No person other than an authorized employee of the Town or a member of a Fire Department acting under orders of his/her proper superior in the performance of his/her duties may operate a fire hydrant unless in possession of a permit from the Town to do so.
No person shall injure the drains, pipes of conduit, any water hose, wells, water tanks, equipment, or fire hydrants, willfully do or cause to be done any act whereby any pipe, plug, wall, cock, engine, machine or any other fixture, apparatus or device connected with or appertaining to the waterworks shall be stopped, impaired, or caused to be inaccessible, disarranged or injured, or shall open any pipe, box or other appliance so as to occasion a wanton and willful waste of water, or permit the water to flow unnecessarily from his/her dwelling or enclosure, or use the water in any other manner than is specified in the application, permit or contract for the use of water.
No person shall, without proper authority, introduce a ferrule into any public or private pipe, or form any connection or communication whatsoever with any public or private pipe, or break ground for that or any other similar purpose in any of the public streets of the Town, or introduce or use a ferrule of larger diameter than is specified in his/her permit.
A.
If any property owners, customers, tenants, applicants, persons, firms, associations or corporations tamper in any way with water hookups or meters or hinder the entry upon private property, they shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and subject to a fine of $1,000 and will be required to pay all fees and charges necessary to correct the problem along with any estimated loss of revenue.
[Amended 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-003]
B.
Any person guilty of violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000. The offender shall pay the fine to the Town of Chesapeake City within 20 calendar days of receipt of a citation.