(A) No person, firms, company, corporation, business enterprise or entity shall, without firstobtaining the prior written consent and approval of the Mayor of the City, or his designee, open any fire hydrant of the municipal water system, or remove any valve cover of the municipal water system, or open any control device of the municipal water system. (This provision shall not apply to the officers, agents or employees of the city, whether paid or volunteer, in the performance of their respective duties.)
(B) No customer, person, firm, company, corporation, business enterprise or entity shall:
(1) Disconnect, disengage, by-pass or tamper with a water meter, water metering device, water metering unit or water metering system.
(2) Cause, directly or indirectly, any opening to be made into any water main or water line of the municipal water system.
(3) Make any unauthorized withdrawals or uses of water from the municipal water system.
(4) Cause, permit, or allow any water drawn from the water mains or lines of the municipal water system to be piped or otherwise directed onto the lands of another for consumption, use or any purposes whatsoever.
(5) Cause, permit, or allow any water meter, water metering device, water metering unit, water metering system or water service line duly and officially disconnected or disengage by the city to be reconnected, engaged or energized so as to continue water service.
(6) Cause, permit, allow, or have performed any unauthorized work or services provided to the municipal water system or have installed any water metering device, components or appurtenances not authorized and approved by the city.
(7) Intentionally, willfully, or through act of grosss negligence, do, commit, perform, permit, allow, engage in, or encourage any act which may, will or does cause proximately any manner or degree of injury or damage to the municipal water system or any of its parts, components, appurtenances or to the operation of such municipal water system.
(8) Cover any meter jar cover, valve cover, or control device of the municipal water system with dirt, gravel, or any other materials or matter of any kind or nature.
(Ord. No. 509-1994, passed 4-4-94)