A penalty in the amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be added to all water and sewer accounts not paid on or before the tenth of each month.
(Ordinance 133 adopted 7/6/1931; 1999 Code, sec. 98-2; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, except an employee or an officer
of the city, to interfere with or turn any water cutoff on any water
line belonging to the city for the purpose of permitting water from
water lines and pipes belonging to the city to run through such water
cutoff.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person, except an agent for or an officer
of the city, to tap or connect with any city water pipe or line.
(Ordinance 98, secs. 1, 2, adopted 5/3/1928; 1999 Code, sec. 98-1)
(a)
Tampering with a water meter is defined as the unauthorized act of
altering or adjusting the reading on a water meter, turning a water
meter on after it has been turned off by an authorized city representative,
installing piping or hose to bypass a meter or to allow water service
after the water meter was removed by an authorized person, or any
other act to provide for or allow water service when such service
has been otherwise discontinued.
(b)
Tampering with a water meter will result in the meter being removed and a charge to the account as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code before service will be restored at that location. Once a meter has been removed for tampering, a reinstallation charge as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code must be paid before a meter will be reinstalled at that location.
(Ordinance 03-2011-1 adopted 3/15/2011; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
