[R.O. 1952 §25.5; CC 1988 §28-3]
A. 
Whoever shall use or permit any member of his/her family, or any servant or employee, to use any water from the City waterworks system without a license or other lawful authority, or whoever shall, without lawful authority, open any fireplug, stopcock, valve or other fixture appertaining to the waterworks system, or whoever shall shut off or let water into or from any pipe without a license or authority so to do, or shall injure or deface any part of the waterworks system, or whoever shall throw or cause anything to be thrown in the reservoir or settling basins of such system shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. 
Evidence. Proof of the existence of any pipe or conduit connection or reconnection or the opening of any fire plug, stopcock, valve or other figure appertaining to the waterworks system, the unauthorized shutting off or letting of water into or from any pipe, or injury to any part of the waterworks system, or of any obstruction of the system as provided in this Section shall be taken as prima facia evidence of the guilt of the person named in the City's records as receiving the benefit of the subject services.