(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 system 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 nonpayment of a bill or for any other reason without first having obtained a permit to do so from the city.
(D) It is unlawful for any person to “jumper” or by any means or device 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 any person to make or use any connection to the city water or sewer system without the owner(s) of the location to be served thereby first entering into a written contract with the Council for the service, if the location to be served is beyond the corporate limits of the city.
(1998 Code, § 3.04, Subd. 7) Penalty, see § 10.99