§ 98-50. Injuring meter or other property.

In all cases where meters, meter boxes, or appurtenances are lost, injured or broken by willful action or by carelessness or negligence of owners or occupants of premises, they shall be replaced or repaired at the expense of the owner or occupant. In case of nonpayment, the water shall be cut off and will not be turned on until such charges are paid. In the event of a meter getting out of order or failing to register properly, the consumer shall be charged on an estimate made by the utility billing personnel of the average monthly consumption during the last three months when the meter was in good condition, or from other reliable data available to the utility billing personnel. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless duly authorized by the water utility personnel, to disturb, displace, interfere with, cover up, damage or destroy any water main, water pipe, meter, meter box, machinery, tool, building, fire hydrant, curb cock, curb box or any other property belonging to, connected with or under control of the municipal water supply system.

(Ord. No. 251, § 15, 8-27-59; Code 1973, § 21-30; Ord. No. O-2018-010-01, § 7, 1-22-18)