(A) Watercourse protection. No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, left or maintained, in or upon any public or private property, driveway, parking area, street, alley, sidewalk, component of the storm drain system or water of the United States, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, excessive sediment and accumulations, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution. Wastes deposited in streets in proper covered waste receptacles for the purpose of collection are exempted from this prohibition. All waste containers must be solid and able to retain all accumulated liquids. The discharge of accumulated liquids onto paved surfaces is prohibited. Waste receptacles shall be equipped with covers to prevent rainwater accumulation.
(B) Stream bank protection. Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes, or such person’s lessee, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property free of trash, debris, excessive vegetation and other obstacles that would pollute, contaminate or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse. In addition, the owner or lessee shall maintain existing privately-owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function or physical integrity of the watercourse. The owner or lessee shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actual necessary for maintenance, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion. The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining and stabilizing that portion of the watercourse that is within his or her property lines in order to protect against erosion and degradation of the water course originating or contributed from his or her property.
(Prior Code, § 53.13) (Ord. 18-31, passed 9-4-2018)