§ 21-18. Tampering with CATV system prohibited.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any unauthorized connection whether physical, electrical, acoustical, inductive or otherwise, with any part of a city-franchised cable television system for the purpose of enabling himself or others to receive any television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs, sounds or any other information transmitted over the cable television system, without payment to the franchisee or its lessees.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of a franchised cable television company, to willfully tamper with, remove or injure any cable, wires, or other equipment used for the distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs, sounds or any other information transmitted over the cable system.

(Ord. No. 50508, §§ 1, 2, 3-8-79; Code 1959, § 26-30)

Cross reference

Regulations governing basic service rates for cable television systems, § 16-4.