Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "county harbor and maritime ordinance."

(Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 101, 1967.)

The provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be applicable to and within all county harbors, waterways and other maritime facilities under the jurisdiction of the county in either incorporated or unincorporated territory, except:

A.

Where jurisdiction is given to the director of parks and recreation pursuant to Chapter 17.04 of this code, or any amendments thereto.

B.

Where otherwise provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 102, 1967.)

Permission to be within the limits of any harbor or other maritime facility and waterways as defined by this chapter, or to use any facilities, is conditioned on the person present complying with all the applicable provisions of this chapter, and with all orders, rules and regulations authorized by this chapter. A violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any order, rule or regulation authorized by this chapter, whether in incorporated or unincorporated territory. shall result in the person so violating being a trespasser ab initio, and the sheriff may eject such person from the harbor or other maritime facility or waterway.

(Ord. 86-0039 § 1, 1986: Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 109, 1967.)

Whenever by the provisions of this chapter a power is granted to the director or a duty is imposed upon him, the power may be exercised or duty performed by a deputy of the director or by a person authorized pursuant to law, unless it is expressly otherwise provided.

(Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 104, 1967.)

The Director, Fire Chief, and/or Sheriff shall have the power and duty to enforce all applicable laws, ordinances, traffic, and safety regulations covering usage of County harbors and other maritime facilities and waterways, and beaches that are owned, controlled, or managed by the County. Any such individual or official shall have the authority to cite as an infraction and punish by fine, in accordance with California Government Code section 25132, any violation of any ordinance, regulation, or policy occurring at any such location governed by the provisions of Chapter 19.12 of this code, the violation of which by the applicable law is an infraction. Such individual or official shall also have the authority under Chapter 1.25 of this code to issue notices of violation, impose administrative fines and/or non-compliance fees, and carry out any other appropriate measure pursuant to, and in accordance with, said chapter. The remedies available under this section shall be cumulative to any other remedy allowed under this code or otherwise allowed by law.

(Ord. 2012-0006 § 1, 2012: Ord. 86-0039 § 2, 1986: Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 106, 1967.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with any order, signal, or direction of the Director, Fire Chief, ocean lifeguard, Sheriff, or code enforcement officer who is seeking to enforce any applicable provision of this code or any other applicable law in the course of his/her duties pertaining to any activity or conduct on or in the harbors, maritime facilities, waterways, or beaches, as the case may be.

(Ord. 2012-0006 § 2, 2012.)

The director is vested with authority over and control of all floats, wharves, docks, and other facilities owned, leased, controlled, constructed or maintained by a lessee or private fee owner in any county harbor, waterway or other maritime facility, for the purpose of causing to be corrected any condition which violates or which would reasonably tend to cause or contribute to any violation of the purpose and provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 105, 1967.)

The sheriff shall have full authority in enforcement of all laws, ordinances and regulations affecting any county harbor or other maritime facility and waterways, and beaches within such harbors, waterways and maritime facilities.

(Ord. 86-0039 § 3, 1986: Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 108, 1967.)

The Harbor Patrol, acting under the orders and jurisdiction of the sheriff, shall have full authority to enforce laws of the state of California and county of Los Angeles affecting the use of county harbors and other maritime facilities and waterways, and beaches within such harbors, waterways or maritime facilities; enforce laws of the state of California and county of Los Angeles promoting boating safety on waters of the state located within the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles and within county harbors and other maritime facilities and waterways; enforce laws of the state of California providing for the registration of vessels using the waters of the state located within the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles and the waters within county harbors and other maritime facilities and waterways.

(Ord. 86-0039 § 4, 1986: Ord. 11708 § 1, 1978: Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 107, 1967.)

A.

It is unlawful to violate any provision of this chapter, the conditions of any permit or license issued pursuant thereto, or any rule, regulation, or policy relating to the harbors, waterways, maritime facilities, or beaches, as the case may be, duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors, the Director, Fire Chief, or Sheriff when properly adopted under his/her delegated authority, and any person committing such violation is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine in accordance with California Government Code section 25132.

B.

Notwithstanding the above, violation of Sections 19.12.690, 19.12.810, 19.12.1040, 19.12.1100, 19.12.1140, 19.12.1150, 19.12.1160, 19.12.1170, 19.12.1250, 19.12.1280, 19.12.1380, 19.12.1420.B, or 19.12.1420.E of this chapter is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or both.

C.

The first and second violation of Section 19.12.1145 within a 12-month period by a Responsible Person, as defined in Section 1.25.020.F (excluding subsections 4 and 5 thereof) and including, without limitation, the owner of the subject vessel, shall be an infraction. The third and each additional violation of Section 19.12.1145 within a 12-month period by such a Responsible Person shall be a misdemeanor. Each such Responsible Person shall be jointly and severally liable for each violation of this section.

D.

Each Responsible Person with actual or constructive knowledge of a violation of Sections 19.12.700, 19.12.1140, 19.12.1145, or 19.12.1146 shall report said violation to the Director or harbor master as soon as practically possible. Failure to report such a violation shall be an infraction.

E.

A repetition or continuation of any violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any order or direction of the Director, Fire Chief, Sheriff, and/or code enforcement officer on multiple days, constitutes a separate offense for each day during any portion of which such violation is committed, continued, or permitted.

(Ord. 2018-0021 § 1, 2018; Ord. 2012-0006 § 3, 2012: Ord. 88-0020 § 7, 1988; Ord. 87-0066 § 3, 1987: Ord. 86-0039 § 6, 1986: Ord. 83-0081 § 11, 1983: Ord. 12264 § 12, 1980: Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 110, 1967.)

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 such ordinance and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 9359 Art. 1 § 103, 1967.)