It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place any trash, brush, cut grass or weeds, debris, or physical matter of any kind in or on any natural or artificial drain, drainage ditch, drainage easement, channel, stream, or creek, including specifically Carrol Creek, in the city, or to permit the introduction of any such material into any such area.
(Ordinance 126, sec. 1.001, adopted 7/13/21)
It shall be unlawful for any person to build or place any fence of any kind, or any other structure or physical obstacle, in, on or across any drainage easement, or any natural or artificial drain, or any channel, stream, or creek, including specifically Carrol Creek, in the city, or any part thereof.
(Ordinance 126, sec. 1.002, adopted 7/13/21)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or tenant of any property in the city adjacent to Carrol Creek to fail to keep his property adjacent to Carrol Creek clean and free of all trash, brush, cut grass, weeds, debris or other physical matter, which is or could be an obstacle, to any extent, to the free flow of Carrol Creek at all times, without regard to the origin thereof.
(Ordinance 126, sec. 1.003, adopted 7/13/21)
It shall be unlawful for any person to fish in waters of Carrol Creek except under the rules and regulations prescribed by the state parks and wildlife department, and such rules and regulations as may be hereafter promulgated for Carrol Creek. The penalties for violation of any of the provisions of said rules and regulations shall be those prescribed and enacted by the state, which penalties shall be enforced in courts of competent jurisdiction.
(Ordinance 126, sec. 1.004, adopted 7/13/21)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each such violation shall be considered a separate offense. Each day a violation occurs is a separate offense. The court shall order abatement and removal of any obstruction if the defendant is convicted of an offense under this section and the defendant may be ordered to pay for the repair costs.
(Ordinance 126, sec. 1.005, adopted 7/13/21; Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)