a. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, or cause to be deposited any materials or decayed matter of any kind, so that it falls or flows upon any part of any street or sidewalk.
2. This section shall include dish or foul water from a pit, sink, pipe, gutter or drain leading to a public street.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to build, construct, erect or maintain a house or building of any description in such manner that rain water may flow from the roof, eaves, cornices, gutters or other part thereof, down any sidewalk or street so as to cause holes, depressions, unevenness, gullies or other defect or damage to such sidewalk or street.
(S.C. Code § 5-7-30) (Prior Code, § 16.212)