(a) No person who is not authorized by the Safety-Service Director shall tamper with or do harm to, or attempt to do so, any portion of the water works system or any part of the water works system upon the premises of private owners unless authorized by the owner.
(b) No person other than an authorized employee of the Water Department shall remove a meter without permission of the Director. When a meter has been unlawfully removed, it is unlawful to use water supplied by the service branch to which the meter was attached. Where a meter is found to have been unlawfully removed, the water shall be shut off forthwith and not turned on again until payment has been made for the estimated amount of the water used in addition to any fine that may be imposed.
(c) No one with intent to defraud, shall construct, alter, tamper, by-pass or use any means to change or alter any water meter or to use a false meter and to cause the meter for measuring water consumption to register improperly or falsely.
(Ord. 2136. Passed 3-13-67.)