(a) No person shall cause or permit any watercourse or any portion thereof in the City to be diverted from its natural channel or enclose or in any way obstruct the same without first having obtained a permit from the Mayor or designee.
(Ord. 12-1993. Passed 1-19-93; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)
(b) No person shall throw, deposit or allow to collect or cause to be thrown or deposited in or on the banks of any watercourse in the City, materials of any kind, including, without limitation, litter, household waste, commercial waste, animal waste, construction debris or grass clippings, leaves, or other yard waste, in such close proximity to such watercourse that such materials or portions thereof will be washed away and carried down the stream.
(Ord. 14-2003. Passed 1-21-03.)
(c) No person shall pollute, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure any natural watercourse.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.