(a) 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 such a way as to cause or potentially cause flooding upstream. 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.
(b) Any such trash, debris, excessive vegetation or other obstacle or structure that violates or would violate this chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(c) Vehicles should avoid water resources. A written approval is required by the City Engineer if vehicles must enter and/or cross these areas repeatedly.
(d) No soil, rock, debris, or any other material shall be dumped, disposed of or placed into a water resource or into such proximity that it may slough, slip, or erode into a water resource.
(1) Such dumping or placing is allowable only if authorized by the City Engineer and, when applicable, the US Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio EPA, for such purposes as, but not limited to, constructing bridges, culverts and erosion control structures.
(2) Rock may be used for stream bank stabilization when approved by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08.)