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0549 J'6 . ORDINANCE NO. 549 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DUMPING OF WASTE MATERIAL IN THE JACKSONVILLE CITY STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM ADDING CHAPTER 8.48 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF JACKSONVILLE\ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACK- SONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT: SECTION 1: There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of Jacksonville, Arkansas, Chapter 8.48, which is to read as follows: CHAPTER 8.48 STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM Sections: 8.48.010 8.48.020 8.48.030 Unlawful Draining. Inspections. Penalty. 8.48.010 Unlawful Draining. It is unlawful for any owner, owners or occupant of any real property to either purposely, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently allow any substance other than nOJ..lua1 rain water or uncontaminated water from the ci ty water sY'ls/tem to be allowed to run off their property and be dumped into the Ci ty' s StO.LUl Drainage System, or open ditches connected thereto. If a property owner, owners or occupant fails to abate such unlawful run off and subsequent disposal in the City's Drainage System, the City may abate same, but the owner, owners or occupant will be subject to civil suit by the city to recoup such expenses incurred. 8.48.020 Inspectors. Inspectors employed by the Ci ty or Heal th Department ,shall be responsible for dete.Lluining when section 8.48.010 is being violated and are required to notify the dwner, owners or occupant of such violation. Upon notification, the owner , owners or occu- pant are to abate the illegal run off i~uediately; 8.48.030 Penalty. Any owner, owners or occupant violating this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $50.00 a day nor more than $100.00 a day after notification by the inspectors as mentioned in section 8.48.020. SECTION 2: All ordinances and codes conflicting with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 3. ll'Jt;l{GEN"CY ('T .AUSE APPROVED AND A1X)P l'tlJ. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 20th DAY OF September , 1979. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS ,,4 .#/ ~;S~r ~OVED AS TO Fa, RM. : \01L B~V4 CITY ATTORNEY