(A) Any person who, by fraud or stealth, in any way obtains water from the water system of the town or who turns on the water service without having first made application to the office of the town’s Public Works Authority in regular form is guilty of an offense.
(B) Each day water is used unlawfully constitutes a separate offense.
(C) Each amount of water that has been obtained by a person without the water having been permitted to go through the meter designated and placed for such person shall be estimated by the amount used by such person during the last month previous when the meter operated, and the person shall pay for the same at the rate fixed by ordinance.
(D) In any case, where theft of water is committed, the town shall have the right, at the expense of the owner, to install a lock for the water meter and pit as a precaution against further theft.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-6) Penalty, see § 10.99