Chapter 10.20
CREATING A HAZARD

Sections:

10.20.010    Creating a hazard.

10.20.010 Creating a hazard.

A.    A person commits the offense of creating a hazard if:

1.    He knowingly discards in a place where it may attract children a container with a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside; or

2.    Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, excavation or other hole of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of twelve inches or more, he knowingly fails or refuses to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.

B.    Creating a hazard is a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars. (Amended during 1/88 supplement; Ord. 1145-85 § 122, 1985)