proposed public place on a tentative subdivision map approved by the grantor, any equipment, facilities or system for distributing signals or services through a cable television system, unless a franchise has first been obtained hereunder, and is in full force and effect.
(B) Unauthorized connections. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or use any unauthorized connection to, or to monitor, tap, receive or send any signal or service via a franchised system, or to enable anyone to receive or use any service, television or radio signal, picture, program or sound or any other signal without payment to the owner of said system.
(C) Tampering with facilities. It shall be unlawful, without the consent of the owner, to willfully attach to, tamper with, modify, remove or injure any physical part of a franchised cable television system.
(2009 Code, § 8-1-10) (Ord. 93-5, passed 4-11-1993) Penalty, see § 115.99