Trinity County Municipal Code Ch. 8.40 Fishing Access and Day Use Areas

This chapter shall be known as the "Trinity County fishing access and day use ordinance."

(Ord. 382-1 §1(part), 1981: Ord. 382 §1(a), 1981)

A. "Camping" means the temporary use of land located within public fishing access land for the purpose of overnight occupancy.

B. "Camping equipment" means the personal property used in or suitable for camping, and includes any vehicle and all personal property.

C. "Night" means those hours beginning at ten p.m. and ending at seven a.m.

D. "Person" means natural person, corporation, company, partnership, trust, firm, or association of persons.

(Ord. 382 §2, 1981)

A. All county property located within the county is designated fishing access and/or day use only, unless otherwise designated.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an employee or agent of a public entity acting within the scope of that employment, to be present at night, as defined in Trinity County Municipal Code 8.40.020(C), in the unincorporated area of Trinity County located at the Mount Diablo Meridian T. 33 N., R. 9 W., sec. 18, tract 86, lots 83, 89 thru 91 inclusive; sec. 19, lots 5, 11, and 12, W½SE¼NE¼, N½NE¼NW¼, W½NE¼SE¼, N½SE ¼NW¼SE¼, and SE¼SE¼NW¼SE¼. T. 33 N., R. 10 W., sec. 11, SE¼NE¼, E½SW¼NE¼, N½NE¼NW¼, N½SW¼NE¼NW¼, N½SE¼NE¼NW¼, NW¼NW¼, E½NW¼SE¼, E½SW¼SE¼, and E½SE¼; sec. 12, lots 14, and 15, SW¼SW¼, and S½SW¼SE¼; sec. 13, lots 4 thru 18 inclusive; W½NE¼, NW¼, E½NE¼SW¼, NE¼SE¼SW¼, NW¼SE¼, and N½SW¼SE¼ (commonly known as the Bureau of Land Management portion of the Weaverville Community Forest and the contiguous land adjacent to Highway 299 between Ponderosa Lane and Browns Mountain Road) without written authorization to do so from the Field Office Manager of the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, or their respective designee(s).

(Ord. 12.21-2 §1, 1981: Ord. 382-1 §1(part), 1981: Ord. 382 §1(b), 1981)

(Ord. No. 1335, § 1, 5-5-15)

No persons shall:

A. Use the public fishing access land for camping;

B. Reside, remain or park during any posted hours established by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 382 §3, 1981)

No person shall:

A. Deposit refuse, trash, rubbish or waste in any waters contiguous to or anywhere on the grounds of public fishing access land. Persons shall place such refuse or trash in proper receptacles where they are provided. Where such receptacles are not so provided, all such materials shall be carried away from the area by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere;

B. Bring or deposit any refuse or trash, not generated by use or activities related to the use of the public access fishing land for disposal thereon.

(Ord. 382 §4, 1981)

No person shall:

A. Place a vehicle or other object in such a manner that it is an impediment or hazard to the safety or convenience of any person;

B. Block, restrict or otherwise interfere with the use of any road, trail or access.

(Ord. 382 §5, 1981)

No person shall:

A. Mutilate, deface, remove, disturb, injure or destroy any natural features or any property of Trinity County;

B. Abandon a vehicle, animal, or any item of personal property;

C. Post, place or erect any paper, notice, advertising material, sign or similar matter without specific approval for same from the board of supervisors;

D. Build or maintain fires, camp stoves, or other incendiary devices on county property located within the county, other than in designated campfires areas and other than by an employee or agent of a public entity acting within the scope of that employment.

(Ord. 382 §6, 1981)

(Ord. No. 1335, § 1, 5-5-15)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, group or association to violate any provisions of this chapter. Any violation thereof shall constitute and be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars or by confinement in the county jail up to six months, or by both fine and confinement. Each separate violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 382 §7, 1981)