Sec. 14-17. Injury to gas apparatus; unlawful use of gas.[142]
No person shall unlawfully install, alter, injure or destroy, or,
having the right to prevent it, permit to be installed, altered,
injured or destroyed, any meter, pipe, line or other gas apparatus
belonging to the city, or shall unlawfully prevent a gas meter
from duly registering the quantity of gas supplied, or in any way
interfere with the meter's proper action or just registration, or
shall, without the consent of the city, unlawfully divert, use or
cause to be used any city gas. (Code 1959, § 14-17; 8-5-63.)