[Adopted 1-26-1971 by Ord. No. 590 as Sec. 16-1 of the 1971
Code]
No person shall obstruct or damage any street
or public road in the city by depositing, placing, dumping, dropping,
throwing or spilling stones, earth, dirt, debris or other materials
or things thereon.
[Amended 6-7-2023 by Ord. No. 14-23]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
waters or other liquids or semiliquids used for or incidental to residential,
commercial or business purposes, directly or indirectly, in any manner
whatsoever, into or upon any public street or road in the city. The
foregoing shall not, however, apply to natural drainage water or waters,
liquids or semiliquids used for the purposes of cleaning buildings
or paved land surfaces that may flow or pass upon a public street
or road.
A.
No structure, equipment or materials of any kind may
be placed or stored upon any street or public road in the city at
any time or for any purpose, unless expressly permitted by law or
ordinance and placed in such manner as not to impede or divert the
natural flow of drainage waters upon or along any street or public
road and the gutters or drainage ditches thereof.
B.
The obstruction of any gutter or drainage ditch or
any portion thereof serving the street or public road by filling,
otherwise depositing stones, dirt, debris or other materials or things
therein or by any other means shall be unlawful, but this shall not
apply to such materials as may be carried or deposited therein by
natural drainage of surface waters or by other natural causes.
