(a)
All property shall be maintained so as to prevent the accumulation of stagnant, foul, and offensive water thereon, or within or under any structure located thereon.
(b)
No filling or excavation shall be performed or constructed on any property without city determination that there will be no adverse effect on an existing or planned drainage pattern on an adjacent property. If it appears that drainage problems may result from filling, excavation, improvements, or landscaping, plans must be submitted by the property owner with an engineer’s seal.
(c)
It shall be unlawful to drain swimming pool backwash onto public or private property, all swimming pool backwash or untreated water must go into the municipal wastewater collection system for proper disposal. It is also unlawful to drain swimming pool water containing chemicals onto adjacent private or public property, to include alleys. However, it shall be lawful to drain swimming pool water containing chemicals into the municipal drainage system.
(d)
It shall be unlawful to impede the flow of water into any gutter or drainage ditch.
(e)
If dirt used for fill appears to the enforcement authority to be contaminated, the city may require proof of noncontamination.
(f)
The draining or discharging of pesticides, grease, petroleum products, paints, sewage, septic tank or grease trap waste, cooling towers, etc., and toxic chemicals onto any property, streets, alleys, or sewers is prohibited.
(Ordinance 1245 adopted 8/3/10)