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CHAPTER 1014: GUTTERS, DITCHES AND DRAINS
Section
1014.01 Obstructions prohibited
1014.02 Conduits required
1014.03 Conduit regulations
1014.04 Violations
1014.99 Penalty
§ 1014.01 OBSTRUCTIONS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall obstruct or maintain an obstruction of any established gutter, ditch, sewer or other drain which is located upon any established thoroughfare, or which serves as a means or facility for public drainage within the city.
(Ord. 456, passed 9-23-1940)
§ 1014.02 CONDUITS REQUIRED.
   No road, driveway, walk, bridge or other construction shall be placed or maintained that extends over or across any gutter, ditch, sewer or other drain located upon any public thoroughfare within the city, unless an adequate conduit to ensure the free passage of drainage water in and along such gutter, ditch, sewer or other drain is placed and maintained at such grade and place in or under such road, walk, bridge or other construction as to ensure the free and unobstructed passage of drainage water.
(Ord. 1101, passed 7-9-1956)
§ 1014.03 CONDUIT REGULATIONS.
   All conduit pipe placed in or under a road, driveway, bridge or other construction extending over or across any gutter, ditch, sewer or other drain upon or along any public highway or thoroughfare within the city, shall be subject to the approval of the Municipal Engineer. No conduit shall be placed in any road, driveway, bridge or other construction over or across a gutter, ditch, sewer or other drain providing for local drainage on or along a public highway or thoroughfare within the city, unless such conduit is constructed of corrugated iron or concrete, is not less than eight inches in diameter and is not less than 16 feet in length if designed for the passage of vehicles and not less than six feet in length if designed for foot traffic.
(Ord. 1101, passed 7-9-1956)
§ 1014.04 VIOLATIONS.
   (a)   Any person owning or having charge of lands where or adjacent to where a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is found to exist, or who is responsible for the existence of such violation, who fails or refuses, after 30 days notice in person or by mail, to cease and correct such violation and abate the nuisance created thereby, is guilty of a violation of this chapter. The giving or failing to give such notice shall not limit, in any manner, the authority of the city, its agents and employees to correct such a violation in the interests of the public welfare or to abate a nuisance.
   (b)   The Public Works Director is hereby authorized and directed to proceed by such means and in such manner as he or she considers best to summarily correct a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter if, after the giving of the 30 days’ notice, the violation has not ceased or been corrected. The Public Works Director is further authorized and directed to proceed forthwith to summarily correct such a violation if an emergency involving the public welfare or a nuisance is found to exist.
(Ord. 456, passed 9-23-1940; Ord. 1101, passed 7-9-1956; Ord. 114-2014, passed 9-8-2014)
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