4-8-7-3: PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE:
No person shall maliciously or willfully break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenances or equipment which is part of the Village’s public sanitary sewerage system or water supply system, including any radio and/or communication equipment or antennas affixed thereto. In addition, no person other than a Village employee shall have access to any Village elevated water storage (water tower) facility, water treatment facility or water pumping station unless:
   (a)   He or she shall have successfully passed a background check conducted by the Village Police Department;
   (b)   He or she is accompanied by a designated employee of the Village’s Police Department or Public Works Department and after having presented proper personal identification; and
   (c)   Access is requested between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If an emergency requires access at any other time, such access must be arranged with the Village’s Police Department after providing as much advance notice as may be practical under the circumstances.
   (d)   He or she agrees to reimburse the Village for the cost incurred by the Village in performing the background check and in furnishing the Village’s employee to accompany him or her based upon the employee’s hourly rate of pay. (Ord. 4851, 11-4-13)