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.
