No butcher's offal, garbage, dead animal, gas tar or by-product from any gas, pickling or manufacturing establishment, or obstruction of any kind whatsoever, shall be placed, thrown or deposited in any receiving basin or sewer; any person so offending or causing any such obstruction or substance to be placed so as to be carried into such basin or sewer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; any person damaging, breaking or removing any portion of any receiving basin, covering flag, manhole, vent or any part of any sewer or drain, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (1978 Code § 4-2-19)