Torrance Municipal Code Art. 10 Dust and Mud

a) It shall be a public nuisance to use or maintain any property in the City of Torrance in a manner such that dust is blown onto public or private property in amounts which are injurious to the public health, safety or general welfare.

b) It shall be a public nuisance to maintain any property in the City of Torrance in such a manner that mud from such property causes significant damage to adjoining properties.

Upon notification of existence of any of the conditions described in Section 45.10.1., the City Manager shall cause a notice to be issued to the owner and the operator of the property complained of requiring that the condition complained of be abated within a specified period or to appear before a hearing officer in the Environmental Division of the Building Department at an administrative hearing, to show cause why the condition should not be abated.

Upon issuance of the notice described in Section 45.10.2., a hearing shall be scheduled before the Environmental Quality Hearing Officer. At such hearing, persons complaining of the condition may be heard to state the problem and the owner and/or operator may be heard to show cause why the condition should not be abated.

a) If upon the evidence presented at the hearing before the Environmental Quality Hearing Officer it is determined that a harmful condition exists which should be abated, the hearing officer shall issue a written order to that effect, stating the nature of the harmful condition, its location, the facts in support of his conclusions, the time within which it must be abated and the means by which it may be abated.

b) Said order shall be served personally or by registered mail on the owner and operator of the offending property within seven (7) days after it is issued.

Failure to comply with the order of the Environmental Quality Hearing Officer within the time prescribed shall be a misdemeanor.