§ 50.22 UNLAWFUL ACTS.
   (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 without first having applied for and received permission from the city 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 applied for and received permission from the city to do so.
   (D)   It is unlawful for any person to 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.
   (E)   It is unlawful for there to be any unmetered water service on the city distribution system and it is prohibited.
   (F)   Any person or entity committing a unlawful act under this section may be subject to immediate disconnection of service and/or civil and criminal penalties.
(2001 Code, § 3.04) Penalty, see § 10.99