(a) No person shall, without lawful authority, consume, take or make use of any water from the waterworks system, nor turn water on or off at any curb stop or fire hydrant.
(b) No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb stop, stopcock, meter or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of the waterworks system with intent to cause the escape of water or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of water. This section does not apply to any City agent or employee for that purpose or to anything done by or under authority of the Fire Division.
(c) No person shall in any manner tamper with any water hydrant, valve, pipe, meter or any other appliance or fixture of the waterworks system.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1980 Code 95.04)