A.    No person shall place trash, dirt, building materials or other objects or obstructions on meter boxes or around or adjacent to fire hydrants, and no person shall allow the same to become obstructed or obscured by vines, trees, shrubs or other plants in any manner so as to make their location difficult to determine, or to in any way interfere with or render difficult to determine, or to in any way interfere with or render difficult free access to, or use of, such meter boxes and fire hydrants.

    B.    In the event of such obstruction or obscuring, notice shall be given by the water department to the property served by such meter or adjacent to such hydrant; such notice shall contain the requirement that the obstruction, whether a growing thing or otherwise, be removed within twenty-four hours.

    C.    In the case of a meter box being obstructed or obscured, a penalty charge of one dollar shall be placed upon the water bill and charged to the consumer to defray the cost of the meter reader's return to read the meter. Such penalty shall be added to the water bill and collected in the same manner and under the same condition as water rates are collected. (Prior code § 23-32)