§ 5-22. General duty to provide drainage.  


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  • Before any building or construction permit shall be issued within the city, the applicant must provide the property involved with adequate drainage facilities for drainage of water from said property and from adjacent property, in the event ditches or natural drainage flows have existed in the past or exist at present over said property upon which the applicant proposes to obtain a building permit. In the event of the obstruction of said natural drainage flow, or the ditches that may be on said property, it shall be incumbent upon the applicant to make necessary arrangements for draining the water from said property and from adjacent property before a building permit shall be issued.

    In addition to the above, where applicable, the provisions of city Ordinance No. 80-1, as amended, (Surface Water Runoff Control Ordinance) shall apply.

(Code 1966, § 7-3; Ord. No. 82-28, § 1, 9-14-82)