No person shall connect any wire to any meter, pipe, conduit, line or other apparatus, wire or fixture, in any house, building or structure, for the purpose of taking, using or diverting any electric current from city without such electric current first passing through a meter duly located or installed in such house, building or structure, or in an attempt to use, secure or waste such electric current without intending to pay for same; no person shall take, receive or attempt to take, receive or appropriate any electric current from the city without intending to pay for same; no person shall make any change in any meter, fixture, appliance, mechanism, apparatus or instrument for the purpose of securing from the city any gas or water without the knowledge of said city, or without the same being duly registered, measured or indicated or without permission from said city, and no person shall take or receive from the city any gas or water with intent to secure same without payment therefor to said city.
(1992 Code, § 105:00) Penalty, see § 10.99