Restaurant Owner Faces $2,000 a Day City Fine…for Washing Bird Poop Off the Sidewalk

The Blaze ^ | 9/19/12 | Madeleine Morgenstern

[shadeaud]

A Texas restaurant owner is up in arms after Corpus Christi city officials informed him he can no longer wash the bird poop off the sidewalk in front of his business — not unless he wants a $2,000 fine, KRIS-TV reported.

John Webb, general manager of Crawdaddy’s in downtown Corpus Christi, told the station he’s been hosing the sidewalk down for 18 years. That is, until city officials told him earlier this month he was breaking the law. The reason? A city storm water ordinance that bars anyone from washing pollutants, like bird poop, into the storm drain system that leads out to the bay — with a $2,000 a day fine for violations.

“If I can’t wash my sidewalk off what am I supposed to do? I’m at a loss at how to clean this up,” Webb told KRIS. “Now I’m stuck with having dirty sidewalks and this bird poop. It’s nasty.”

[mylife]

I moved from Ca to get away from it.

[mylife]

I seriously doubt that.

[mylife]

We had trouble with grackles at work here in Texas.
They crap every where.
They brought in Trained Hawks and decimated them.
Problem solved.

[TribalPrincess2U]

What the hell does rain do? Idiots!

[Boogieman]

“If I can’t wash my sidewalk off what am I supposed to do?”

Scoop up all the bird poop until you get a nice bucketful, then “deposit” it on the sidewalk in front of City Hall.

[uncommonsense]

"Look close, he’s playing on his phone."

You're right. Google Street View has a disturbing level of detail. I wounder how date from open wireless networks they captured in this area too...

[uncommonsense]

"They brought in Trained Hawks and decimated them. Problem solved."

Now that's the Texas way!

This shop owned probably can't afford hawk service.

[Manic_Episode]

Poison bird seed

[Nuc 1.1]

I don,t. I'm a Virginian by birth. Been around the country a bit. I have found that many of the states that pride themselves on freedom are not as free as some socialist states. Bottom line, our nation is not as free as we think it is nor are states we regard as bastions of freedom. Government is not the enemy. The enemy is our fellow citizens that use government to impose their will upon us. That is the enemy, government is merely the instrument.

[publius911]

There you go again. Trying to consuse good intentions [stupidity] with facts.

There.
Fixed it for you.

[Political Junkie Too]

A city storm water ordinance that bars anyone from washing pollutants, like bird poop, into the storm drain system that leads out to the bay...

Pssst...

Guess what the fish that swim in the bay are doing...

And what about all the birds that are flying over the bay?

-PJ

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And yet, the city thinks that it’s perfectly fine for rain to wash the bird poop into the storm drain.

Environ-MENTAL nanny state PING!

[TigersEye]

Kill the birds. Do it secretly. Do it until the city gets the picture.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

There. Fixed it for you.

Might as well be accurate when your are consusing things.