It shall be the responsibility of each owner or developer of property whether individual Lot, Lots, block or development to maintain the drainage of such property without adversely affecting the existing drainage patterns of adjacent property owners or developers and to prevent damage by overflow of water onto adjacent landowners caused either by direct diversion of water on the adjoining land or by the failure to adequately accommodate new or changed drainage patterns as they develop. This prohibition shall not in any way effect the construction and maintenance of levees and other improvements to control floods and overflows in freshets, creeks and streams. This subsection, however, does not authorize any person to construct a canal, lateral canal or ditch that obstructs a creek, bayou, gully, slough, ditch or other well-defined natural drainage.

This provision applies to all property owners in all three (3) zoning districts.

All of the above Provisions are enforceable through those criminal and civil procedures set forth in Section Two.

Those lawful uses of land or structures existing at the time of the Effective Date of this Ordinance which are rendered non-conforming by this Ordinance's passage may be continued as a non-conforming use under the provisions of Section Eight.

Reference to Section Three should be made for the definition of certain terms used in the above provisions and the definition as set out in Section Three shall be controlling.