Ordinance 2012.12 comprehensively revised section 14-9-3, formerly entitled “Escaping water flow or runoff prohibited”
A. No person shall allow water to escape from his or her premises onto public property, such as drainageways, alleys, roads or streets.
B. No person shall allow water to escape from his or her premises onto any other person’s property without that other person’s express written permission.
C. This section shall apply to all property located within the Marana town limits and to all property located outside the Marana town limits that is served by the Marana water utility.
D. This section shall not apply to the following:
1. Stormwater runoff.
2. Irrigation of landscaping on public property as expressly authorized by the owner of the public property.
3. Reasonable, short-duration runoff from the washing of vehicles.
4. Broken or malfunctioning irrigation equipment, provided that the escape of water is halted promptly and in any event not more than 24 hours after the responsible party has actual notice of the break or malfunction.
5. Disposal of pool or spa backwash water in conformance with section 314 of the 2006 Marana pool and spa code.
6. Any escape of water which is, in the opinion of the investigating code compliance officer, similar in nature or scope to the exceptions set forth in this section.
Ordinance 2015.015 modified the introductory paragraph of section 14-9-4 by changing “utilities department” to “water department”