Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 12.28 Water in Gutters or Sidewalks

Any person leaving or permitting to be left any hose or water pipe upon or across any sidewalk, sidewalk space or any public passageway, within the city, between the hours of nine p.m. and six a.m., shall be punished as set forth in general penalty provision Section 1.40.010. (Ord. 3434 § 1, 1996; prior code § 10.07.090)

Any person owning or having in his possession any water pipe, drain or hose and who permits the water therefrom to run across any sidewalk, public street or alleyway, so as to injure the same or obstruct or interfere with the free travel thereon, or who permits said water to run into or upon the surface of the street, shall be punished as set forth in general penalty provision Section 1.40.010, excepting, however, that it is not unlawful to use a reasonable amount of water to clean any sidewalk or portion thereof within the city. (Ord. 3434 § 2, 1996; prior code § 10.07.070)

It is unlawful for the owner, agent or tenant of any dwelling house, apartment house, flat building or any building or premises in the city where water is used to irrigate or sprinkle the lawn or plants on or about said premises to allow the water so being used to run, or for such person to sprinkle said premises until the water floods the parking space between the sidewalk and the curb and overflows into the gutter and street. (Prior code § 8.56.010)

It shall be the duty of all owners, agents or tenants of dwelling houses, apartment houses, flat buildings and all such premises where water is used to irrigate or sprinkle the lawn and plants on or about said premises, to shut or turn off all water before the same runs over the curb in front of said premises and into the gutter and street. (Prior code § 8.56.020)