Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 12.28 Beach Regulations—disposal of Refuse in the Ocean or on the Beach

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place, throw, divert or in any manner dispose of, or to cause or permit to be deposited, placed, thrown, diverted or in any manner disposed of any crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, or any oily by-product thereof, or any tar or any product containing tar, or any oily substance into or upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into or upon the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet or tributary thereof or upon any beach, tideland or submerged land, or any portion thereof, within the City.

(§ 1, Ord. 343)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place, throw, divert, keep, maintain or in any manner dispose of, or to cause or permit to be deposited, placed, thrown, diverted, kept, maintained or in any manner disposed of any crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil or any oily by-product thereof, or any tar, or any product containing tar, or any oily substance into, along or upon any land, premises or place within the City in such a manner that the same, or any portion thereof, may run or be transferred or carried to, or be in any manner deposited upon or conveyed to any beach, tideland or submerged land, or any portion thereof, or into or upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into or upon the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet or tributary thereof.

(§ 2, Ord. 343)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing, controlling, operating, navigating or otherwise handling any boat, vessel, ship or barge used, or having been used, for the transportation in bulk of crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, or any oily by-product thereof, other than gasoline, distillate, tops or other similar volatile product, to discharge, or to cause or permit to be discharged from such boat, vessel, ship or barge any ballast water, bilge water or waste water containing or contaminated with any such crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil or oily by-product within the City unless such ballast water, bilge water or waste water is discharged into suitable and adequate settling basins, tanks or other receptacles.

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing, controlling, operating, navigating or otherwise handling any boat, vessel, ship or barge using fuel oil for the generation of power to discharge or to cause or permit to be discharged from such boat, vessel, ship or barge any bilge water or waste water containing, or contaminated with, any such fuel oil within the City unless the same is discharged into suitable and adequate settling basins, tanks or other receptacles.

The provisions of this section shall not be deemed or construed to require any such ballast water, bilge water or waste water to be discharged into any such settling basin, tank or other receptacle if such ballast water, bilge water or waste water, before the discharging thereof, shall have been passed through, or treated by, some adequate oil separating device or process and such crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, oily by-product or fuel oil has been separated or removed therefrom.

(§ 3, Ord. 343)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place, throw or in any manner dispose of any dead animal or any portion thereof, or any vegetable or animal matter, or any offal, night soil, manure, rubbish, trash, garbage or any decaying or putrid matter, material or substance, or any matter, material or substance which might decay or become putrid, or any matter, material or substance which is or might become injurious to health or which is or might become a nuisance or offensive to the senses of any persons coming in proximity thereto into the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet or tributary thereof, or in, upon, or along any beach, tideland or submerged land, or any portion thereof within the City. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain or to cause or permit to be kept or maintained upon any premises or in or at any place in the City any article, substance or thing in this section enumerated in such a manner that any such article, substance or thing, or any portion thereof, may be transferred or carried to, or be in any manner deposited upon or conveyed to any beach, tideland or submerged land, or any portion thereof, or into or upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into or upon the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet or tributary thereof.

(§ 4 Ord. 343)