HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-1981 WATER FROM CITY DITCHES. ORDINANCE NO. _V
AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; empowering
the City Manager to control and regulate the use of
water from city ditches; declaring certain prohibited
conduct to be unlawful; amending Sections 7.28.020
and 7.28.030, and repealing Section 7.28.010, all of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.28.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.28.020 Power of city manager to control. All ditches,
laterals, canals, pipes and headgates, and all appurtenances
thereto, belonging to the city of Yakima, shall be under the
control of the city manager, who shall have full power to
regulate the use of such water, to determine the quantity
of water to be used by the various lot owners, and to deter -
mine when such water shall be used."
Section 2. Section 7.28.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.28.030 Violations. It is unlawful for any person
• or persons to cut, break, fill up, obstruct or otherwise
damage or interfere with any ditch, headgate, canal, or pipe,
or any appurtenance thereto, belonging to the city of Yakima,
or to in any manner dam, or obstruct the flow of water therein,
or to draw or divert water therefrom without the consent of
the city manager."
Section 3. Section 7.28.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ara day
of 4.r „ 1976.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk