[R.O. 2009 § 710.070; R.O. 2007
§ 710.070; Ord. No. 1209 § 2, 5-27-1992; Ord.
No. 3809, 12-13-2022]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or to attempt to interfere with any employee or agent of the City of Bolivar while making any connection to water or sewer mains or disconnecting the service of any water or sewer customer or performing any other duty or exercising any right under Chapters
700 to
740 of this Code. It shall further be unlawful for any person to tamper or attempt to tamper with any metering facilities which measure water usage by any customer of the water distribution system. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by Section
100.220 of the Bolivar Municipal Code, as now in effect or as may hereafter be amended from time to time.
[R.O. 2009 § 710.075; R.O. 2007
§ 710.075; Ord. No. 1222 § 7, 8-13-1992; Ord.
No. 3809, 12-13-2022]
A. The owner or other occupant of all property
which has metering facilities located other than at the public right-of-way
shall allow access to the meter during normal business days and hours
by authorized agents and employees of Liberty Utilities (Missouri
Water), LLC, or its successor(s) in interest for the purposes of:
1.
Testing the meter to determine that
it is in proper working condition;
2.
Repairing or installing metering
facilities;
4.
Performing any other service which
is necessary or appropriate to protect the water or sewer system to
ensure that all facilities are in proper working condition or to determine
the amount or quantity of use of such services for billing or other
purposes relating to the operation of the water and sewer systems.
No agent nor employee of Liberty Utilities (Missouri Water), LLC, or its successor(s) in interest, shall be liable for trespass or other criminal action for entering the property of others in the official conduct of his/her duties consistent with the provisions of this Section. Any person that unlawfully denies access to metering facilities to an authorized agent or employee of Liberty Utilities (Missouri Water), LLC, or its successor(s) in interest shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by Section 100.220 of the Bolivar Municipal Code, as now in effect or as may hereafter be amended from time to time.
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