Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 12 Cache Creek

The Board of Supervisors finds and declares that the people of the County have a primary interest in the control and utilization of the waters of Cache Creek, which is an invaluable and irreplaceable resource of the County for, inter alia, agricultural, recreational, and domestic uses, and that the quality of the waters of Cache Creek shall be protected for the use and enjoyment by the people of the County. The Board of Supervisors further finds and declares that activities and factors, both within and outside the County, which may affect the quality of the waters of Cache Creek within the County shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality which is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters, and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible. The Board of Supervisors further finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the County require that the County exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of the waters of Cache Creek within the County from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the County. (§ 2, Urgency Ord. 1052, eff. April 7, 1987; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)

(a) Any other provision of this Code notwithstanding, no person shall deposit or discharge, or cause to be deposited or discharged, any sewage, industrial waste, or effluent, or treated sewage, industrial waste, or effluent, directly or indirectly (including, but not limited to, percolation) in or upon Cache Creek or any creek, stream, river, or other defined watercourse draining into the waters of Cache Creek.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply without limitation to all persons and activities within and/or outside the County to the extent that such activities affect the waters of Cache Creek within the unincorporated territory of the County.

(c) In addition to any other penalties and remedies provided by law, a violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a nuisance, actionable as such. (§ 2, Urgency Ord. 1052, eff. April 7, 1987; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)