(A) It is unlawful for any person to willfully, or carelessly, break, injure, mar, deface, disturb, or in any way interfere with any buildings, attachments, machinery, apparatus, equipment, fixture, or appurtenance of any municipal utility, or municipal utility system, or commit any act tending to obstruct, or impair, the use of any municipal utility.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to make any connection with any municipal utility system without first having applied for, and received written permission, to do so from the city.
(C) It is unlawful for any person to turn on, or connect, a utility when the same has been turned off, or disconnected, by the city for non-payment of a bill, or for any other reason, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the city.
(D) It is unlawful for any person to “jumper”, or by any means, or device, fully, or partially, circumvent a municipal utility meter, or to knowingly use, or consume, unmetered utilities, or use the services of any utility system, the use of which the proper billing authorities have no knowledge.
(Prior Code, § 3.05) Penalty, see § 10.99