(A) All service owners are prohibited from furnishing water or allowing it to be taken from their hydrants or fixtures by other persons, unless the other persons secure a permit from the Town Water Utility Manager.
(B) No person shall take water from any public hydrant except for fire or other governmental usage applications, without authorization from the Manager of the Water Utility. The water shall be metered or verified by the Manager and rates as established in the latest applicable rate schedule of the Town Water Rate Ordinance shall be charged.
(C) Any person who, without authorization from the Manager of the Water Utility, intentionally and unlawfully diverts water from the water main, or otherwise intentionally and unlawfully uses or causes to be used, without authorization of the Manager, any water distributed by the waterworks, shall be prosecuted for any criminal violations that may be applicable, and also for any damage or loss to the town as provided by law, and shall be liable to the town for a penalty as prescribed by and set forth in § 10.99 if Chapter 10 (Rules of Construction; General Penalty) of Title I (General Provisions) of the Town Code of Hagerstown, Indiana.
(D) The resale of water supplied by the Town Water Utility to a customer of water service by the customer to any other person is strictly prohibited.
(Ord. 4-1991, passed 12-30-1991; Am. Ord. 8-2007, passed - -) Penalty, see § 52.99