It is unlawful for any person to cut, alter, change, remove, disconnect or connect with, or in any manner interfere, meddle or tamper with any water main, pipe, stopcock on a meter, hydrant, pump or conduit, or any gas pipe, main or meter, or any electrical wire, cable or conduit owned or used by the city or by any private owner, without the permission or consent of the proper city officials, or of the private owner or owners. It is unlawful to obstruct, divert, hinder, tamper with, pollute or interfere with any public spring or fountain within the city.
(Formerly 9.12.110; Ord. 213 § 3(L), 1977; Ord. 1020 § 4, 2017)
It is unlawful to cut, mar, injure, deface, spoil, break or destroy any fence, sidewalk, house, building, tree, plant or other property, public or private, within the city whether real or personal property, by any means, including the attachment of any posters or newspapers thereto; or without municipal authority, to deface, mutilate, tear down, rearrange, or destroy any signboard, street sign, public notice, poster or post within the corporate limits of the city. It is unlawful for any person to post or attach any posters, newspapers or other papers of a purely commercial advertising nature on any post, fence, tree, building or other structure, except upon billboards or other structures erected for that purpose. It is further unlawful to scatter any such commercial advertising upon the streets, alleys or other public places of the city, or to throw them in or to place them in or upon automobiles without the consent of the owner.
(Formerly 9.12.120; Ord. 213 § 3(I), 1977; Ord. 1020 § 4, 2017)