(A) Every owner or responsible person for a property, through which a watercourse or portion of the storm drain system passes, must keep and maintain the property reasonably free of litter, debris, vegetation and other obstacles which may contribute pollutants, contaminates or cause a blockage of the flow of water through the watercourse or storm drain system.
(B) Every owner or responsible person for a property must maintain all existing structures within or adjacent to the storm drain system so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function or physical integrity of the storm drain system; and, consistent with other laws regarding riparian habitat protection, may not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for such maintenance, not remove any such vegetation in a manner as to increase the vulnerability of a watercourse to erosion.
(Ord. No. 2459, 2806, 2876)