HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 08.20.1906 - WaterAlf ORDINANCE REGUTA TING HOW WATER COMING FROM THE ROOFS
OF HOUSES OR OTHER STRUCTURES THROUGH GUTTERS AND DRAINS SHALL
BE EMPTIED INTO THB STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND PROVIDING PBNALT IBS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas, that=
It shall be unlawful for the owner or person in charge
or control of any building or structure to cause or allow the
water from the roof of such building or structure to be emptied
through a gutter or drain upon any sidewalk in this City# or
to cause or allow the water from the roof of any such building
or structure to be emptied through a gutter or drain upon any
street in this city; provided tha this ordinance shall not
a.ply when the water from such roofs is carried from the roof
to the ground through a pipe or enclosed gutter and is emptied
into the street at the outer edge of the sidewalk. Any person
violating this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sun not less
than Five Dollars and not more than Twenty-five Dollars. Hach
and every day that this ordinance is violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 20th day of August A.D.1906.
R L . Ward, -Mayor -
H.W. Harrel, Mayor Pro Tem.
ATTBSTs Geo. Keahey,
Secretary,
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