Chapter 8.48
WATER WASTE AND POLLUTION
Sections:
Article I. Waste of Water
8.48.020 Seepage constitutes evidence of violation.
8.48.030 Responsibility of owner of premises.
Article II. Pollution of Waters
8.48.040 By animals prohibited.
8.48.050 Bathing in waters used for drinking prohibited.
8.48.060 Trespassing near stock watering holes prohibited.
Article I. Waste of Water
8.48.010 Prohibited.
No person shall waste or cause or permit to be wasted any water furnished or delivered by any agency distributing for public benefit any water dedicated to or provided for public use within the City. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 67.101)
8.48.020 Seepage constitutes evidence of violation.
It shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this chapter for any person to permit any water supplied from such a source to the premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person to escape, flow or seep therefrom. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 67.102)
8.48.030 Responsibility of owner of premises.
The person actually or ostensibly in possession, control and ownership of any premises upon which water is wasted or permitted to be wasted in violation of this chapter shall be prima facie responsible for such violation. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 67.103)
Article II. Pollution of Waters
8.48.040 By animals prohibited.
No person shall cause or permit any horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry or any kind of livestock or domestic animals to pollute the waters of tributaries of such waters used or intended for drinking purposes by the inhabitants of any part of the City. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 67.201)
8.48.050 Bathing in waters used for drinking prohibited.
No person shall bathe or wash clothes in any spring, stream, river, lake, reservoir, well, flume, or other waters which are used or intended for drinking purposes by the inhabitants of the City. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 67.202)
8.48.060 Trespassing near stock watering holes prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person or persons in the City to camp, or to loiter within a radius of 1,500 feet of any established stock watering hole or place whether unenclosed, or enclosed by fence belonging to, or occupied by, another, where signs forbidding trespass are displayed approximately 2,400 feet apart at a distance of approximately 1,500 feet from the watering hole or place, without having first obtained written permission from the owner of such lands or the person in lawful possession of such land where said stock watering hole or place is located. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 42.401)