(a) All ditches, watercourses and drainage improvements of every kind, whether located within public or private property, shall be under the control of the Mayor or his or her designated agent.
(b) In cleaning, repairing and performing other maintenance work on ditches, watercourses and drainage improvements, the Mayor or his or her designated agent may go upon adjoining or abutting lands within the area necessary for proper operation of the required machinery, tools, motor vehicles, conveyances or other equipment. The area necessary shall be seventy-five feet in the case of a major ditch and fifty feet in the case of a minor ditch, with the centerline thereof being the center of the ditch, watercourse or drainage improvement. If, in the course of the work, it is necessary to damage or temporarily remove fences, poles or wire lines, then the cost of repairing or replacing the fences, poles and wire lines shall be the responsibility of the City. (Ord. 34-07. Passed 3-19-07.)