(a) The Service Director, by and through the Zoning Official or his designee is directed and instructed to make periodic inspections and examinations of the position and condition of all culverts, drains or drainage ditches to determine the need, if any, for them to be reset, cleaned or replaced.
(b) The City shall have the authority to maintain, repair, deepen, widen or clean any and all ditches, watercourses or drainage improvements within the City and such authority includes the right of ingress to and egress from the ditch, watercourse or drainage improvement. No person, firm or corporation shall interfere with, prohibit or obstruct the City or its agents in the exercise of this right.
(c) Storage or processing of materials which are buoyant, pollutant, flammable, explosive, or could be injurious to human, animal or plant life in time of flooding shall be stored one and one half feet above the Base Flood Elevation, or suitably flood-proofed and protected.
(d) A Floodway Obstruction means any object in, along, across, or projecting into a portion of the floodway which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water either in and of itself or by catching or collecting waterborne debris, or that is placed where the flow of water would carry the same downstream to the damage or detriment of life or property. (Ord. 2018-34. Passed 1-8-19.)