All shutoff valves are installed by and for the use of the department. Except in cases of emergency, no person other than an authorized city employee shall turn any such valve on or off or molest or tamper with it. Every consumer shall install, for his ordinary usage and at his own expense, a shutoff valve on the property side of the meter.
(Ord. 596 § 2 (part), 1966: prior code § 21.04.125)