Chico Municipal Code Ch. 8.14 Deposits of Solid Waste in a City Creek, Channel or Other Watercourse

This chapter is enacted pursuant to the municipal affairs provisions of the city Charter for the purpose of preventing the adverse environmental effects which would normally result from the deposition of solid waste in a city creek, channel or other watercourse.

(Ord. 1875 §4 (part))

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit solid waste between the outer banks of any city creek, channel or watercourse, including any manmade channel or watercourse.

(Ord. 1875 §4 (part))

It shall be the duty and obligation of the owner and/or any person entitled to possession of real property located between the outer banks of a city creek, channel or watercourse, including any manmade channel or watercourse, to remove and properly dispose of any solid waste deposited on such property. Failure of the owner or other person entitled to possession of real property located between the outer banks of a city creek, channel or other watercourse to remove solid waste deposited between the outer banks of such creek, channel or watercourse within thirty days after having been served with a written notice by the city manager requiring such removal shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter punishable in the manner provided for herein.

(Ord. 1875 §4 (part))

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be an infraction punishable by a fine in an amount established by Section 1505 of the Charter of the City of Chico.

(Ord. 1875 §4 (part), Ord. 2136 §8)