No person, firm or corporation shall turn off or cause to be turned off or on the town water at the curb stop cock box; or meter box; or remove or replace a water meter or to make any connection, connecting the town water with the house service after a meter has been removed or to make any connection around a meter or to otherwise disturb, deface, remove or change any portion of the town water system, other than under authority of the town, or one of the town’s authorized personnel while acting in his or her official capacity.
(1996 Code, § 172-7) Penalty, see § 51.99