Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes shall keep and maintain the property or cause the property to be kept and maintained, reasonably free of trash, debris, pollutants, excessive vegetation, and other obstacles which could pollute, contaminate, or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse; shall maintain existing structures, or cause the existing structures to be maintained, within or adjacent to the watercourse, so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse; and, consistent with other laws regarding riparian habitat protection, shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for said maintenance, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion.
(Ord. 1022, passed 11-16-98)