[Adopted 6-7-1943 by Ord. No. 364; amended in its entirety 7-23-1979 by Ord. No.
1214 (Ch. 21, Part 7, of the 1997 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall cut down any curb,
install any driveway, or install any sluice, pipe, tile or other drainage
for the purpose of conducting the water in the ditches and gutters
of any street or alley in the City without first preparing and submitting
to the City Manager a draft or plan indicating the street or alley
and the location at which it is proposed to make the installation.
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491; 11-9-1992 by Ord. No. 1554; 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1622]
After the plan provided for in § 410-4 of this article is delivered to the Manager, he shall submit it to the City Engineer, and no work shall be done under that plan until it has been approved by the City Manager and the City Engineer, and the work and installation shall be done only under the supervision of the City Engineer and after the applicant has paid a permit fee, to be established from time to time by resolution of City Council, which shall be for the use of the City.
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
In all cases where any driveway from the traveled portion of
the street to adjacent property has previously been installed, or
any sluice, pipe, tile or other drainage has been installed in the
ditches or gutters of a street, or any impediments to the free and
proper flow of water in the ditches or gutters have been placed in
them and as a result impede the flow of water in the ditch or gutter,
or otherwise do not meet the approval of the City Manager or the City
Engineer, the Manager shall notify the adjoining landowner in writing
to correct the defects within 10 days from the time of service of
the notice and in accordance with the plans and specifications furnished
by the City Engineer.
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
In case the adjacent property owner in front of whose property the driveway, sluice, pipe, tile or other drainage is installed fails to correct the defects in accordance with the notice provided for in § 410-6 of this article, the City Manager shall have the work done by City employees, and the cost of the work, with an additional 10%, shall be collected as provided by law.
[Amended 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1622]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
