§ 42-58. Obstructing navigation prohibited; removal of obstruction at offender's expense.

(a)

No vessels docked, tied or secured shall obstruct or interfere with through navigation and passage in the canals within the city limits.

(b)

No anchor, securing line or other obstruction shall be allowed to extend in the navigable portion of the canals within the city limits.

(c)

No person shall place any obstruction, or permit the placing of any obstruction, within any waterway which would tend to endanger or impede navigation or the flow of such waterway. Any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to the city for all costs and expense incurred by it in the removal of such obstruction, in addition to the punishment prescribed in section 1-7.

(Code 1969, §§ 9.163, 9.169; Code 1977, § 27-39)