(a) No person shall operate or permit the operation of a motor vehicle, or any other vehicle, or any equipment, across an open ditch so as to result in the stoppage of the flow of water through such ditch.
(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof, in addition to the penalty provided in subsection (c) hereof, shall be required to reimburse the City for any expenses incurred by the City in cleaning or opening such ditch. (Ord. 42-72. Passed 4-25-72.)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.