It is unlawful for any person to connect or attach any kind of pipe, wire or other contrivance to any pipe, line, wire or other conductor carrying gas, water or electricity and belonging to a public utility (whether publicly or privately owned), in such a manner as to enable him or her to consume or use gas, water or electricity without it passing through the meter, or in any other way so as to evade payment thereof. It is also unlawful for any person to damage, molest, tamper with, or destroy any pipe, line, wire, meter or other part of any public utility, including telegraph and telephone systems.
(Prior Code, § 5-6C-4) Penalty, see § 130.99
Cross-reference:
Uncollected garbage and trash; nuisance, see § 50.08