No person shall install any connection to any fire hydrant or shall open or close any fire hydrant or stop-cock connected with the water department of the city, or lift or remove the covers of any gate valves or shut-offs, or tap into city water mains which may result in the delivery of water, without a permit from the director of the water department, or in violation of conditions of a permit, except in case of fire, and then under the direction of officers of the fire department. Any person identified through a water department field investigation as having water turned on without authority and/or found to have tampered with the water meter or removed water without authority will be charged a fee of one hundred one dollars and forty-eight cents ($101.48). Further, it shall be a civil infraction for any person, firm, or corporation to violate the provisions of this section.
(1953 Code, ch. 25, § 8; Ord. No. 5023, § 1, 8-6-79; Ord. No. 6096, § 2, 10-1-84; Ord. No. 9015, § 2, 2-9-98; Ord. No. 10897, § 1, 5-24-11, eff. 7-5-11; Ord. No. 11072, § 1, 5-21-13, eff. 7-1-13)