(A) Wires, pipes and poles. No person shall alter, remove, tamper with, molest, damage or injure any wires, cable, appurtenance, structure, pipes or equipment of any utility of the town, or any public utility, or connect or tamper with the wires, cables or pipes of any electric, water, sewer, cable television or gas utility or of the town without consent of the utility or town having been first obtained.
(B) Manholes. It is unlawful to open up any manhole or opening to a sewer unless authorized by the town, or to leave a manhole or other opening so opened without replacing the fixture or appliances thereto in their proper place and position.
(C) Fire hydrants.
(1) No person, except a member of the Fire Department or a person acting on lawful order or permit issued by the town, 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) Intercepting service.
(1) No person shall, in any manner whatsoever:
(a) Cut into, attach to or intercept the wires, cables or pipes of any electric, water, cable television or gas utility or of the town for the purpose of fraudulently taking therefrom electric current, water, transmissions or gas;
(b) 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 town out of the value of the service; or
(c) 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 purpose of use thereof, and with the intent to defraud and cheat the utility or town from payment thereof.
(2) 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, § 5-3A-5) Penalty, see § 131.99