Sec. 441. Waste of water, penalty.
When the owner or occupant of a lot or premises on which have
been erected or placed a hydrant, cock or other fixture to supply
water, shall permit the water to run from the hydrant, cock or
fixture, without proper care to prevent waste, or fail to keep his
water pipes or fixtures in good repair and protected from freezing,
there shall, in each case, be a fine on said owner or occupant
of not less than $1 nor more than $20; and in either case the
Superintendent shall stop the water from the tenement, and shall
not turn it on again until satisfactory assurance is given him that
the like will not happen again. It shall be the duty of each owner
or occupant of any lot or premises to notify the Superintendent
when his hydrant or other fixture is out of order and the water
wasting.
