(A) No person shall break any seal, pull any meter, close any by-pass switch, connect, disconnect or tamper with any of Brigham City Public Power’s metering equipment other than authorized Brigham City Public Power personnel.
(B) Any person determined to have violated division (A) above shall also be liable for the costs of all energy supplied which has not been billed due to unauthorized use, alteration or tampering with metering equipment. The person(s) shall also be liable for all of the city employee labor hours required for the investigation and resolution to the said violation.
(C) (1) Any person who shall willfully injure or destroy any part or portion of the electrical system or the extensions thereof or, without authority, connect with the system to use electric energy from the system or who shall, in any manner, unlawfully interfere with the free workings of the system shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(2) No person shall install any kind of lock device or mechanism, or in any way impede accessibility to any city-owned equipment.
(3) Any equipment owned by the city that is found to be rendered inaccessible will be corrected immediately by the consumer or by Department personnel depending on the need for access.
(4) A cost to the consumer may apply if costs are incurred by the city in correcting inaccessible equipment.
(Prior Code, § 10.01.030) (Ord. 18-17, passed 10-4-2018) Penalty, see § 10.999