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FIRE HYDRANTS; WATER OUTLETS
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to open, close, otherwise operate, or damage any valve or any fire hydrant, water pipe, water service, flushing connections, or other public water facilities located anywhere within Louisville Metro or to otherwise tamper with any of such hydrants, pipes, water service, flushing connection, or other public water facilities, unless such person has a written permit to do so, issued in the form prescribed by the Louisville Water Company and signed by an authorized agent or representative of the company. Any person opening or closing such pipes, hydrants, water service, flushing connection, or other public water facilities shall have said permit in their possession at all times and shall produce same when so requested by any Metro Government official. The above prohibition shall not apply to firefighters in the authorized performance of their official duties, nor to authorized personnel of the Louisville Water Company acting at the direction of the management of the company.
(B) To protect the public water supply from contamination, a backflow prevention assembly approved by the Louisville Water Company shall be installed on all commercial, industrial, fire, and irrigation services.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 52.01) (Jeff. Ord. 22-1981, adopted and effective 6-30-1981; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 146-2005, approved 9-26-2005) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for anyone to vandalize a fire hydrant, intake well, well field, source water protection facility, water treatment facility, water reservoir, transmission main, distribution main, water storage facility, water pump station, valve, water meter, or any other water facility infrastructure used in the production or delivery of the public water supply anywhere within Louisville Metro.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to paint or in any other way deface or change the normal appearance of a fire hydrant, except to paint said hydrants in the normal course of preventive maintenance and in compliance with the directive of the Louisville Water Company and/or fire department or fire protection district having jurisdiction over said hydrants.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 52.02) (Jeff. Ord. 22-1981, adopted and effective 6-30-1981; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 146-2005, approved 9-26-2005) Penalty, see § 52.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain water in Louisville Metro for personal or corporate use without contracting for service with the Louisville Water Company. This shall include direct connection to a fire hydrant, or tapping directly or indirectly to a water main or system tributaries.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 146-2005, approved 9-26-2005) Penalty, see § 52.99
If any provision of this chapter as now or later amended or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 10.07) (Jeff. Ord. 36-1994, adopted and effective 12-20-1994; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 146-2005, approved 9-26-2005)
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to be criminal mischief, as set forth in KRS 512.020 through 512.040, and if found guilty, violators shall be fined and/or imprisoned in accordance with the appropriate statute. If found guilty of criminal mischief in the first or second degree, the violator may be held liable by a court of law for the cost of any necessary repairs, to Metro Government and/or the Louisville Water Company, in addition to any fines or terms of imprisonment imposed.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 52.03) (Jeff. Ord. 22-1981, adopted and effective 6-30-1981; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 146-2005, approved 9-26-2005)