§ 48-40. Interfering with meter or diverting water, etc.

Any person who by any means prevents water from passing through any meter belonging to the city water works, or prevents any meter used in connecting with supplying of water to any consumer by the city water works from registering the amount of water passing through such meter, or prevents a meter from correctly registering the quantity of water supplied, or in any way interferes with the proper action of the meter, or without the written consent of the water works superintendent diverts any water from any pipe of the city water works, or otherwise uses or causes to be used, without the written consent of the water works superintendent, any water produced or distributed by the city water works, or retains possession of or refuses to deliver any meter or other appliance loaned to him by the city water works for the purposes of furnishing water through same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1994, § 11.120; Ord. No. 172, § 20, 2-22-1989)