(A) No person or persons other than the members of the fire department or the water department of the town, for the uses and purposes of said department, and such other purposes as are specifically authorized by the Town Council, shall open any hydrant or attempt to draw water therefrom, or in any way open any hydrant connected with the waterworks or mains of the town, or in any manner interfere with or injure any of the hydrants, mains, pipes, or other fixtures. It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully or carelessly break or injure any of the public hydrants belonging to the town for the supply of the citizens with water, or pollute or unnecessarily waste the water at any such hydrants. It is unlawful for any member of the fire department to let out or suffer or permit any person or persons to take wrenches furnished by the town to the different fire companies to be used by the companies in cases of fire, or to suffer or permit any of the wrenches furnished the companies to be taken from the hose houses of the companies, except as they accompany fire equipment on occasions of fire, or for other purposes connected with the fire department.
(Ord. 138 S43, 1916)
(B) Any unauthorized person taking water from a hydrant shall be billed as specified under §§ 52.075 through 52.079, and shall pay for the amount of water that was taken. Should the amount of water taken be an unknown quantity, the quantity to be billed for shall be estimated by the water utility superintendent. That quantity, times two, shall be the corrected estimated amount to be paid. Persons or companies found to have taken water without the utility's permission are subject to criminal prosecution and payment for the water plus penalty to be levied by the Town Council.
('80 Code, §13.08.010) Penalty, see § 52.999