(a) Notice of Contents Thereof. When any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit which is the property of or under the control of this City is abandoned or the use thereof discontinued by the City, the Board is hereby authorized to give written notice thereof to the owners of or the persons in possession of all property served by or in any manner connected to or with any such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, which notice may order, with regard to such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, (1) that the use of any existing connections be discontinued and disconnected; (2) that the placing or discharging therein of any water waste matter articles, substance or material of any kind or nature whatsoever, or other use, be discontinued; and (3) any necessary work or repairs required to be done by said owners or persons in possession after such disconnection or discontinuance, which order shall designate the materials to be used and specify the manner in which said work shall be done and the time when such work or repairs shall be commenced and completed. Such notice may be served by delivering the same personally to said owners or persons in possession, or by posting the same upon said property.
(b) Owner’s Compliance with Notice. Any owner, agent or occupant of any such premises within seven days after service of the notice as provided in Subsection (a) of this section, shall comply with the provisions of said notice or order and shall commence the necessary work of disconnection, repair or reconstruction, and shall do the same in a manner, with the materials and within the time specified in said notice.
(c) Failure to Comply with Notice. No person who is the owner, agent or occupant of any such premises where notice is given, as provided in this section, shall fail, refuse or neglect to disconnect any connections and to discontinue the use of any such zanja, drill, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse sewer, pipe or conduit in any manner, or fail, refuse or neglect to begin the work required in said notice within the time given, or having begun such work to fail refuse or neglect to prosecute said work to completion in the manner, with the materials and within the time specified in said notice, unless a permit for a variance therefrom in writing shall have first been obtained from the Board.
(d) Discharge into Abandoned Drains. No persons shall place or discharge any water, waste matter, or any article, substance or material of any kind whatsoever in any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, which has been abandoned or the use of which has been discontinued, or make or maintain any connection with or to any such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, unless a permit in writing shall have first been obtained from the Board.
(e) Tampering with Drain. No person shall in any manner tamper with, open, cut, break or destroy any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, whether abandoned, in use, or otherwise, unless a permit in writing shall first have been obtained from the Board.