2011-73 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 64 - WATER SERVICE - CHAPTER 65 - WATER MAIN CONNECTION CHARGES

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ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS 64. WATER SERVICE 23. PENALTY. No person shall connect or cause the connection of a water service to the water system of the City except as provided by the City Code. No person shall restore water service from the water system of the City after such service has been turned off by the Department of Water Management without first obtaining written permission from the City to do so. No person shall resell water furnished through a water service from the water system of the City except upon express contract in writing approved by the City Council. No person other than an authorized employee of the City or an authorized permittee of the City shall open, take water from, or interfere with City fire hydrants. No person shall use or consume water in violation of any duly authorized rule or regulation established pursuant to Section 22 hereof. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall eenvietion thereof be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and each day upon which a continuing violation occurs shall be viewed as a separate offense. In addition thereto any person, firm or corporation eenvi ted of a elatien ^F who shall violate this section, or found to be in violation of any of the other provisions of this Chapter, or any regulation duly established hereunder, may, by such violation, be deemed to have forfeited the privilege or right, as the case may be, of being furnished water from the water system of the City, and any and all water service of such person may be shut off or disconnected from said water system. The City may also institute any other action provided by law for the recovery of the value of any water appropriated from the City water system in violation of any provision of this Chapter. 25. TAMPERING WITH WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. Any person who tampers, injures, alters, obstructs, prevents the action of, or breaks the seal on any City water infrastructure component, including, but not limited to water meters and their accessories, curb stops, water mains, water valves, air release valves, hydrants, storage reservoirs, elevated tanks and treatment facilities served by the City without the permission of the City, or who, without such permission, by-passes or jumps a water infrastructure component shall . tion t oro^r, be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for each offense and each day upon which a continuing violation occurs shall be viewed as a separate offense. Said violation is grounds for the termination of water service to that meter and to any other water service carried in the name of the person, firm or corporation. 65. WATER MAIN CONNECTION CHARGES ..8. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be fined not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and each day upon which a violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.