Subsoil drains shall be provided around all foundations enclosing habitable or usable spaces located below grade and which are subject to groundwater conditions. Drains shall be installed at or below the area to be protected and shall discharge by gravity or mechanical means into a drainage system approved by the Community Development Department. The outlet of sump pump discharge piping shall be oriented to discharge water in the direction of the engineered drainage for the subdivision. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged stormwater, foundation drain water, groundwater, roof runoff, surface drainage, cooling waters, or any other unpolluted water into any sanitary sewer, onto any public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way, or onto abutting or nearby property, in such a manner as to cause a public or private nuisance.
(1987 Code § 7-22)