(A) Any owner or customer who shall allow the service line to be tapped ahead of the meter, or otherwise disabling or bypassing the meter, for the purpose of using unmetered water for their own use, or for the use of others shall, in addition to having the water shut off be subject to the penalty provided in this chapter. After issuance of such notice, and prior to the stated date of service termination, the owner or customer shall have an opportunity for a hearing as provided in § 50.028.
(B) No owner or customer shall furnish a supply of water to persons not residing on the property or allow a connection of any kind from their own supply of water to any device of any kind to provide water services to any other individual or property, except in the case of a temporary emergency connection provided with the express written consent of the Director of Public Works.
(C) The unauthorized turn-on or reinstatement of water service which has been turned off by the village by any individual who has not been authorized by the village to do so shall be considered an illegal use of unmetered water, regardless of whether the meter has been bypassed or not, and subject to the penalty provided in this chapter.
(Am. Ord. 2023-O-056, passed 10-3-23) Penalty, see § 50.999