Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 15.24 Harbor Sanitation

A. No person shall discharge, or permit or allow any other person on a vessel under his control or command to discharge any human or animal excreta into the waters of Morro Bay.

B. No person shall throw, discharge, deposit or leave or cause, suffer or permit to be thrown, discharged, deposited or left, either from the shore or from any pier or vessel any refuse matter of any description, into the navigable waters of Morro Bay or on the shore of Morro Bay or any navigable water within the boundaries of the city where the same may be washed into Morro Bay or such navigable water, either by tides, by floods or otherwise.

C. No person shall place or allow vessels, boats, materials, garbage, refuse, timber or waste matter of any description to remain on or upon the shorelines of the Pacific Ocean or on the shorelines of Morro Bay within the city. The harbor director may remove the same with or without notice, at his option, and the cost thereof may be recovered from any person owning the same, or placing same or causing same to be placed on the shoreline.

(Ord. 364 § 1 (part), 1989: Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.1)

No person shall pump or discharge from any vessel or tank into the waters of Morro Bay, oil, spirits or any flammable liquid, or deposit any rubbish, refuse matter or articles of any offensive character therein or upon any pier or street leading to such facility.

(Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.2)

No person shall throw, place or leave any dead animal, bird or putrefying matter into or in the waters of Morro Bay, or on or along the shore thereof or the shore of any tidewater within the city.

(Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.3)

A "live bait receiver" is an object for confining live bait which is afloat in the water of Morro Bay or the Pacific Ocean, either moored to a pier, bulkhead or seawall, or moored by means of an anchor or other weight to the bottom of the bay or ocean; provided, however, that a live bait receiver shall not be deemed to be a "structure" within the meaning of Chapter 15.20 of this title.

(Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.4)

No person shall install or operate within the waters of Morro Bay any bait receiver without first obtaining a permit and paying a fee as established in the Master Fee Schedule. No permit shall be issued until the design of the receiver is approved by the harbor director and the community development director. All applications for permits provided for herein shall be made to the harbor director and accompanied by plans showing the design of the receiver.

(Ord. 364 § 2 (part), 1989: Ord. 225 § 92, 1982; Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.5)

A permit for a bait receiver shall be issued for an indeterminate period. Any permit for a live bait receiver shall be revoked by the city council if the receiver is in a state of disrepair, does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, has become a source of pollution of the bay, or is a nuisance or becomes detrimental to persons or property in the vicinity. The permittee shall be given written notice of the intention to revoke the permit at the address shown on the permit not less than five days before the matter is to be considered by the city council. Such notice may be delivered to the permittee personally or by first class mail with postage prepaid.

(Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9405.6)