Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 7.16 Pollution of Highways and Waters

It is unlawful for any person, or persons, or association of persons to:

A. Place, deposit, dump or dispose of, or cause to be placed, deposited, dumped or disposed of, upon the right-of-way of any street or thoroughfare, or upon any camping place or public park, or into any stream or dry watercourse, or on the banks of any stream or dry watercourse, within the county, any debris, refuse, garbage, swill, junk, cans, bottles, rubbish, papers, ashes, or other unsightly, putrescible, decaying or offensive matter of any kind whatsoever, whether organic or inorganic;

B. Bathe, swim, wash, launder clothes, wash dishes or any other object or thing, in any stream or watercourse within Inyo County, or by any other means foul or pollute the waters of such stream in any manner whatsoever.

(Ord. 29 § 1, 1948)

Any person or persons, or association of persons, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 29 § 2, 1948)