Alpine County Municipal Code Art. I Discharging Sewage or Industrial Waste

It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, district or other public agency to discharge in the unincorporated areas of the county sewage or industrial waste or the effluent of treated sewage or industrial waste originating in any water basin or natural surface water drainage area located entirely outside the boundaries of the county. (Ord. 255 § 1, 1965)

The discharge of any sewage or industrial waste or effluent of treated sewage or industrial waste, contrary to the provisions of this article, shall be and the same is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance and the district attorney shall, upon order of the board of supervisors, commence proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law. (Ord. 255 § 3, 1965)

Any person, firm, corporation, district or other public agency, whether as principal agent, employee or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm, corporation, district or public agency shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this article is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, corporation, district or other public agency. (Ord. 255 § 2, 1965)

All remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 255 § 4, 1965)