Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Timber, Rough Lumber Mills, Manufacturing Plants

(a) The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply within the boundaries of incorporated municipalities.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 1, adopted 1948.)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, firm or corporation to operate for commercial purposes any sawmill, shingle mill, lath mill or planing mill, or any other manufacturing plant converting timber or rough lumber into another form without first applying for and receiving a permit from the County Tax Collector for such operation.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 2, adopted 1948.)

(a) Application for such permit as required by Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter shall be made upon blanks prepared for this purpose by the County Tax Collector and shall require the full name and mailing address of the person or persons intending to engage in the operation of the sawmill or other such manufacturing plant described in Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter or if the applicant be a copartnership, firm, corporation or otherwise, the official registered name of such copartnership, firm, corporation or otherwise, together with the firm names of the management thereof and the full name of the person authorized to transact business and responsible for the actual operation and mailing address thereof, the location of the operation and a statement of the ownership of the land whereon it is situated, and any other information which may be pertinent to the administration of fire laws and provisions of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 3, adopted 1948.)

(b) Application for such permit as required by Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter shall be made out with such number of copies thereof as the County Tax Collector may direct, in order that he may retain the original thereof in his office and transmit one (1) copy to the fire control agency having jurisdiction over fire prevention and suppression in the area in which the operation is situated, and a copy to any other governmental agency having a responsibility of enforcing fire, health or safety laws involving the operation requesting a permit to operate.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 4, adopted 1948.)

A fee shall be charged for issuing a permit and shall be paid at the time the application is made. The amount of said fee is to be set by Resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors. All fees received pursuant to this Chapter shall be credited to the County General Fund.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 5, adopted 1948, as amended by Ord. No. 3323, adopted 1980.)

Upon receiving the application prescribed in this Chapter, duly executed before a person authorized to administer oaths and certified as to truthfulness and correctness, and upon receipt of the fees required by this Chapter, the County Tax Collector shall issue a permit as required in Section 6.12.010.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 6, adopted 1948.)

The permit required by Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter shall authorize the person, copartnership, firm, corporation or company to whom it is issued to operate a sawmill or other manufacturing plant, as the case may be, in accordance with all laws pertaining thereto and is not transferable to any other operator or operation than the one to whom or for which it is issued.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 7, adopted 1948.)

Any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter may be suspended by any Justice Court having jurisdiction, upon conviction of the permittee for violation of any fire, health or safety law pertaining to the operation authorized by the permit.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 8, adopted 1948.)

At any time after a permit has been suspended, the court shall, upon the motion of the permittee, require the proper enforcement officers to make an examination of the suspended operation and to report the result of such examination to the court within five (5) days. If it is reported by the officers that the law violations for which the permit was suspended have been complied with, the court will revoke the suspension order.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 9, adopted 1948.)

Permits as are required in Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter shall be obtained annually and be valid from the date of issue and to April thirtieth of the following year, at which time, or prior thereto, application shall be made for a renewal of the permit. Upon receiving application together with the required fee prescribed in Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter, the County Tax Collector will renew the permit for the current year.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 10, adopted 1948.)

Upon receiving the permit prescribed by this Chapter, the permittee shall place it in a conspicuous and safe location upon the premises of the operation which it authorizes.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 11, adopted 1948.)

Any person, copartnership, firm, corporation or company who operates any sawmill or other mill or manufacturing plant described in Section 6.12.010 of this Chapter, without first obtaining the required permit, or who operates such sawmill or other mill or manufacturing plant upon which the permit has been suspended by a court of competent jurisdiction, guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County jail for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 12, adopted 1948.)

Any duly authorized peace officer or any other public officer having taken the oath of office and who is charged with the enforcement of fire prevention laws, public health laws or other laws pertaining to the safety of persons or property, either ordinances—articles of this County or laws of the State, shall have the power of peace officers to enforce this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 315, Sec. 13, adopted 1948.)