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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 10
Chapter 10.27A
Section 10.27A.740
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Chapter 10.27A Cable Communications Code

Article III. Franchise Conditions

Section 10.27A.740 Tampering or Unauthorized Connections

  1. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of a franchised cable system within the City for the purpose of enabling anyone to receive any television signal or other information transmitted over the cable system without the consent of a franchisee.
     
  2. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of a franchisee, to willfully tamper with, remove or injure any cables, wires or other cable system equipment except, however, a subscriber may disconnect a television receiver from the cable system at any time.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)