(A) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or customer to break the seal of any meter or in any manner to make alterations, changes or repairs on the same or to open any mains, laterals, service pipe, stopcocks, valves, or any part thereof or otherwise tamper with or attempt to do any work on either or any of them without authority from the city or its properly authorized agent.
(B) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or who shall willfully or maliciously injure or damage any property connected with the gas system of the city shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter prescribed.
(C) Tampering shall include any type of confinement, enclosure, covering over, surface sealing, or changing of the environment relative to any parts of the gas system or equipment of the city.
(D) Such tampering shall become the liability of the customer who shall pay the city the actual cost of removal, repairing, and/or replacing equipment or material.
(1978 Code, § 13.12.180) (Ord. 588, passed - -1984) Penalty, see § 52.99