Chapter 14.24 — WATER AND RUBBISH IN STREETS

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. (Prior code § 7121; Ord. 914 § 6, 1971)

Except as expressly permitted by Chapter 11.06, 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 or gutters. (Prior code § 7122; Ord. 914 § 6, 1971; Ord. 1858 § 2, 2014)

Between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 a.m., water may be used to cleanse paved surfaces of public and private premises, using an approved device pursuant to Section 11.06.050(f) of this Code; 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. (Prior code § 7123; Ord. 914 §6, 1971; Ord. 1858 § 3, 2014)

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. (Prior code § 7124; Ord. 914 § 6, 1971)

In order to provide for the repair and maintenance of public streets, works and property, the director of community development 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. (Prior code § 7125; Ord. 914 § 6, 1971)

No person shall drain or permit to be drained, to a public sewer system any swimming pool, spa, fountain, or decorative water feature owned or controlled by such person, unless and until

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City of Palm Springs, CA § 14.24.060

PALM SPRINGS CODE

§ 14.24.060

a permit to do so has been obtained from the Building Official. 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 Building Official determining that the time and place when and where such swimming pool, spa, fountain, or decorative water feature 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.

For the purposes of this Section, fountain or decorative water feature, means a fountain or water feature in excess of 1,000 cubic feet of water. (Prior code § 7126; Ord. 914 § 6, 1971; Ord. 1858 § 4, 2014)

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City of Palm Springs, CA

STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

§ 14.26.010

§ 14.26.015