Diamond Bar Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "general hazards ordinance."

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(11.40.010), 6-27-89)

The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, safety and public welfare by requiring protections from hazardous bodies of water, wells and other defined excavations and abandoned chests, not presently covered by state statutes.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(11.40.020), 6-27-89)

Should any exception to the provisions of this chapter be held invalid, or should any provision of this chapter be held invalid because of any exception, such exception shall be eliminated from this chapter. The board declares that it intends this chapter to apply to every excavation which, by reason of constitutional limitations, cannot be excepted from the provisions of this chapter, and to every excavation the exception of which would invalidate this chapter or any portion thereof.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(11.40.050), 6-27-89)

Violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1.04.010.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(11.40.070), 6-27-89)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Excavation means any hole or depression in the ground or body of water created wholly or in part by artificial means, including excavation, dam, fill, or combination thereof.

Parcel of land means a contiguous quantity of land, in the possession of, or owned by, or recorded as the property of, the same claimant or person.

Party concerned means the person, if any, in real or apparent charge and control of the object or premises involved, the person who, by the last equalized assessment roll, appears to be the owner of the premises involved, the record owner, the holder of any mortgage, trust deed or other lien or encumbrance of record, the owner or holder of any lease of record, the record holder of any other estate or interest in or to the object or premises.

Person means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

Superintendent means the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(11.42.010, 11.42.060—11.42.090, 11.42.130), 6-27-89)

Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1.00.070.