§ 52.004 DAMAGING WATER SYSTEM.
   (A)   (1)   No person shall willfully or carelessly break, injure, mar, deface, interfere with or disturb any apparatus, attachment or appurtenance of the City Water and Sewer Department and water distribution system or commit any act tending to obstruct or impair the intended use of such equipment.
      (2)   The perpetrators of such act or acts, whether done willfully, carelessly or accidentally, shall be liable to the city for the costs and results thereof.
(Prior Code, § 52.04)
   (B)   (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or damage any part of the water or sewer system of the city.
      (2)   Any person who so interferes with the city’s water or sewer system shall be subject to the penal provisions of this chapter and shall also be liable for damages including reasonable attorney fees for any such conduct.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to discharge or permit or cause to be discharged any sanitary or industrial wastewater into any storm sewers constructed as set out by the City Council from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 51.01) (Ord. 06-007, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2014-007, passed 2-11-2014; Ord. 2413, passed 8-8-1978; Ord. 2452, passed 4-10-1979; Ord. 2531, passed 11-11-1980; Ord. 93-204, passed 1-26-1993; Ord. 96-408, passed 9-10-1996; Ord. 98-218, passed 9-8-1998; Ord. 99-239, passed 1-26-1999; Ord. 03-455, passed 10-14-2003; Ord. 07- 074, passed 4-24-2007; Ord. 12-162, passed 2-28-2012; Ord. 2015-033, passed 11-10-2015) Penalty, see § 52.999