(A) No consumer shall supply water to other families or allow them to take water from his or her premises, nor after water is supplied into a building shall any person make or employ a plumber or other person to make a tap or connection with the pipe upon the premises for alteration, extension or attachment, without the written permission of the Utilities Superintendent. Each tenant or lessee shall be responsible for all water service used in any space rented or leased by him or her.
(B) Each separate apartment or other leased premises shall be deemed to be a separate user of the city water supply and shall be required to pay any deposit and use fees as established by resolution of the City Council and placed on file in the office of the City Clerk. It shall further be unlawful for any person to tamper with any water meter or by means of any contrivance or device to divert the water from the service pipe so that the water will not pass through the meter or, while passing through said meter, to cause the meter to register inaccurately.
(Prior Code, § 6-115) Penalty, see § 51.999