Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 12.28 Flood Control Facilities

It shall be unlawful for any persons, firm, or corporation, municipality or district to place or cause to be placed in the channel or bed of any river, stream, wash, or arroyo, or upon any property over which the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has an easement for flood control purposes duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder in Los Angeles County, any wires, fence, building, or other structures, or any refuse, rubbish, tin cans, or other matter that may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water in such river, stream, wash, or arroyo, or that will catch or collect debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the natural flow of the storm and floodwaters will carry the same downstream to the damage or detriment of either private or public property adjacent to such river, stream, arroyo or channel.

(`83 Code, § 12.28.010)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, municipality or district to interfere with, destroy or use in any manner whatsoever any levee, embankment, channel, dam, reservoir, rain or stream gages, telephone lines, piling, fence or other stream protection work constructed by or on behalf of any public agency without a written permit therefor from the City Council, which permits shall be revocable whenever, in the opinion of the City Council, the public interest or welfare require the revocation thereof. No permit to use any flood control protection work or rights-of-way owned or constructed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District shall be effective unless written permit so to do has been obtained from the Board of Supervisors of the district.

(`83 Code, § 12.28.020)

(A) Every person, except city officers, officials, agents, and employees, and persons specifically authorized by the city, who operates any motor vehicle on or over any levee, flood control channel or other right-of-way of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District without the written permission of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(B) This section does not apply to the operation of a motor vehicle on the traveled portion of any public highway.

(`83 Code, § 12.28.030)