Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 14 — Streets and Sidewalks
Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 14.24 Water and Rubbish in Streets
Cathedral City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Cathedral City
Cite as: Cathedral City Municipal Code Chapter 14.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 14.24.010. Sweeping and washing of debris and petroleum products into street.¶
No person shall wash, sweep or brush any waste, trash or rubbish, grease, oil or similar petroleum products from sidewalks, driveways, courtyards, service yards, or service station premises, or from any private premises, into the public streets, roadways or gutters. Such materials shall be collected in suitable containers and disposed of as refuse.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
§ 14.24.020. Permitting water to flow into street.¶
Excepting as expressly permitted by Sections 14.24.030 and 14.24.060, no person shall use water upon any sidewalk, driveway, courtyard, service yard, parkway, lawn or any private premises within the city for any purposes, in such a manner that water is allowed to run into and accumulate in, or flow away in, the public streets, roadways and gutters.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
§ 14.24.030. Washing of pavement adjoining street.¶
Between the hours of five a.m. and nine a.m., water may be used to cleanse paved surfaces of public and private premises; provided it is used only in such quantity and with such pressure necessary to remove dirt or foreign matter from the paved surfaces; and provided that no grease, oil or other petroleum products are washed into the public streets, roadways or gutters.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
§ 14.24.040. Care in washing.¶
In the process of such cleansing as permitted by Section 14.24.030, no person shall interfere with the free and unrestricted passage of pedestrians or vehicles on the public streets or sidewalks, or cause or allow water to fall upon such pedestrians or vehicles.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
§ 14.24.050. Notice to ban water during street repair.¶
In order to provide for the repair and maintenance of public streets, works and property, the city manager is authorized to give written notice to the persons owning or controlling any premises in the city, either by personal delivery or by posting upon the premises, providing for a specified time, to commence not less than twenty-four hours after the delivery or posting of the notice, and to continue for not more than thirty days in all, during which period of time so specified in the notice, no person shall cause or allow any water to run into the public streets, roadways or gutters from the premises specified in the notice, or the sidewalks, driveways, courtyards, service yards, parkways or lawns on such premises or adjacent thereto.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
§ 14.24.060. Draining of swimming pools—Permit required.¶
No person shall drain or permit to be drained, to a public street, any swimming pool owned or controlled by such person, unless and until a permit so to do has been obtained from the city manager. Such permits shall be issued upon appropriate application therefor, accompanied by such fee as may have been prescribed by resolution of the city council, and upon the city manager determining that the time and place when and where such pool draining will be allowed, will not be detrimental to the public interest or welfare, will not result in any undue hazard or inconvenience to the public, and will not result in any damage to public or private property.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
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