Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 2 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Pyramid Lake boating ordinance."

(Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 1, 1975.)

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to Pyramid Lake.

(Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 2, 1975.)

The masculine gender includes the feminine.

(Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 5, 1975.)

The operator of a law enforcement vessel shall be exempt from Sections 17.16.250, 17.16.260, 17.16.280 through 17.16.320, 17.16.350, 17.16.360, 17.16.400 through 17.16.420 and subsection B of Section 17.16.330 of this chapter under all of the

following conditions:

A.

The vessel is being operated in response to an emergency call, or while engaged in rescue operations, or is being used in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or is responding to a fire; and

B.

The operator sounds a siren as may be reasonably necessary, and the vessel displays a lighted blue light visible from the front as a warning to other boat operators.

(Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 6, 1975.)

The operator of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire Patrol Vessel shall be exempt from Sections 17.16.250, 17.16.260, 17.16.280 through 17.16.320, 17.16.350, 17.16.360, 17.16.400 through 17.16.420 and subsection B of Section 17.16.330 of this chapter whenever the vessel is being operated in response to a fire or other emergency.

(Ord. 11271 § 1, 1976: Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 6.5, 1975.)

Participants in a race, regatta, demonstration, exhibition or other special event conducted pursuant to the terms and conditions of a permit granted by the district ranger and harbor master, shall be exempt from Sections 17.16.300, 17.16.310, 17.16.350, 17.16.360, 17.16.370 and 17.16.380 of this chapter while participating in the event pursuant to the terms and conditions of the permit.

(Ord. 11271 § 2, 1976: Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 7, 1975.)

Violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by:

A.

A fine not exceeding $50.00 for a first violation;

B.

A fine not exceeding $100.00 for a second violation within one year;

C.

A fine not exceeding $250.00 for each additional violation within one year. A repetition or continuation of any violation of any provision of this chapter on successive days constitutes a separate offense for each day during any portion of which such violation is committed, continued or permitted.

(Ord. 12264 § 13, 1980: Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 4, 1975.)

If any provision of the ordinance codified in this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 11159 Art. 1 § 3, 1975.)