Chapter 14.24
WATERSHED1

Sections:

14.24.010    Watershed established.

14.24.020    Trespassing in watershed.

14.24.030    Penalty for violations.

14.24.010 Watershed established.

The Sultan Basin Watershed from which the city secures its domestic water supply is established and defined as follows:

T. 28 N., R. 8 E.
N-1/2 of Sec. 6.

T. 28 N., R. 9 E.
All of Secs. 1, 2, 3, NE-1/4 Sec. 4, E-1/2 E-1/2 Sec. 10, all of Secs. 11, 12, 13, 14, NE-1/4 Sec. 23, N-1/2 Sec. 24.

T. 28 N., R. 10 E.
W-1/2 of Sec. 1, all of Secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, N-1/2, N-1/2 S-1/2 and SW-1/4 SW-1/4 Sec. 10, N-1/2 and N-1/2 Sec. 17, all of Sec. 18.

T. 29 N., R. 7 E.
E-1/2 E-1/2, S-1/2 SW-1/4, SW-1/4, SE-1/4 Sec. 25, all of Sec. 36.

T. 29 N., R. 8 E.
S-1/2 Sec. 20, S-1/2 Sec. 21, S-1/2 Sec. 22, SW-1/4 SW-1/4 Sec. 23, SW-1/4 NW-1/4 NW-1/4 and S-1/2 Sec. 25, S-1/2 Sec. 26, all of Secs. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, N-1/2 Sec. 35, N-1/2, SW-1/4, W-1/2 SE-1/4 Sec. 36.

T. 29 N., R. 9 E.
All of Sec. 1, E-1/2 Sec. 2, all of Secs. 11, 12, 13, 14, E-1/2 and SW-1/4 Sec. 15, S-1/2 Sec. 16, SE-1/4 Sec. 17, E-1/2, E-1/2 W-1/2, SW-1/4 SW-1/4 Sec. 20, all of Secs. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, N-1/2 Sec.31, E-1/2 Sec. 33, all of those Secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 29 N., R. 10 E.
All of Secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, W-1/2 Sec. 25, all of Secs. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, W-1/2 Sec. 36.

T. 30 N., R. 9 E.
SE-1/4 SE-1/4 Sec. 35, NE-1/4 SE-1/4 and S-1/2 Sec. 36.

T. 30 N., R. 10 E.
SW 1/4, Sec. 28, S-1/2 Sec. 29, SE-1/4 Sec. 30, all of Sections 31, 32, W-1/2 Sec. 33.

(Prior code § 14.20.010)

14.24.020 Trespassing in watershed.

For the purpose of protecting the water supply of the city from pollution, it is declared unlawful for any person or persons to camp, picnic, loiter, trespass, fish, hunt or otherwise be within the territory from which the city derives its water supply, being the Sultan River Watershed, from and above the intake of said Everett water supply system and including the lakes, rivers, springs, creeks, streams or tributaries draining into said water supply, unless legally authorized to go upon said grounds or waters or unless permit to do so has first been obtained from the health department of the city. It is also declared unlawful for any person or persons, whether or not they are performing municipal work for the city or have been authorized to go upon the above mentioned grounds or water as above provided, to deposit within said territory above described any human excrement or other substance whatsoever deleterious to health or to commit any act whatsoever tending to pollute the water in said watershed territory. (Prior code § 14.20.020)

14.24.030 Penalty for violations.

Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter shall upon conviction of such violation or failure be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 293-74 § 2 (part), 1974: prior code § 14.20.030)

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For statutory provisions authorizing cities to acquire water rights, see RCW 35.92.220.