Norfolk City Code § 46.1-46 Protection of watershed.
Sec. 46.1-46. - Protection of watershed.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to pollute, threaten, jeopardize or render impure, turbid or offensive, the water supply of the City of Norfolk.
(b) No person shall put any filth, animal or vegetable matter, chips, compost, construction debris, shavings or any other substance or pollutant, whether solid or liquid, and whether buried or not, within the City of Norfolk's watershed property or place or dispose of any such substance in an area which drains into the watershed property or the lakes and reservoirs of the City of Norfolk.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any sewer, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or facility for the containment or treatment of domestic and household waste on any part of the watersheds surrounding the water supply of the city, without first securing a permit from the director of utilities and the director of health.
(d) The director of utilities shall have the right to develop and enforce policies and procedures for the protection of the city's water system lakes and reservoirs, including the Norfolk watershed property.
(Ord. No. 41,100, § 2, 7-15-03)