Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 14.08 Recreation Areas

The following areas shall be deemed "Recreation Areas" and shall be subject to each of the prohibitions and regulations set forth in this Chapter:

(A) Brooktrails. The Brooktrails Vacation Village Subdivision, which is located near Willits, as said subdivision is defined in and described by those certain tract maps and other maps identified as follows and located in the following case and drawer numbers of the Official Records of the County of Mendocino:

(1) Tract No. 86, located in Case 2, Drawer 7.

(2) Tract No. 126, located in Case 2, Drawer 13.

(3) Tract No. 128, located in Case 2, Drawer 13.

(4) Tract No. 129, located in Case 2, Drawer 14.

(5) The Golf Course of Unit No. 2, located in Case 2, Drawer 2.

This area shall be known as the Brooktrails Area.

(B) Vichy Bridge Recreation Area. The Vichy Bridge Recreation Area is located at the Russian River crossing of the Vichy Springs Road adjacent to the river and Vichy Springs Road more particularly described as follows:

As depicted in the Settlement Agreement, Exhibits A and B (consisting of photograph and surveyor's description thereof), dated September 17, 1991 between Alexander R. Thomas III, Mary Leittem Thomas, John Thomas and the County of Mendocino as incorporated into the stipulated final judgments in Civil Cases No. 53289 and 53438.

For the purposes of the regulations set forth in Section 14.08.115, the designated parking area at the Vichy Bridge Recreation Area shall be deemed excluded from such regulations.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 1 (part), adopted 1991.)

No person shall fire or discharge any firearm within a recreation area.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 1 (part), adopted 1991.)

A firearm is any item defined by Section 12001 of the California Penal Code or any rifle, shotgun, BB gun, air gun, pellet gun, cannon, or any other weapon of similar nature designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled projectile by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 1 (part), adopted 1991.)

The prohibition against firearms set forth in Section 14.08.020 shall not apply to any peace officer, as defined by the California Penal Code, while in the lawful discharge of his duties nor to any person lawfully acting under the direction of such peace officer.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 1 (part), adopted 1991.)

Except as provided in Sections 14.08.070 and 14.08.080, no person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle within a recreation area.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 1 (part), adopted 1991.)

A vehicle is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks shall not be deemed a vehicle for purposes of the prohibitions contained in Section 14.08.050 when used at any of the following designated recreation areas:

A. Brooktrails.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 2 (part), adopted 1991.)

The prohibition against vehicles set forth in Section 14.08.050 shall not apply to utility or public service vehicles required to restore or maintain utility service or to protect public safety, health, and welfare.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 2 (part), adopted 1991.)

The prohibition against vehicles set forth in Section 14.08.050 shall apply in the Brooktrails Area only in that portion which has been dedicated to the Brooktrails Resort Improvement District, as such dedications are delineated on the aforesaid maps, said dedicated area being herewith designated by the term "green belt."

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 2 (part), adopted 1991.)

The prohibition against vehicles set forth in Section 14.08.050 shall not apply to any peace officer, as defined by the California Penal Code, while in the lawful discharge of his duties nor to any person lawfully acting under the direction of such peace officer.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 2 (part), adopted 1991.)

No person shall deposit, dump, or place, or cause to be deposited, dumped, or placed, any refuse, garbage, waste, soil, earth, rocks, tree stumps, or cuttings within a recreation area.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 2 (part), adopted 1991.)

No person shall camp between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the same day within a recreation area not otherwise closed to use.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 3, adopted 1991.)

No persons shall be present at the Vichy Bridge Recreation Area between dusk and dawn of the next day.

(Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 4 (part), adopted 1991.)

No person shall hunt, by use of firearms, bow and arrow, trap, or by any other means, within a recreation area.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 4 (part), adopted 1991.)

Except for those recreation areas set forth below in this section, no person shall enter, swim, or bathe in any lake or other body of water within a recreation area used for potable water supply, nor shall any person permit any animal which he owns, possesses, harbors, or controls to enter or swim in such lake or body of water:

A. Vichy Bridge Recreation Area.

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 5 (part), adopted 1991.)

Any violation of this Chapter is hereby declared to be an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(Ord. No. 1137, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 3795 Sec. 5 (part), adopted 1991.)