(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make or use any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively, or otherwise, with any part of a cable communications system for which a franchise has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of taking or receiving or enabling himself or others to receive or use any television signal, radio signal, picture, program, or sound without payment to the owner of such system.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the owner, to willfully tamper with, remove, injure, or vandalize any part of such a cable communications system, including any cable, wire, or equipment used for the distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs, or sound. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)