660.19 UNLAWFULLY USING, OBSTRUCTING OR INTERFERING WITH FIRE HYDRANTS.
   (a)   No person, unless authorized by the City or except in the case of fire, shall tamper with, turn on, or use water from any fire hydrant, valve box, stopcock, pipe, apparatus or other fixture installed for the supplying of water or in any way use water therefrom for private use.
   (b)   No person, unless authorized by the City, shall interfere with or obstruct or permit to be obstructed or interfered with or cause to be obstructed any fire hydrant, valve box, stopcock, pipe, apparatus, or other fixture installed for the purpose of supplying water for the purposes of quenching fires in an emergency, by hiding or covering the same or permitting conditions to occur by which such apparatus or fire hydrants are hidden from public view.
   (c)   No person shall in any manner obstruct or cause or permit the obstruction from plain view of any fire hydrant.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1982 Code, § 521.18) (Ord. 82-31. Passed 5-17-1982.)