(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or to carry on the business of distributing to any persons in this county any television signals or radio signals by means of a CATV system unless a franchise therefor has first been obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and unless the franchise is in full force and effect.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or maintain within any public street in the county, or within any other public property of the county or within any privately owned area within the county which has not yet become a public street but is designated or delineated as a proposed public street on any tentative subdivision or parcel map approved by the county, any equipment or facilities for distributing any television signals or radio signals through a CATV system, unless a franchise authorizing the use of the street or property or area has first been obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and unless the franchise is in full force and effect.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of a franchised CATV system within this county for the purpose of taking or receiving television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs or sound.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise with any part of a franchised CATV system within this county for the purpose of enabling himself, herself or others to receive any television signal, radio signal, picture, program or sound, without payment to the owner of the system.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the owner, to wilfully tamper with, remove or injure any cables, wires or equipment used for distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs or sound.
(1966 Code, § 6A-26) (Ord. 312, § 26; Ord. 967, §§ 3, 4, 2018; Ord. 968, §§ 3, 4, 2018)