San Joaquin County Municipal Code Ch. 2 Miscellaneous Obstructions

No person shall plow, disc, harrow, or otherwise cultivate any land within the right-of-way of any county highway closer than three (3) feet from the outer edge of the paved portion of the highway; any plowing, discing, harrowing, or otherwise cultivating on the county right-of-way further than three (3) feet from the outer edge of the paved portion of the county highway shall be done only in a way that does not leave any hole, depression, or irregularity which may create a hazardous condition to persons using the highway, and no excavation, transportation, or removal of soil from that portion of the county right-of-way shall be allowed except under a special permit issued by the Director.

(Ord. 648)

No person shall place, deposit, or dump, or cause to be placed, deposited, or dumped, any waste matter, including but not limited to, garbage, swill, cans, bottles, papers, plastic, ashes, refuse, carcass of any dead animal, offal, dung, silt, mud, garden trimmings, vehicles or any parts thereof, trash, rubbish, or any noisome, nauseous, or offensive matter in or on any County highway, including any portion of the right-of-way.

This Section does not apply to littering as defined under State Law.

(Ord. 648; Ord. 4232 § 1, 2004)

(a) Any violation of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), or imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

(b) The court may require, in addition to any fine or imprisonment imposed upon a conviction of Section 10-4101, that, as a condition of probation and in addition to any other condition of probation, a person convicted under this chapter remove, or pay the cost of removing, to an approved disposal site or facility, any waste which the convicted person dumped or caused to be dumped upon a County highway or right-of-way.

(c) In addition to the requirement that the convicted person remove waste which he or she is responsible for dumping, and in addition to the fine imposed upon a conviction, the court may require as a condition of probation, in addition to any other condition of probation, that any person convicted under this chapter pick up waste at a time and place within the jurisdiction of the court and under the supervision of the Sheriff for not less than twelve (12) hours.

(Ord. 648; Ord. 4232 § 2, 2004)

(a) Every person giving information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person for a violation of Section 10-4101 is entitled to a reward therefor. The amount of the reward for each arrest and conviction shall be fifty percent (50%) of the fine levied against and collected from the person who violated the section.

(b) Any person claiming a reward under this section shall file a claim therefor with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and the claim shall be accompanied by a certification by the District Attorney that the claimant is entitled to the reward provided in this section.

(c) In case of dispute, the Board of Supervisors, after hearing the report and recommendation of the District Attorney, shall be the sole judge of the party or parties, if any, entitled to receive any reward.

(Ord. 908; Ord. 4232 § 3, 2004)