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until the City shall have been notified in writing of the discontinuance of the use of water, and to turn the water off. Any authorized employee of the City Water Department shall be admitted at all reasonable hours, to all parts of the premises supplied with water, to see that the regulations are observed. No one except an authorized employee of the Water Depa~tment shall turn the water on or off from any building or premises at City curb cock~ or connect or disconnect or in any way tamper with any pipes in the meter boxes or with any other part of the water system in the City of Santa Aha. No user of water supplied by the Santa Ana Water Department shall supply water to users on a piece of property held by another owner; nor shall water be supplied through one meter to a group of users occupying a parcel of ground under one ownership exceeding one-half acre in area. All faucets, sprinklers, hose nozzles or other continuous streams must be shut off prcmptly upon the alarm of f ire, the water not to be turned on again until the fire is known to be extinguished. No person shall place on or about any hydrant or curb-cock connected with the pipes of the Santa Ana Water Department, any building material or other obstruct- ions, so as to prevent free access to the same, or leave any vehicle standing within l0 ft. of same. The City reserves the right at any time to shut off the water in their mains for the purpose of m~ktng extensions or repairs, or for other purposes, and all persons having boilers within their premises not supplied with tanks or cisterns, but depending upon the pipes of the City Water Department to keep them supplied, are hereby cautioned against danger of collapse. That whenever a water consumer shall allow the payment of the water bills, fines or penalties for water used upon any property in the City of Santa Ana to become due and delinquent the same shall be a lien against said real property and said lien ~ shall not be affected by a change in the ownership of said real property. SECTIO~ 16: Any person~ firm or corporation, violating any of the provision~ of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in a court of competent Jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or be i imprisoned in the County Jail of the County of Orange not exceeding twenty-five days, ~ or by both such fine and imprisonment, i SECTION~IT: That Ordinance No. 839 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing Wate~ Eates in the City of Santa Aha and Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing Con- sumption of Water, and Fixing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof" and all ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 18: That in the event any section, subsection or part of this Ordinance shall be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of other portions of this Ordinance, and the said City Council hereby declares that it is their intention to enact and pass each section of this Ordinance independently of the constitutionality or validity of any other portion hereof. SECTION 19: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall csnse the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of