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It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any acequia, water ditch, arroyo, or natural drainage channel, within the city, any filth, rubbish, garbage or any other matter or thing which is offensive to the sight or smell, or is derogatory to health, or trash, weeds or waste materials which in any manner obstruct or impede the natural or easy flow of the waste therein, or permit from the premises occupied by such person any house drainage or sewerage or any soapsuds or waste water in which any clothing or other materials have been washed, rinsed or cleaned, or any impure water whatever to drain into any such ditch, acequia, arroyo or natural drainage channel.
(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 54; Ord. No. 1839, § 1, 7-21-58)
Cross References: Sewerage and sewage disposal generally, ch.24.
It shall be unlawful for all persons owning or occupying premises within the city through which an acequia, arroyo, water ditch, or natural drainage channel runs not to keep such arroyo, acequia, water ditch or natural drainage channel at all times free from all rubbish, garbage, filth, growing vegetation, brush, and any and all foreign matter and things whatever, which may obstruct the natural and easy flow of the water therein, or which may endanger the health, safety or welfare of residents of the vicinity or the public in general.
(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 55; Ord. No. 1839, § 2, 7-21-58)
It shall be the duty of persons mentioned in section 11-59, on notice in writing from the chief of the fire department or director of public works or their authorized deputies, to forthwith remove from any acequia, arroyo, water ditch or natural drainage channel which runs through their property within the city any rubbish, garbage, filth, growing vegetation, foreign matter of any type, or anything whatsoever which may impede the natural and easy flow of water, endanger or injure neighboring property or the free use and enjoyment of same, or endanger the health, welfare or safety of residents in the vicinity, or the public in general, within five (5) days from the date of such notice.
(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 55a; Ord. No. 1839, § 3, 7-21-58)
The notice provided for in section 11-60 shall be given by registered letter to the owner at his last-known address and to the occupant; and if unoccupied, by posting the same in a conspicuous place on the property. If, within ten (10) days after giving such notice, the rubbish, garbage, filth, growing vegetation, foreign matter or thing mentioned in the notice shall not be removed, the chief of the fire department or director of public works, or their authorized deputies, shall then cause same to be removed at the expense of the owner of the property. A verified statement of the costs and expense in connection therewith shall be mailed to the record owner at his last-known address and to the occupant. The record owner shall be liable for the payment of the expense to the city, and an appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction may be maintained to collect the expense.
(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 55b; Ord. No. 1839, § 4, 7-21-58)
The presence of garbage, trash, refuse, grass clippings and other waste materials, or the accumulation and presence of weeds, brush and natural vegetation to the extent that it impedes, obstructs or hinders the easy natural flow of drainage or floodwaters in any arroyo, water ditch, acequia or natural drainage channel is hereby declared a public nuisance; such nuisance may be abated by appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction by the city in addition to other remedies provided by law.
(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 55c; Ord. No. 1839, § 5, 7-21-58)
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