§ 12.22.030. Unlawful to flood streets or sidewalks.

No person owning or controlling any hose, water pipe, ditch, canal, flume or waterway or through or from either of any other source shall allow or permit water from the same or any part thereof to flow over or into any sidewalk, street, alley or public place; provided, nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prevent the wetting of any sidewalk, alley, street or public place for the purpose of cleaning the same or allaying the dust thereon, nor the accidental breaking of any such hose, water pipe, ditch or flume; provided, such break be repaired or the flow of water through the same be abated within two (2) hours after personal notice of such break being given the person owning, controlling or maintaining the same or having any pecuniary interest therein. If such break be not repaired or the water turned off within such time, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to cause the water flowing through such hose, water pipe, ditch, canal, flume or waterway to be shut off, and it shall be unlawful for any person to again turn such water through the same until proper repairs have been made.

(Code 1966, § 11.48.030)