(A) The unauthorized tampering with or altering the condition of water meters installed by the town anywhere within the town’s water system is prohibited.
(B) Authorization for altering the condition of or turning on and off town water meters is to be granted in the sole discretion of the Board of Commissioners for the town, upon majority vote in regular sessions of such Board.
(C) Any person whose water has been cut off by the town and who is found, after the water has been cut off, to be receiving water from the town without the prior approval and knowledge of the town’s Water Department, shall have the water again cut off and shall be additionally liable to the town for the penalty of $75 to be added to the cost of the water used between the initial cut off and the subsequent cut off. Any such person who damages a water meter after tampering with such meter shall be also be responsible for the cost of repairing such water meter, in addition to any other costs and penalties discussed herein. Failure to pay such penalty within ten days shall, in addition to the penalty stated above, constitute a misdemeanor subjecting such person to fine or imprisonment as provided in G.S. § 14-4.
(Prior Code, § 15-4) (Ord. passed 1-7-1971) Penalty, see § 50.99