§ 58-9. Drainage from lots, gutters and spouts.

(a)

No water from any lot, gutter or spout shall be permitted to flow across the sidewalk or footway of any street except in a covered drain, the cover of which shall not be above the surface of such footway or sidewalk. Such drain shall be built, kept open and in good repair by the owner or occupant of the premises from which it drains.

(b)

In every building existing on October 18, 1955, not already equipped and in every building being erected and in every building erected after such date equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, toilet or like chamber where there is human occupancy or employment, the drain or drainwater from such rooms or chambers shall not flow into or through the gutters or spouts referred to in subsection (a) of this section, but shall flow into an acceptable and properly constructed underground drainbed located on the premises or into the drainbed of the sewage disposal system of the property on which the building is located.

(Code 1992, § 19-9)

State Law reference— Gutters, downspouts, etc., overhanging public rights-of-way, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2010.

(Code 1992, § 19-9)

State law reference

Gutters, downspouts, etc., overhanging public rights-of-way, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2010.