(A) It is unlawful for any person to willfully or carelessly break, injure, mar, deface, disturb or in any way interfere with any buildings, attachments, machinery, apparatus, equipment, fixture or appurtenance of any municipal utility or municipal utility system, or commit any act tending to obstruct or impair the use of any municipal utility.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to make any connection with any municipal utility system without first having applied for and received permission from the City Administrator to make the same.
(C) It is unlawful for any person to turn on or connect a utility when the same has been turned off or disconnected by the city for non-payment of a bill, or for any other reason, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the City Administrator.
(D) It is unlawful for any person to “jumper” or by any means or device fully or partially circumvent a municipal utility meter, or to knowingly use or consume unmetered utilities or use the services of any utility system, the use of which the proper billing authorities have no knowledge.
(2002 Code, § 3.70) (Ord. 157, Third Series, effective 12-1-1987; Ord. 21, Fourth Series, effective 12-15-1991; Ord. 12, Fifth Series, passed 8-19-1996; Ord. 106, Sixth Series, effective 5-22-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99