Sec. 27. Drainage from lots, gutters or spouts.
No water from any lot, gutter or spout shall be permitted to
flow across the footway of any street except in a covered drain,
the cover of which shall not be above the surface of such footway.
Said drain shall be of sufficient capacity to convey the
water to be discharged by it, and shall be built and kept open and
in good repair by the owner or occupant of the premises whence
it proceeds.
Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than
one dollar nor more than five dollars for each day such violation
shall be permitted to continue after notice by the city manager or
chief of police to abate the same. Provided, that in case of
failure to comply with the order of the city manager or chief
of police, within five days, the city manager may cause the construction
to be made at the cost of the city, and the cost thereof,
with twenty per centum additional as a fine, shall be collected of
the party in default in like manner as fines and assessments are
collected. (Id., § 157.)
