[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nyack 7-10-1935 (Ch. 57 of the 1972 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or corporation shall obstruct any watercourse in said Village of Nyack by throwing, placing or allowing stones, timbers, plank or rubbish of any description to accumulate therein, so as to interfere in any way with the free passage of water therein; nor shall anyone suffer the side walls of any watercourse adjoining or crossing property owned or occupied by him — where such side walls now exist or may hereafter be constructed — to fall and remain out of repair, nor shall anyone suffer any filth, drainage or overflow from cesspools or water closets to enter any watercourse or pond in said Village from property owned or occupied by him.
All persons and corporations owning or occupying property upon which a pond or artificial reservoir is located shall keep the dams and walls or such pond or reservoir in proper repair and in safe and secure condition.
A. 
Any person or corporation offending against any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding $50 for each and every offense, and a further penalty of $10 for every 24 hours that such dam or walls shall remain out of repair, or in an unsafe and dangerous condition, after written notice from the Board of Trustees to repair the same.
B. 
In addition thereto, a violation of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct, and a person violating the same shall be deemed a disorderly person.