§ 62-382. Protection of water meters, curb boxes.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person, not an employee of the city water department or an authorized plumber, to use, handle, molest, interfere with, or disturb any meter or any curb box of the city water department within the city, or any street valve or appliance connected therewith or belonging thereto, or to turn on or to turn off water at the same time or by means thereof. It shall not be unlawful for any person to turn off the water at the valve of any curb box where the property supplied through the valve of the curb box is being injured by a flood of water caused by a burst pipe or from defective fittings.

(Code 1968, tit. 550, § 2; Code 1985, § 51.02; Ord. No. 469, 4-1-1918)