Whoever shall, without permission or authority of the city, make connections, or cause connections to be made, by pipe or by any other device, with the water pipes and/or water system of the city with the purpose of obtaining or diverting water from the city water system, or whoever shall, without permission or authority from the city, tamper with any connecting device, valve, pipe or meter erected or set up for the purpose of turning on and off the water supply or registering or regulating the amount of water supplied to any customer of the city water system, within the city, with the purpose of obtaining or diverting any portion of the city water supply, or whoever shall, without permission or authority of the city, connect or cause to be connected by pipe or by any other device, any such connecting device, valve, pipe or meter, or whoever, without permission or authority of the city, changes or diverts the water leading to or from any such connecting devices or pipes or by any device or appliance or means whatsoever tampers with such connecting devices in such manner that said connecting device does not measure or regulate the full amount of water supplied to each customer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 350, 7-6-1976; amd. 1994 Code)