Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 11.54 Wells, Test

11.54.010 - Closure, capping or filling in holes required when.¶

Every person who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, owns or controls, and every person owning or having possession of any premises on which exists any oil or water well, test hole, cesspool, cistern, septic tank, seepage pit or similar excavation, shall cap, close or otherwise protect the opening to such well, hole, cesspool, cistern, septic tank, seepage pit or similar excavation in such a manner as to prevent persons from falling therein, and in such a manner that such capping, closing or other protection cannot be removed by accident or inadvertence, or such persons shall fill such well, cesspool or pit.

(Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967; Ord. 5307 Art. 4 § 401, 1949.)

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11.54.020 - County may perform work when.¶

Whenever any person fails or refuses to perform any act required by this chapter, the county may itself cap, cover or fill such well, or the county may follow the procedure provided for in Chapter 11.56 of this code and Article 9 of the Government Code cited in Section 11.52.020.

(Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967; Ord. 5307 Art. 4 § 402, 1949.)

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11.54.030 - Exceptions to chapter applicability.¶

This chapter does not apply to:

Wells, cesspools, cisterns, septic tanks or seepage pits under construction, when constantly and immediately attended by workmen or other adult persons;

Wells, pits or shafts less than three feet in depth or with an opening not exceeding six inches in diameter;

Abandoned excavations covered by Sections 24400, 24401 or 24402 of the Health and Safety Code.

(Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967; Ord. 5307 Art. 4 § 403, 1949.)

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