It shall be unlawful for any person to place upon or about any fire hydrant, gate valve, manhole, curb cock, meter or meter box connected with any water pipe of the city, any object, material, debris or structure of any kind, so as to prevent free access to the same at all times.
(Ordinance 219, sec. 20(d), adopted 2/5/48; 1972 Code, sec. 26-27)
It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on any fire hydrants, or use any water therefrom, except upon written authority from the city. The city may require a deposit from contractors for use of water from fire hydrants, if a permit be obtained, said deposit to be of such amount as may be fixed by the city.
(Ordinance 14, art. 7, adopted 5/2/31; Ordinance 219, sec. 22, adopted 2/5/48; 1972 Code, sec. 26-28)
It shall be unlawful for any person without permission from the appropriate city officer to climb on or upon the standpipe or water tower of the city waterworks, or climb or get upon any ladder, or building, or roof of tank, in any way attached to or connected with the standpipe or waterworks.
(Ordinance 14, art. 2, adopted 5/2/31; 1972 Code, sec. 26-32)
Any person who unlawfully, willfully or maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any reservoir, machinery, pipes, hydrants, meters, meter boxes, lids or other fixtures, properties or supplies belonging to the utilities department or who uses or takes from the city utilities department any water, supplies or property except in accord with the rules and regulations of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 219, sec. 20(e), adopted 2/5/48; 1972 Code, sec. 26-33)
It shall be unlawful for any person to fish, bathe, swim or wash any article, of any character, in the city’s reservoirs, or to throw, place, leave or deposit any rocks, sticks, dirt, trash, urine, excrement or filth of any kind therein, or to commit any nuisance upon the embankments or in the water of such reservoirs.
(Ordinance 219, sec. 29, adopted 2/5/48; 1972 Code, sec. 26-34)