(a) No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stop cock, water meter or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes or other pipes or apparatus of the Municipality, with intent to cause the escape of water or to injure or destroy such property.
(b) No person shall tap, sever, open or make any unauthorized connections with a water meter, main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of water.
(c) This section does not apply to Municipal representatives with regard to duties per formed in the official scope of their employment, nor does this section apply to anything done by or under authority of any regularly constituted fire department.
(Ord. 75 CC. Passed 10-7-75.)