Any person found tampering with or manipulating any valves or lines belonging to the town shall be charged with all applicable state and federal laws. No property owner, tenant or other person other than authorized town personnel shall touch, cut-off, tamper with, or in any way manipulate any water or sewer line, main, valve, cut-off or any appurtenance thereto. Any person found engaging in such action shall be charged a fee the council may from time to time determine. Any person tampering with a town water meter connection cut-off shall be charged the same fee and any damage done to said cut-off or any appurtenances thereto shall be charged the meter tampering fee outlined in the fee schedule plus, the cost of repairing any damage to lines, cut-offs, or meters. Any person charged and convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished pursuant to G.S. 14-4.
(Ord. No. 1992-1, 1-7-92; Ord. No. 2021-09, 5-4-21)