Mission Viejo Municipal Code Ch. 11.17 Offenses Against Public Safety

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Cross reference— Citations in lieu of immediate arraignment, ch. 1.08; noise control, ch. 6.35; smoking, ch. 6.40.

(a) Definitions. The following terms as used in this section shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the respective meanings herein set forth:

Abandoned oil or water well shall include any such well not actually and continuously used and any well, whether being used or not, the mouth or entrance of which is left open.

Cistern means an artificial reservoir or tank or well for storing water.

Person means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, city or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

(b) Responsibility for capping or covering well. A person who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, owns or controls any water well, oil well or cistern and abandons such well or cistern and a person who owns, possesses or controls any premises on which an abandoned water well, oil well or cistern exists shall cap or otherwise securely cover the mouth or entrance to the well or cistern. The capping or covering shall be so constructed and installed as will prevent any human being from falling into the well or cistern or from suffering any bodily injury, through accident or inadvertence, by reason of the existence of the well or cistern.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-9-34), 6-27-88)

Except for public officers in the performance of their duties, and those authorized by the city council, it shall be unlawful for any person to wade, bathe, skin dive, swim, float, launch or occupy any paddleboard, surfboard, kayak, canoe, boat, tube, or similar craft, or any object or device capable of transporting a person on or in any creek, channel, canal, river, ditch, pipe or aqueduct located within the city and which is under the jurisdiction and control of the county flood control district.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-9-35), 6-27-88)

No person shall dive or jump into any lake, stream, brook, creek, river, pond, lagoon, reservoir, harbor, bay, cove, inlet, channel or canal from any pier, bridge, rock or precipice, other than at a privately owned and operated swimming area or at those places designated and posted for diving and jumping by the planning director, as authorized by resolution of the city council. Violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-9-44), 6-27-88)

No person shall land in any lake, stream, brook, creek, river, pond, lagoon, reservoir, harbor, bay, cove, inlet, channel or canal, after having jumped or dived from any pier, bridge, rock or precipice above such body of water, other than at a privately owned and operated swimming area or at those places designated and posted for diving and jumping by the planning director, as authorized by resolution of the city council. Violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-9-45), 6-27-88)