§ 5.06.100. Violations.

A.

From and after the effective date of this chapter it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or maintain, within any public street within any area of the county, any equipment for distributing any signals through a cable system unless a franchise authorizing such use of public streets has been obtained pursuant to this chapter, except that any person operating a cable system within the county prior to the effective date of this chapter shall not be deemed to be in violation of this chapter; provided the person makes application for a franchise within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter.

B.

It is unlawful for any person to make or use any unauthorized connection, whether physical, electric, acoustic, inductive or otherwise, with any part of a franchised cable system within the county for purpose of enabling himself or others to receive cable service or any other signal without payment to the franchisee.

C.

It is unlawful for any person, without the consent of the franchisee, to willfully tamper with, remove or injure any cables, wires or other equipment used for a cable system or cable service, except in the case of county employees or agents acting within the course and scope of their employment.

(Ord. 405B § 1(part), 2004: Ord. 409 § 1(part), 1975).