§ 15.12.200. Interference with department property prohibited—Unauthorized connections—Blocking fire hydrants.

It is unlawful for any person, except an authorized employee or agent of the department, to tap, open, remove or in any way disturb or injure any of the water pipes, mains, meter cocks, meters, fireplugs or water connections, whether private or public, or other department property, or to take therefrom or waste the water thereof, or to knowingly permit any such unlawful tapping or connection to be made on his premises or on any premises in his control, or to use water from such an unauthorized connection, or in any way to prevent free access to fire hydrants, especially the apparatus of the fire department, or stopcocks, or to deface or injure in any manner any of the houses, walls, machinery or fixtures connected with or appertaining to the water or sewerage system, or to throw or deposit any sticks, mud, rubbish or other matter in the reservoirs, basins or any storage tanks connected to the water and sewerage system.

(Prior code § 40-1-14)