A. From and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to construct, install, or maintain within any public street in the city, or within any other public property of the city, or within any privately owned area within the city which has not yet become a public street but is designated or delineated as a proposed public street on an adopted general plan of arterial highways or on any tentative subdivision map approved by the city, any equipment or facilities for distributing any television signals or radio signals through a cable television communications 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 is 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 cable communication system within this city for the purpose of taking or receiving television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs, or sound.
C. It is 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 cable communication system within this city for the purpose of enabling himself or others to receive any television, radio signal, picture, program, or sound, without payment to the owner of said system.
D. It is 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.
E. A violation of the foregoing subsections A, B, C or D of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, and/or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and every offense.
(Ord. 85-07-950 § 1 (part))