§ 18-1. Flow of silt, mud, etc., onto public property; drainage from lots.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, homeowners or owners, tenant or tenants, firm or corporation to cause or allow to flow any dirt, earth, mud or silt upon any of the sidewalks, streets, roads, highways, avenues, alleys, gutters, ditches, parks or other public space within the corporate limits of the town.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, homeowner or owners, tenant or tenants, firm or corporation to cause or allow water from any constructed drainage system to flow across a sidewalk or driveway in the town. Such drainage must go in a drain line under the sidewalk or driveway to the gutter or storm drain in a manner approved by the building inspector. Applications for such drainage lines must be cleared in the same manner as building permits, section 8-2 of this Code. The construction of subdrainage lines under a sidewalk or driveway on town property shall be done by the town. The town administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with property owners to participate jointly with the property owner in a construction of a drainage system to prevent flow of such water across the sidewalk or driveway. The town administrator shall set fees for such installations or joint work with property owners.

(c)

As of the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful to construct a drainage system which will divert the natural flow of water so as to cause it to run onto an adjoining property.

(Ord. No. 13-77, 8-11-77)