(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to open, turn on, or use water from any fire hydrant connected to the City of Asheboro water distribution system, or to attach any hose, pipe, or any other type of apparatus to such a fire hydrant, without a written revocable permit issued by the Water Resources Director or his or her designee; provided, that this prohibition shall not apply to employees of the City of Asheboro qualified to use fire hydrants in the course of performing their official duties. Portable meters for connection to fire hydrants may be furnished by the city after a permit application and security deposit have been submitted to the Water Resources Director or his or her designee. The permit holder shall be responsible for any damage to the hydrant, portable meter, connections, or any other component of the city’s water distribution system. Such damages will be billed to the permit holder. Subject to the following exception, all charges for water consumption shall be billed to the permit holder in accordance with the adopted rate schedule. Contractors performing work for the city and contractors blowing off newly constructed water lines will not be billed for the water used for these particular tasks. While a hydrant is in use, no wrench shall be used on the hydrant other than an approved hydrant wrench.
(B) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘69 Code, § 23-15) (Am. Ord. 57 ORD 11-07, passed 11-8-07; Am. Ord. 42 ORD 9-09, passed 9-10-09; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21) Penalty, see § 50.999