(A) No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curbcock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of the city waterworks system with intent to cause the escape of water or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open, or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of water. This section does not apply to any city agent or employee for that purpose or to anything done by or under authority of the City Fire Department.
(B) No person shall in any manner tamper with any water hydrant, valve, pipe, meter, or any other appliance or fixture of the city waterworks system.
(`63 Code, § 913.04) (Ord. 27-61, passed 7-3-61) Penalty, see § 51.99