Rolling Hills Estates Municipal Code Ch. 8.36 Miscellaneous Health and Safety Regulations

No person shall carry or possess while participating in any demonstration, rally, picket line or other such public assembly:

A. Any length of lumber, wood, wood lathe, or other wood product, unless:

1. The outer dimensions of such objects do not exceed a thickness of one-quarter of an inch and a width of two inches or if not generally rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-quarters of an inch in its thickest dimension; and

2. Such object is blunt and unsharpened at its end and edge;

B. Any bar, shaft, rod, cable, wire or other such length of hard metal, hard plastic or other hard synthetic material.

(Prior code § 683)

The city council has determined that graffiti on structures or surfaces which are visible to persons is obnoxious and it is in the public interest that such graffiti be abated.

A. "Graffiti" means any writing, printing, symbol, figure, design or other material written, sprayed, painted or otherwise applied to any exterior surface of a building, wall, fence, sidewalk, curb or other permanent structure without the authority or consent of the owner of such property or of a person authorized by the owner of such property to give consent.

B. Upon determining that graffiti exists on private or public property not owned by the city, the city manager or his designee shall mail or deliver a notice to the owner of the property on which the graffiti exists advising the owner to remove the graffiti within three days after receipt of such notice; and that failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this section. The notice shall also contain the provisions as set forth in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection.

1. If the owner of the property does not remove the graffiti within the three-day period set forth herein, the city manager may initiate nuisance abatement proceedings pursuant to Chapter 8.12 of this Code.

2. If the owner does not remove the graffiti within the three-day period set forth herein and the graffiti is on a surface which is adjacent to city-owned property or public right-of-way, the city manager may cause the removal of the graffiti either through utilization of city staff or private contractor and bill the property for the cost of the time and materials necessary for removal of the graffiti.

The city council has determined that graffiti on structures or surfaces which are visible to persons is obnoxious and it is in the public interest that such graffiti be abated.

(Ord. 580 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 687)

A. No person shall dispose of, leave or discard outside the exterior walls of the building wherein used, any container, bottle, syringe, hypodermic needle or hypodermic syringe, or needles designed for or used in dispensing, giving or injecting medicines, drugs or poisons, or any bandage, dressing or gauze that has been used in treating or caring for an infectious or contagious disease, except as follows:

1. By placing the foregoing in solid waste containers which have overlapping, flytight lids. The lids shall be secured in place at all times while the container is not being filled or emptied. The containers, except while being filled or emptied under supervision of the foregoing persons shall be sealed by a lid securely fastened with a padlock or similar locking device under the control of such persons. The city does not provide the containers;

2. Or by incineration in an incinerator approved by the air pollution control district.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, bandages, dressings or gauze that have been used in treating or caring for an infectious or contagious disease shall either be incinerated or placed in the containers securely wrapped in heavy paper or plastic bags, the open ends of which have been tied or stapled so as to securely contain the infectious material therein.

(Ord. 629 § 6, 2005: prior code § 341)

No person shall fly a model aircraft within the city limits. For the purpose of this section, "model aircraft" means and includes any model aircraft which maintains flight by means of an electric motor or fueled engine.

(Prior code § 685)

Every person who owns or is in possession of any premises on which there is situated a swimming pool, fish pond, wading pool, or any other outside body of water created by artificial means, designed or used for swimming or other immersion purposes, by men, women or children, any portion of which is two-feet deep or more, shall maintain, on the lot or premises upon which such swimming pool, fish pond, wading pool or other artificial body of water is located, completely surrounding such body of water, lot or premises, a fence, wall or other structure not less than five feet in height with no openings, except doors or gates with an area greater than fifty square inches, excepting that a rectangular opening, having no horizontal dimension exceeding four inches may have a greater area, constructed as follows:

A. Wood Fences. Wood fences shall have posts not less than three inches by three inches spaced not over ten feet on centers, and embedded at least eighteen inches into the ground. Posts, other than redwood, shall be treated with a preservative. Fencing shall be at least one-half inch in thickness and fastened securely to at least two rails not less than two inches by three inches in cross section.

B. Wire Fences. Wire fences shall be constructed of wire mesh of not less than eleven-gauge galvanized steel wire supported on one and one-quarter inch diameter galvanized pipe spaced not over ten feet on centers. Posts shall be embedded at least twelve inches into concrete fill-in holes not less than six inches in diameter and eighteen inches in depth.

C. Masonry Fences. Masonry fences shall be supported on a foundation of concrete extending at least twelve inches below grade, at least twelve inches in width, and at least six inches in thickness. Wall steel, when required, shall be embedded sixteen diameters into the footing.

D. Approved Alternate. If the city manager finds that any other type of construction has resulted in, or will result in, a fence in all respects the equivalent in strength and durability to a fence constructed as provided in subsections A, B or C of this section, such type of construction may be used.

E. Supervision. In lieu of maintaining a fence, the owner of the premises may provide a competent person who shall keep the pool under observation at all times while water is kept in the pool. In the event the pool is not under the observation of a competent person, a pool cover may be used.

F. Gates.

1. All gates or doors opening through the fence or structure protecting a swimming pool as required by this section shall be equipped with self-closing and self-latching devices not less than four feet above grade capable of keeping such gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use.

2. All doors or gates shall be of such size as to completely fill any opening in the fence or wall. The owner or person in possession of the premises on which such swimming pool exists shall keep such doors and gates closed and securely latched at all times when such swimming pool is not in use.

(Prior code § 681)

Every person who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, owns or controls any abandoned water well or abandoned oil well, and every person owning or having possession of any premises on which any such abandoned well exists, shall cap or otherwise close the mouth of or entrance to such well in such a manner as to prevent persons from falling therein, and in such a manner that such capping or covering cannot be removed by accident or inadvertence.

(Prior code § 680)

All decisions on applications for changes of zone, subdivisions, conditional use permits and variances shall be consistent with those portions of the Los Angeles County hazardous waste management plan which identify general areas or citing criteria for hazardous waste facilities. More stringent planning requirements or citing criteria than those specified in the plan may hereafter be adopted by ordinance or resolution of the city council and appropriate conditions may be attached to the issuance of any land use approval for a hazardous waste facility in order to protect the public health safety or welfare.

(Prior code § 686)