It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(A) Break or deface the seal on any meter;
(B) Obstruct, alter, injure or prevent the action of any meter or other instrument used to measure or register the quantity of water supplied to a consumer thereof;
(C) Make any connection by means of a pipe, or otherwise, with any main or pipe used for delivery of water to a consumer thereof, in such manner as to take water from said main or pipe without its passage through the meter or other instrument provided for registering the amount or quantity consumed or use any water so obtained;
(D) Make any connection or reconnection with such main or pipe, or turn off or on, or in any manner interfere with any valve, stopcock or other appliance connected therewith;
(E) Prevent, by the erection of any device or construction, or by any other means, free access to any meter or other instrument for registering or measuring the amount of water consumed, or to interfere with, obstruct or prevent, by any means the reading or inspection of such meter or instrument by any of the employees of the PWD of the city; or
(F) Turn on the waterline after the same shall have been shut off by or under the direction of the city for non-payment of water charges or who shall unlawfully take water from such water system.
(1992 Code, § 7-1-1124) (Ord. 06-01, passed 11-6-2006)