(a) No person, without consent of the Village, shall interfere, tamper with, disconnect, change, alter or by-pass any meter, or the pipes running into the meter, used for measuring the consumption of water provided to any consumer by the Village.
(b) No person shall procure, aid, abet or conspire with any person to do any of the acts in Section 927.07(a).
(c) The Village Utility Department or their agents, are hereby authorized to disconnect the water service of any consumer who he has probable cause to believe has violated any provision of subsection (a) hereof.
(d) In addition to paying the costs of repairing and reconnecting the water meter or pipes running to the meter, whoever violates any of the provision of this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor offense. The first such offense shall be punished by a fine of up to a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). A second offense within one calendar year of the initial offense shall be punished by a file of up to a maximum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Any third or subsequent offense within one calendar year shall be punished by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation exists beyond the period stipulated in the Notice, shall constitute a violation.
(Ord. 2020-19. Passed 10-27-20.)