[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Boonville 6-5-1899 (Ch. 23
of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 311.
No person shall cast or throw, or cause to be cast or thrown,
into any drain, sewer or gutter within the Village of Boonville any
straw, shavings, ashes, wood, stones, shells, rubbish or any filthy
or other substance which may cause any nuisance or obstruction or
injury thereto.
No person shall stop the course of any drain or sewer within
the limits of said Village, nor cast any of the articles and substances
named in this chapter into any public street or lane or ground of
said Village, nor dig any hole or trench in the same. In addition
to the penalty hereinbelow provided for a violation of this chapter,
the Public Works Superintendent shall have the power and it shall
be his duty to remove all such articles and substances from such places,
respectively, and put such drains and sewers in their usual course,
and order and to fill up all such holes and trenches at the expense
of the person or persons offending against the provisions of this
chapter, to be recovered at the same time and in the same manner as
provided for the recovery of such penalty.
[Amended 7-5-1950; 12-29-1971]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 for each
violation. In addition, each violation of this chapter shall constitute
disorderly conduct, and each person violating the same shall be a
disorderly person. Each day that a violation or failure to comply
with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated hereunder
by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct
violation.
