(A) The consumer as referred to throughout these general rules and regulations is defined as the property owner inasmuch as the property owner is responsible for payment of all bills for water service furnished by the utility to his or her premises.
(B) All water that passes through the meter installed in the service line that supplied the consumer shall be charged to and paid for by the consumer whether actually used or consumed by the consumer or whether wasted or lost by leakage of the consumer's piping or equipment.
(C) The consumer shall be responsible for any tampering, interference with or breaking of the seals of meters or other equipment of the utility installed on the consumer premises, including any illegal diversion of water, and the consumer shall be held liable for same according to state law.
(D) The consumer agrees that no one except the employees of the utility shall be allowed to make any internal or external adjustments of any meter or any other piece of apparatus which is the property of the utility.
(E) Only employees of the utility shall have the authority to turn the water service on or off at the curb cock and no other person shall be permitted to turn such water on or off without first having authorization of a permit from the utility in each and every instance.
(Ord. passed 5-1-80) Penalty, see § 10.99