It shall be unlawful for any person to commence or engage in the business of constructing or operating a cable system in the township without being awarded a cable franchise and executing a franchise agreement with the township. The township reserves the right to build its own Cable Television Communications System without granting itself a franchise.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electronically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of the franchisee's cable television or telecommunications system within the township for the purposes of enabling himself or others to receive any television or radio signals, picture, program, or sound, without payment to the operator of said system in accordance with the then current rate schedule.
The township will cooperate with the franchisee to prevent theft of service wherever possible.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the subscriber (residential/commercial) or the franchisee, as applicable, to unlawfully tamper, remove or injure any cable, wires or equipment used for distribution of television signals, radio signals, pictures, programs, sound or data connection.