Moorpark Municipal Code Ch. 12.24 Home Acres Buffer Zone

As used in this chapter:

"Buffer zone"

means the area encompassed by the city of Moorpark Tracts 4341, 4342 and 4340, and the unincorporated community of Home Acres.

"City"

means the city of Moorpark, California.

"County"

means the county of Ventura, California.

"Home Acres"

means the unincorporated community located to the immediate southwest of the city boundary.

"JPA"

means the Joint Powers Agreement established in 1989 by City and County, to provide the authority for funding, landscape improvements, and maintenance for buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 1, 1996)

No person shall enter or remain in the buffer zone during the hours of ten (10:00) p.m. to six (6:00) a.m. city or county employees having official business related to the maintenance of buffer zone or the adjacent flood control channel, or needing access for emergency purposes shall be exempt from this section. City council may amend hours by resolution at their sole discretion.

(Ord. 216 § 2, 1996)

A. No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any dog or cat shall cause, permit or allow the same to be loose or run at large upon buffer zone, unless such animal is restrained by a substantial chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length and is in the charge, care, custody or control of a competent person.

B. No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any horse shall cause, permit or allow the same to be upon the buffer zone at any time, except for upon the 20 foot wide area established as an equestrian easement, which is located along the northwest side of the buffer zone boundaries, from immediately north of the west entry gate, north to the buffer zone north boundary, and then only for purposes of going from the south end of the equestrian easement to the north end of the easement.

C. Any person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any animal as mentioned in subsections A and B of this section shall be responsible for debris, litter or contaminant caused by such animal and any neglect of such responsibility shall be construed as littering as defined in Section 12.24.040.

D. No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any animal shall cause or permit the animal to be taken into the buffer zone, except as provided in subsections A and B of this section.

(Ord. 216 § 3, 1996)

No person shall drop or deposit refuse, trash, contaminants or litter in buffer zone, except in receptacles provided therefor, nor place in said receptacles any refuse, trash, contaminants or litter brought from private property.

(Ord. 216 § 4, 1996)

No person shall possess or consume any alcoholic beverages in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 5, 1996)

No person shall make excessive noise through the use of amplifying equipment or any other means in buffer zone that tend to distract or disturb nearby residents. Persons using sound amplification equipment shall keep the sound level of such equipment at a reasonable level, as referenced in Chapter 9.28 of this code, relating to noise in a residential area, to avoid disturbing other people using buffer zone or nearby residents. No person shall engage in boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to breach the peace and interfering with the enjoyment of others in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 6, 1996)

No person shall duplicate keys used by city or county for padlocks or locks of any type at buffer zone, without express written permission by the city manager or his designee.

(Ord. 216 § 8, 1996)

No person shall loiter, camp or lodge in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 9, 1996)

No person shall make or kindle a fire for any purpose in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 10, 1996)

No person shall cut, break, injure, tamper with, deface, remove or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, wall, fence, sign, structure, apparatus or property in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 11, 1996)

No person shall discharge any firearm, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes or other fireworks, or airguns or sling shots in buffer zone. Further, no person shall engage in the activities of golf, archery, motor-driven model airplane flying or rocketry in buffer zone.

(Ord. 216 § 12, 1996)

No person shall operate, ride or drive an automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer or other motor vehicle in the buffer zone. City or county employees having official business related to the maintenance of buffer zone or adjacent flood control channel, or responding to an emergency call, shall be exempt from this section.

No person shall bicycle, roller skate, roller blade or skateboard on other than sidewalks or paths designed for pedestrians. At all times, bicycles, roller skates, roller blades or skateboards shall be operated, driven or ridden with reasonable regard to the safety of others in buffer zone, and furthermore engage in the activity at their own risk.

(Ord. 216 § 13, 1996)