No person shall obstruct or block any City alley, sidewalk,
walkway, street, parkway or other public property, or permit same
to be obstructed, by placing thereon any merchandise, refuse, fixtures,
obstructions, crates, packing or any other object or substance. However,
persons engaged in unloading trucks or vans may obstruct such premises
for the purpose of unloading, but only for such time as absolutely
necessary and reasonable for such unloading and all such obstructions
shall be forthwith removed from such public property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or cause the obstruction
of any drainage ditch or gutter in any public right-of-way.
A. It shall be unlawful to drop, dump, throw, deposit, or otherwise
place in natural surface water drainage ditches within the City of
Garfield any residue, trash, junk equipment, industrial residue or
other substance.
B. No person, firm or corporation owning property adjacent to a natural
drainage ditch carrying surface water within the City of Garfield
shall suffer, condone or permit others to use their property for the
purpose of dropping, dumping, depositing, throwing, or otherwise placing
any residue, trash, junk equipment, industrial residue or other substance
in such drainage ditches.
C. Dropping, dumping, depositing, throwing or otherwise placing any
residue, trash, junk equipment, industrial residue or other substance
in natural drainage ditches carrying surface water within the City
of Garfield is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, dangerous
to the health and welfare of the citizens of the City of Garfield.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, any owner of a property
which is located adjacent to any such drainage ditch within the City
of Garfield, whose property is being eroded, caved, or washed by the
waters flowing within such drainage ditch, may take protective measures
to prevent such eroding, caving, or washing; provided, however, that
such property owner shall first submit, in writing, to the City Engineer
of the City of Garfield a detailed plan and drawing showing the protective
measures desired to be taken and shall have obtained the approval
of the City Engineer, in writing, before any such protective measures
be undertaken.