(a) No person shall maliciously obstruct, tamper, destroy or interfere with any part of the City water system, including without limitation any lines, pipes, hydrants, manholes, machinery, tanks, valves or other portions of the system.
(Ord. 755. Passed 4-13-59.)
(b) No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, 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 a water company or furnisher of water, with intent to cause the escape of water or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of water. This section does not apply to the agent or employee for that purpose, of the owner or operator of the appliances referred to in this section, and does not apply to anything done by or under authority of the Fire Division.
(ORC 4933.22) (Ord. 117-65. Passed 8-30-65.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.