(A) No person shall alter, remove, tamper with, molest, damage or injure any wires, cables, appurtenances, structures, pipes or equipment of any utility of the city or any public utility, or connect or tamper with the wires, cables or pipes of any electric, water, sewer, cable television or gas utility of the city without the consent of the utility or city having been first obtained.
(B) It is unlawful to open up any manhole or opening to a sewer unless authorized by the city, or to leave a manhole or other opening so opened without replacing the fixture or appliances thereto in their proper place and position.
(C) (1) No person, except a member of the Fire Department or a person acting on lawful order or permit issued by the city, shall open or use water from any fire hydrant or take off the caps or damage the same.
(2) No person may block the approach or access to a fire hydrant or attach, fasten, stand or brace anything against or on the hydrant.
(D) No person shall in any manner whatsoever:
(1) Cut into, attach to or intercept the wires, cables or pipes of any electric, water, cable television or gas utility or of the city for the purpose of fraudulently taking therefrom electric current, water, transmissions or gas;
(2) Cut into, attach to or intercept the wires, cables or pipes for the purpose of conducting around any meter electric current, water or gas in order to prevent the current, water or gas from being measured by the meter, or in such other manner so as to consume or use the utility or cable service so as to evade payment therefor with the unlawful intent to defraud the company or city out of the value of the service; or
(3) By any device or manipulation whatsoever, to cause current, transmissions, water or gas used upon any premises to be fraudulently conveyed upon any premises for the purposes of use thereof and with the intent to defraud and cheat the utility or city from payment thereof.
(E) Each day that any person maintains any such fraudulent connection with any wires, cables or pipes, or fraudulently takes from any such wires, cables or pipes either electric current, transmissions, water or gas, shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 10-315) Penalty, see § 134.99