[§46-11.5]  Maintenance of channels,
streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways.  Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, each county shall provide for the maintenance of channels,
streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways, whether natural or artificial, including
their exits to the ocean, in suitable condition to carry off storm waters; and
for the removal from the channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways
and from the shores and beaches any debris which is likely to create an
unsanitary condition or otherwise become a public nuisance; provided that to
the extent any of the foregoing work is a private responsibility the
responsibility may be enforced by the county in lieu of the work being done at
county expense, and any private entity or person refusing to comply with any
final order issued by the county shall be in violation of this chapter and be
liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each day the violation
continues; provided further that it shall be the responsibility of the county
to maintain all channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways unless such
channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways are privately owned or
owned by the State, in which event such channels, streambeds, streambanks, and
drainageways shall be maintained by their respective owners. [L 1986, c 121,
§2]