(A) All hydrants erected for the purpose of extinguishing fire are hereby declared to be public hydrants, and no person or persons, except members of the Fire Department, the City Police, or persons expressly authorized by the City Council, and then only the exercise of authority delegated by the said City Council, shall open any of said hydrants or attempt to draw water from the same, or at any time attempt to remove or uncover any protection from, or in any manner that interferes with, any of the hydrants.
(Prior Code, § 15-3-4)
(B) No person, except an employee of the Water Department or Fire Department of the city, shall open, take any water from, or in any way interfere with, injure, break, or deface any fire hydrant belonging to the Municipal Water Plant of the city.
(Prior Code, § 15-3-5)
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person authorized to open hydrants to delegate his or her authority to another, or let or suffer another person to take wrenches or tools furnished to him or her, or suffer the same to be taken from any hose house, except for the purpose strictly connected with the Fire Department, or as they accompany carts or wagons on occasions of fire.
(Prior Code, § 15-3-6)
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-47-1, 22-11-6