§ 40-38. Unlawful activities.

It shall be unlawful for any person to do, commit, or assist in committing or doing any of the following things or acts within the corporate limits of the city:

(1)

Opening or closing any fire hydrant or stopcock connected with the waterworks system of the city or lifting or removing the covers of any gate valves or shutoffs thereof, without the permission of the director of waterworks, except in case of fire, and then under the direction of officers of the fire department;

(2)

Interfering with, destroying, defacing, impairing, injuring, or wantonly forcing open any gate, or door, or in any manner or form whatsoever destroying, injuring, or defacing any part of any engine house, reservoir, standpipe, elevated tank, building or buildings, or appurtenances, fences, trees, shrubs or fixtures or property pertaining to the waterworks system;

(3)

Going upon or ascending the stairway or steps on any elevated water storage tank or standpipe of the waterworks system, except by permission of the waterworks director, the city manager, or his designated representative;

(4)

Placing any telegraph, telephone, electric light pole, or any obstruction whatsoever within three feet of any fire hydrant;

(5)

Resorting to any fraudulent device or arrangements for the purposes of procuring water for himself or another from private connections on premises contrary to the city regulations or ordinances;

(6)

Interfering with or injuring any reservoir, tank, fountain, hydrant, pipe, cock, valve, or other apparatus pertaining to the waterworks system, or turning on or off without authority the water in any street hydrant or other water fixtures, or hitching or tying an animal thereto;

(7)

Making or permitting to be made any connections with the main or service pipes of the waterworks system or turning off or on the use of the water of the system without first obtaining a permit therefor;

(8)

Covering or concealing from view any water valve box, service or meter box;

(9)

Removing any water meter that has been placed by the city or in any manner changing, interfering with, or tampering with any water meter, providing that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the employees of the city when acting in their official capacity, except effecting repairs in an emergency (i.e., homeowner, plumber); or

(10)

Turning on the water supply to any building or to any supply pipe where the supply has been turned off for the nonpayment of the monthly charge or for the violation of any rule or ordinance governing the waterworks system.

(Code 1971, § 18-2; Code 1992, § 20-29; Ord. No. 368, § 2, 3-17-1980)