Torrance Municipal Code § 44.1 Definitions

Alcoholic beverage includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid or solid containing one-half (1/2) of one (1) percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined with other substances.

Shall mean an article of this Chapter unless some other Article or statute is mentioned.

a) Beach means a public beach or shoreline area bordering the Pacific Ocean, owned, managed or controlled by the County of Los Angeles or the City of Torrance and located within the City of Torrance. For the purpose of this Section, the beach shall include all of the land in the City lying west of the following described line:

Beginning at the intersection of the Easterly line of the Westerly 123 feet of Lot 2, Block C of Tract No. 10303, as per map recorded in Book 152, pages 34 through 37 of Maps, Records of the County of Los Angeles, with the northerly line of said Lot 2; thence southerly along said easterly line to the Southerly line of said Lot 2; thence Easterly along said southerly line to the Easterly line of said Lot 2; thence Southerly along the Easterly lines of Lots 3 through 20, Block C, of said Tract No. 10303; thence continuing Southerly along the Easterly lines of Lots 1 through 5, Block D, of Tract 10307 as per map recorded in Book 165, pages 15 through 17 of Maps, Records of said County, to the Southerly line of Lot 2, of Tract No. 8875 as per map recorded in Book 145, pages 98 and 99 of Maps, Records of said County; thence Westerly along said Southerly line to the point of intersection of the ground surface with the plane surface twenty-five (25) feet above Mean Sea Level; thence, Southerly along the intersection of said plane surface with the ground of Lots 5 through 13, Block D, of said Tract No. 10307 and Lots 147 through 168 of Tract No. 18379, as per map recorded in Book 563, pages 9 through 14 of Maps, Records of said County.

b) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all Ocean beaches in the City whether publicly or privately owned or maintained, which are maintained for the use of the general public by the State of California, or by any department thereof, or by any other public body. This Chapter does not apply to parks.

Shall mean the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches, his deputy, or other persons authorized by him pursuant to law to act in his stead.

Shall mean the City Manager of the City of Torrance.

Includes every person, firm or corporation.

Shall mean a Section of this Chapter unless some other statute or ordinance is specifically mentioned.

Shall is mandatory and may is permissive.

Includes every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. Vessel includes a raft, but does not include a surfboard, paddle board, or a standard surf mat.