No person shall in any manner obstruct, cause or permit to be obstructed, access to any stop-cock, water meter, proportional, indicating or recording device, Buffalo or shut-off box, or connection with any water main or service pipe, by any means, shift or device whatsoever, and in the event the owner or person in possession, charge or control of the premises, after proper notifications shall fail to remove the obstruction, the Department may withhold water service to the building, structure or premises until the obstruction shall be removed. The Department shall have the power to require that an outside reading device, if necessary, be installed at the owner's expense if access to the meter is deemed hazardous to the representative of the Department.
(Ord. 2010-2, passed 4-27-2010) Penalty, see § 51.999