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HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 4
HEALTH AND SAFETY*
Division 40 General
Chapter 40-2 Regulations
Article 4Q-2.2Health Officer Cuts Utilities
Sections:
40- 2.202
Division 42 Disaster
Chapter 42-2 Disaster Council and Emergency Services
Article 42-2.2 General
Sections:
42-2.202
42-2.204
42-2.206
Article 42-2.4
Sections:
42-2.402 Disaster council-Membership.
42-2.404 Disaster council-Powers and duties.
Article 42-2.6 County Administrator, Director and Staff
Sections:
42-2.602 County administrator.
42-2.603 Alternates to county administrator.
42-2.604 Director and staff.
Article 42-2.8 County Administrator's Powers and Duties
Sections:
42-2.802
42-2.804
42-2.806
42-2.808
42-2.810
Article 42-2.10
Sections:
42-2.1002 Emergency organization.
42-2.1004 Emergency plan.
Article 42-2.12 Enforcement
Sections:
42-2.1202 Enforcement-Obstruction.
Health officer to disconnect utilities.
Authority.
Purposes.
Definitions, emergency.
Disaster Council
Proclaims local emergency.
Requests state of emergency.
Directs and coordinates.
Emergency powers.
Emergency expenditures.
Emergency Organization and Plan
*For the constitutional grant of power to any county to make and enforce within
its limits all such local, police and other regulations as are not in conflict with
the general laws, see CALIF. CONST. art. II 11 7; for the statutory authority of
the board of supervisors to take such steps as are necessary, not in conflict with
the general laws, to preserve the public health of the unincorporated area of the
county, see Health & Saf. C. 11 450; for the provisions regarding local health
administration contracts with cities, see Health & Saf. C. 480 ff; for the
provisions regarding the local enforcement of the provisions of the agriculture
code, see Agric. C. 11 2001 ff.
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42-2.1204 Enforcement-False identification.
Chapter 42-4 Oftlcial Successors
Sections:
424.002 Definitions.
424.004 Appointments for succession.
424.006 Procedures and duties.
424.008 Temporary appointments.
424.010 Filling and review of appointments.
Division 44 Dangerous Materials
Chapter 44-2 Fireworks
Sections:
44-2.002 Restrictions-Exceptions.
Chapter 44-4 Weapons
Sections:
444.002
444.004
Firearms-Possession by minors.
Firearms- Discharge restrictions-
Exceptions.
444.006 Firearms-Enforcement officer.
444.008 Firearms-Ammunition sale to minors.
Division 46 Traffic Regulations
Chapter 46-2 Traffic Orders
Sections:
46-2.002
46-2.004
46-2.006
46-2.008
46-2.010
Purpose of chapter.
Establishment of regulations.
Standards.
Adoption and posting.
Numbering and filing of adoption
resolutions.
46-2.012 Penalty for violation.
Chapter 46-4 Miscellaneous Provisions
Sections:
464.002
464.004
464.006
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Parking-On hills.
Parking-Seventy-two or more consecutive
hours.
Parking- In marked spaces.
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46-4.008 Parking-Removal of parked vehicles.
46-4.010 Vehicle weight restrictions-Highways
designated.
46-4.012 No motor vehicles in sign posted
parks.
Chapter 46-6 Nonvehicular Activities in Rights-of-Way
Sections:
46-6.002
46-6.004
46-6.006
46-6.008
46-6.010
Definitions.
Dangerous activities-Board findings.
Prohibited activities.
When light or reflector required.
Acts interfering with adjacent business.
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Parking-Removal of parked vehicles.
Vehicle weight limits raised-
Highways designated.
No motor vehicles in signposted
parks.
Chapter 46-6 Nonvehicular Activities in Rights-of-Way
Sections:
46-6.002
46-6.004
46-6.006
46-6.008
46-6.010
46-4.012
Definitions.
Dangerous activities-Board findings.
Prohibited activities.
When light or reflector required.
Acts interfering with adjacent
business.
Chapter 46-8 Roadside Selling
Sections:
46-8.002 Definitions.
46-8.004 Vehicles.
46-8.006 Structures or other things.
46-8.008 Items in vehicle or structure.
46-8.010 Exemptions.
Chapter 46-10 Preferential Parking Privileges
Article 46-10.2 General
Sections:
46-10.202 Intent, purpose and authority.
Article 46-10.4 Definitions
Sections:
46-10.402 General.
46-1 0.404 Directo r.
46-10.406 Permit-parking area.
46-10 .408 Parking permit.
46-10.410 Valid application.
Article 46-10.6 Permit-parking Areas
Sections:
46-10.602 General.
46-10.604 Nonresident parking problem.
46-10.606 Criteria.
Article 46-10.8 Designation Process
Sections:
46-10.802
46-10.804
46-10.806
46-10.808
Article 46-10.10
Sections:
46-10 .1002 General.
46-10.1004 Number limit.
Petition.
Director recommends.
Board determines.
Designation removal.
Resident Parking Permits
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46-10.1006 Issuance.
46-10.1008 Fee.
46-10.1 0 1 0 Display.
46-10.1012 Record.
46-10.1014 Permit revocation.
Article 46-10.12 Area Posting
Sections:
46-10.1202 Posting.
Article 46-10.14 Violations
Sections:
46-10.1402 Violation.
Article 46-10.16 Exemptions
Sections:
46-10.1602 Initial ten-day grace period.
46-10.1604 Emergency vehicles.
46-10.1606 Service vehicle.
46-10.1608 Disabled and handicapped.
Article 46-10.18 Appeals
Sections:
46-10.1802 Appeal, fee.
Division 48 Ambulances
Chapter 48-2 General Provisions
Sections:
48-2.002 Title.
48-2.004 Purpose.
48-2.006 Exemptions.
Chapter 48-4 De:fmitions
Sections:
48-4.002 Generally.
48-4.004 Ambulance.
48-4.006 Ambulance service.
48-4.008 Attendant.
48-4.010 Driver.
48-4.012 Emergency response areas.
48-4.014 Emergency response area list.
48-4.016 Health officer.
48-4.018 Medical director.
48-4.020 Patient.
48-4.022 Permit officer.
48-4.024 Sheriff.
Chapter 48-6 Permits
Sections:
48-6.002
48-6.004
48-6.006
48-6.008
Required.
Application-Forms.
Application - Required data.
Applicant - Investigation.
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48-6.010 Applicant-Additional investigation.
48-6.012 Issuance.
48-6.014 Term.
48-6.016 Temporary-When issued.
48-6.018 Application-Change of data.
48-6.020 Termination.
48-6.022 Limited number of permits.
Chapter 48-8 Compliance Cards
Sections:
48-8.002
48-8.004
48-8.006
48-8.008
48-8.010
48-8.012
48-8.014
Chapter 48-10 Fees
Sections:
48-10.002 Annual permit.
48-10.004 Temporary permit.
48-10.006 Proration.
48-10.008 Compliance card.
48-10.010 Payment.
Chapter 48-12 Driver and Attendant Standards
Sections:
48-12.002 Good moral character required.
48-12.004 Physical examination requirements.
Required.
Application.
Investigation.
Inspection -General requirements.
Issuance.
Term.
Inspection-Day -Notice.
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48-12.006 Age restrictions.
48-12.008 Uniform and appearance.
48-12.010 Training requirements.
48-12.012 Additional moral standards.
Chapter48-14 Permit and Card Suspension or Revocation
Sections:
48-14.002 Authority.
48-14.004 Notice issuance.
48-14.006 Hearing.
48-14.008 Decision.
48-14.010 Emergency action.
Chapter 48-16 Emergency Response
Sections:
48-16,002 General requirements.
48-16.004 Change of area map.
48-16.006 Preparation of area lists.
Chapter 48-18 Miscellaneous Provisions
Sections:
48-18.002 Dispatching.
48-18.004 Renewal of permits and compliance cards.
Chapter 48-20 Enforcement
Sections:
48-20.002 Authority.
48- 20. 004 Investigations.
48-20.006 Violations prohibited.
Division 410 Water Safety
Chapter 410- 2. General Provisions
Sections:
410-2.002 Applicability.
410- 2.004 Definitions.
410-2.006 Owner responsibility.
410-2.008 Establishment of marked areas.
410-2.010 Water shows and boat races exempt.
Chapter 410-4 Speed Zones
Sections:
410-4.002 Speed designated.
410-4.004 Slow area.
410-4.006 Near swimmers.
410-4.008 Near vessels sixteen feet or under.
410-4,010 Near swimming floats.
410-4,012 Near docks or wharves.
410-4.014 Near vessels engaged in rescue operations.
Chapter 410-6 Restrictions
Sections:
410-6.002 Where swimming is prohibited.
410-6.004 Near marked swimming areas.
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410-6.006 Near dam or in "no boating" areas.
410.,.6.008 Motorboats on small lakes.
410-6.010 Overloading vessels.
410-6.012 Discharge of firearms.
410-6.014 Night aquaplaning and water skiing.
410-6.016 Operation of vessel by passengers.
Chapter 410-8 Violations
Sections;
410-8.002 Generally.
Division 413 Public Health Licenses and Fees
Chapter 413-3 Public Health Licensesand Fees
Article 413-3.2 General Provisions
Sections:
413-3.204 Purpose and authority.
413-3.206 Area of application.
Article 413-3.4 Definitions
Sections:
413-3.402
413-3.404
413-3.406
413-3.408
413-3.409
413-3.410
413-3.412
413-3.413
413-3.414
413-3.415
Article 413-3.6
Sections:
413-3.602 Public health license required.
413-3.604 Licensable activities.
413-3.606 Other licenses and requirements.
413-3.608 Term.
413-3.610 Separate activities.
413-3.612 License display.
413-3.614 Vending machine operators.
Article 413-3.8 Issuance of Licenses
Sections:
413-3.802
413-3.804
413-3.806
413-3.808
413-3.810
413-3.812
413-3.814
413-3.816
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General.
Activity.
Area of application.
Health officer.
Incidental confectionery.
License year.
Retail food vehicle.
Small water system.
Vending machine business.
Septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner.
License Requirements
Application.
License content.
Additional identification.
Notify health officer.
Renewal licenses.
Lost licenses and replacement vehicles.
Refunds.
Temporary licenses.
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Article 413-3.10 Exemptions
Sections:
413-3.1002
413-3.1004
413-3.1006
Article 413-3.12
Sections:
413-3.1202
413-3.1204
413-3.1206
413-3.1208
413-3.1210
413-3.1212
413-3.1214
413-3.1216
413-3.1218
Blind.
Charitable or tax-supported institutions.
Delivery vehicles.
License Fees
Square footage.
Temporary license fees.
Delinquency, penalty and waiver.
Plans and inspection deposits.
Prorating fees.
Bakery.
Food processing establishment.
Wholesale food market.
Retail food production and marketing
establishment.
413-3.1220 Restaurants, taverns, cocktail lounges,
snack bars.
413-3.1222 Itinerant restaurant.
413-3.1224 Vehicles and peddlers.
413-3.1226 Roadside stand.
413-3.1228 Food vending machine.
413-3.1230 Food salvager.
413-3.1232 Food demonstrator.
413-3.1234 Ice plant.
413-3.1236 Public swimming pool.
413-3.1240 Small water system.
413-3.1242 Incidental confectionery.
413-3.1244 Septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner.
Article 413-3 .14 Enforcement
Sections:
413-3.1402 General.
413-3.1404 Administration and regulation.
413-3.1406 Temporary suspension.
413-3.1408 Emergency suspension.
413-3.1410 Revocation.
413-3 .1412 Hearings.
413-3.1414 Appeals.
Division 414 Waterways and Water Supply
Chapter 414-2 Contra Costa Canal
Sections:
414-2.002 Definition.
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414-2.004 Swimming, fishing or dumping
prohibited.
414-2.006 Loitering prohibited.
Chapter 414-4 Water Supply
Article 414-4.2 General
Sections :
414-4.201
414-4.202
414-4.203
414-4.205
414-4.207
414-4.209
414-4.211
414-4.213
414-4.215
414-4.217
414-4.219
414-4.221
414-4.223
414-4.225
414-4.227
414-4.229
414-4.231
414-4.233
414-4.235
414-4.237
414-4.239
414-4.241
Article 414-4.4
Sections:
414-4.401
414-4.403
414-4.405
414-4.407
414-4.409
414-4.411
414-4.413
414-4.415
Water supply system-Approval
required.
Purpose and disclaimer.
Definitions.
Approved water supply system.
Cross-connection.
Customer system.
Distribution system.
Furnish or supply.
Health officer.
Individual water system.
Site evaluation.
Small water system.
Source facilities.
Water source.
User.
Utility system.
Well.
Licensed well driller.
Well drilling.
Domestic use.
Abandoned well.
Subdivision maps.
Small Water Systems
Small water system-Permit required.
Small water system-Investigation,
site evaluation.
Small water system-Backflow
prevention.
Small water system-Design and
construction.
Small water system-Approved
sources required.
Small water system-Distribution
reservoirs.
Small water system-Distribution
system.
Small water system-Operation
and maintenance.
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Individual water system -Quality,
quantity.
Individual water system-Lot area,
variances.
Individual water system-
Investigation, site evaluation.
Article 414-4 .8 Wells
Sections :
414-4.801
414-4.803
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414-4.417
Article 414-4.6
Sections:
414-4.601
414-4.603
414-4.605
414-4.805
414-4.807
414-4.809
Article 414-4.10
Sections:
414-4.1001
414-4.1003
Small water system -Quality,
quantity.
Individual Water Systems
Wells-Permit required.
Wells-Repairs, alterations or
additions.
Wells-Site.
Wells-Protection.
Wells-Abandoned.
Enforcement
Enforcement - Prohibitions.
Enforcement-Publication of
regulations.
414-4.1005 Enforcement-Right of entry.
414-4.1007 Enforcement-Nuisance abatement.
414-4.1009 Enforcement-Emergency action.
414-4.1011 Enforcement-Permit suspension.
414-4.1013 Enforcement-Permit revocation.
414-4.1015 Enforcement-Hearings.
414-4.1017 Enforcement-Appeals.
414-4.1019 Enforcement-Penalties.
414-4.1021 Enforcement-Other requirements.
414-4.1023 Guarantee of performance.
Article 414-4.12 Fees
Sections:
414-4.1201 General.
414-4.1203 Subdivisions.
414-4.1205 Individual water system/well.
Chapter 414-6 Transporting Water for Domestic Use
Article 414-6.2 General
Sections:
414-6.202
414-6.210
414-6.212
414-6.214
414-6.216
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Applicability.
Definitions.
Domestic use.
Health officer.
Person.
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414-6.218 Transport water.
414-6.220 Water vehicle.
Article 414-6.4 Enforcement
Sections:
414-6.402 Permit required.
414-6.404 Investigations.
414-6.406 Regulations.
Article 414-6.6 Permits
Sections:
414-6.602 Application.
414-6 .604 Fees.
414-6.606 Permit.
414-6.608 Revocation.
414-6.610 Emergency suspension.
Article 414-6.8 Other Requirements
Sections:
414-6.802
414-6.804
Equipment and treatment standards.
Water quality standards and filling
points.
Records.
Vehicle identification.
414-6.806
414-6.808
Division 416 Animals
Chapter 416-2 Defmitions
Sections:
416-2.002 Generally.
416-2.004 Animal services director.
416-2.006 City.
416-2.008 Licensing authority.
416-2.010 Owner.
416-2.012 License tag.
416-2.014 Veterinarian.
416-2.016 Wild or exotic animal.
Chapter 416-4 General Provisions
Article 416-4.2 Control
Sections:
416-4.202
416-4.204
416-4.206
Animal services director.
Officers' status, weapons and arrests.
Statutory provisions incorporated by
reference.
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416-4.208 Application to cities.
Article 416-4.4 Restraint
Sections:
416-4.402 Animals at large.
416-4.404 Abandonment.
416-4.406 Prohibition.
Article 416-4.6 Enforcement
Sections:
416-4.604 Penalties.
Chapter 416-6 Individual Licenses
Article 416-6.0 Licenses
Sections:
416-6.002 Dog and cat licenses.
416-6.004 Exemp tions.
416-6.006 Tags.
416-6.008 Applications.
416-6.010 Lost tags.
416-6.012 Periods.
416-6.014 Fees.
416-6.016 Prohibition.
Article 416-6.2 Multiple Pet Licenses
Sections:
416-6.200 License required.
416-6.202 Applications.
416-6.204 License approval.
416-6.206 Periods.
416-6.208 Fees.
416-6.210 Exemptions.
416-6.212 Late fees.
416-6.214 Dog tags.
416-6.216 Breeding limitation.
416-6.218 Existing licensees.
Article 416-6.4 License Revocation
Sections:
416-6.400 License revocation.
416-6.402 Inspection.
416-6.404 Documents.
Chapter 416-8 Impoundment
Sections:
416-8.002
416-8.004
416-8.006
416-8.008
416-8.010
416-8.012
416-8.014
Impoundment required.
Exceptions.
Holding period~Notice.
Summary destruction.
Owner claims.
Impoundment fees.
Abandonment.
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416-8.016 Adoption.
Chapter 416-10 Rabies Control
Sections:
416-10.002 Rabies impoundment.
416-10.004 Responsibility of health officer.
416-10.006 Suspected rabies.
416-10.008 Bites.
416-10.010 Rabies reports.
416-10.012 Violation.
Chapter 416-11 Wild or Exotic Animals
Sections:
416-11.002 Registration required.
416-11.004 Registration form.
416-11.006 Impoundment.
416-11.008 Sale of wild animals.
416-11.010 Exemptions.
Chapter 416-12 Miscellaneous
Article 416-12.0 Disposal
Sections:
416-12.002 By owner.
416-12.004 Requested disposal.
416-12.006 Fees.
Article 416-12.2 Nuisances
Sections:
416-12.202 Animal noise.
416-12.204 Animal wastes.
Article 416-12.4 Dangerous Animals
Sections:
416-12.402 Dangerous animals.
416-12.404 Finding of danger.
416-12.406 Dangerous animal permit required.
416-12.408 Dangerous animal permit application.
416-12.410 Investigation.
416-12.412 Dangerous animal permit.
416-12.414 Permit conditions.
416-12.416 Permit revocation.
416~12.418 Fees.
416-12.420 Dangerous animal at large.
416-12.422 Impoundment pending hearings.
416-12.424 Exception.
Article 416-12.6 Performing Animals
Sections:
416-12.602 Restrictions.
416-12.604 Equipment.
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Article 416-12.8 Sales or Gifts of Animals
Sections:
416-12.802 Public display prohibited.
416-12.804 Sale of dogs or cats.
Chapter 416-14 Rat Control
Sections:
416-14.002 Refuse-Defined.
416-14.004 Refuse-Accumulation prohibited.
416-14.006 Refuse-Dumping prohibited.
416-14.008 Exclusion ofrats from structures.
416-14.010 Right of entry by health officer.
416-14.012 Abatement of sanitation nuisance.
Chapter 416-16 Mink Raising
Article 416-16.2 General
Sections:
416-16.202 Nuisance hazard.
416-16.204 Definitions.
Article 416-16.4 Permits
Sections:
416-16.402
416-16.404
Permit ~ Required - Revocation.
Permit-Premises inspection-Health
officer right of entry.
416-16.406 -Permit'::':'P ees. -
Article 416-16.6 Land Use
Sections:
416-16.602 Land use-Requirements.
416-16.604 Land use-Nonconforming use.
Article 416-16.8 Sanitary Regulations
Sections:
416-16.802 Sanitation requirements-Generally.
Division 418 Refuse
Chapter 418-2 Collection
Sections:
418-2.002 Refuse-Defined.
418-2.004 Permit required.
418-2.006 Bond required.
418-2.008 Vehicle requirements.
418-2.010 Chapter exceptions.
Chapter 4184 Disposal Sites
Sections:
4184.002
4184.004
4184.006
4184.008
4184.010
4184.012
Short title.
Policy.
Definitions.
Permit-Required.
Permit-Existing sites.
Application and fee.
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418-4.016
418-4.018
418-4.020
418-4.022
Division 420 Sewage
Chapter 420-2 General Regulations
Sections:
420-2.002 Person defined.
420-2.004 Permit-Required when.
420-2.006 Permit-Application procedure.
420-2.008 Official inspections.
Chapter 420-4 Lines and Plants
Sections:
420-4.002
420-4.004
Conditions.
Procedure.
Inspection -Notice of violation.
Permit-Revocation.
Nuisance abatement.
Persons subject-Actions required.
Approval by director of public
works.
420-4.006 Work commencement-Fee deposit.
420-4.008 Work suspension-Additional fees.
420-4.010 Appeals.
Chapter 420-6 Subdivisions and Individual Systems
Article 420-6.1 Definitions
Sections:
420-6.101
420-6.103
420-6.1 05
420-6.107
420-6.109
420-6.111
420-6.113
420-6.115
420-6.117
420-6.119
420-6.121
420-6.123
Article 420-6.3
Sections:
420-6.301
420-6.303
420-6.305
420-6.307
420-6.309
420-6.311
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General.
Domestic water supply reservoir.
Drainage area.
Health officer.
Improper functioning.
Individual system.
Sewage.
Sewer availability.
Subdivision.
Site evaluation.
Community sewer collection system.
Sanitary sewer.
Enforcement
Sewer connection required,
exception.
Prohibitions.
Building permit restrictions.
Publication of regulations.
In vestigations.
Nuisance abatement.
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Article 420-6.5 Individual Permits: Subdivision
Approvals
Sections:
420-6.50 I
420-6.503
420-6.505
420-6.507
General.
Permit procedure.
Lot area, variances.
Individual system near a reservoir,
variances.
420-6.509 Alternative individual system.
420-6.511 Subdivision maps.
420-6.513 Appeals.
Article 420-6.7 Fees
Sections:
420-6.701 General.
420-6.703 Subdivisions.
420-6.705 Individual systems.
420-6.707 Penalties.
Division 430 Abandoned Vehicles
Chapter 430-2 General Provisions
Sections:
430-2.002 Title.
430-2.004 Authority, findings, nuisance.
430-2.006 Exemptions.
430-2.008 No nuisances.
430-2.0 10 Nonexclusive regulation.
Chapter 430-4 Definitions
.... Sections: .
430-4.002 Generally.
430-4.004 Vehicle Code terms.
430-4.006 Abandoned vehicle.
430-4.008 Public property.
430-4.010 Owner of land.
430-4.012 Owner of the vehicle.
Chapter 430-6 Administration and Enforcement
Sections:
430-6.002 California Highway Patrol.
430-6.004 C.H.P. may abate.
430-6.006 Notice of intention.
Chapter 430-8 Hearings and Appeals
Sections:
430-8.002
430-8.004
430-8.006
430.8.008
430-8.010
430-8.012
Hearing requests.
No hearing.
Hearing notice.
Hearings.
Decisions.
Notice of decision.
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430-8.014 Appeals.
Chapter 430-10 Final Abatement Action
Sections:
430-10.002 Removal and disposal.
430-10.004 Notify D.M.V.
430-10.006 Cost record.
Chapter 430-12 Cost Collection
Sections:
430-12.002 Collection.
430-12.004 Special assessment notice.
430-12.006 State reimbursement.
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Division 40
GENERAL*
Chapters:
40-2 Regulations
Chapter.40-2
REGULATIONS
Article 40-2.2 Health Officer Cuts Utilities
Sections:
40-2.202 Health officer to disconnect
utilities.
Article 40-2.2
Health Officer Cuts Utilities
40-2.202 Health officer to disconnect
utilities. ** When the health officer finds a
violation of any state or county law or
regulation relating to health or sanitation, which
violation is related to a structure or facility, he
may shut off or disconnect any or all utility
service thereto which contributes to the
violation, or he may order this done. If he finds
that the violation involves an immediate danger
to the public health he may have the action
taken as quickly as he deems necessitated by the
danger; otherwise he shall give ten days' advance
notice thereof by mail to the utility and to the
owner as shown on the last assessment roll and
by conspicuous. posting on the property; and he
shall conspicuously post notice of his orders and
the action taken, which no person shall remove,
tamper with or disobey. He shall rescind or
modify such action when it becomes proper to
do so in view of the danger or violation. (Ord.
72-16 ~ 1, 1972: Ord. 1555: prior code ~ 41 00).
*For the statutory provisions regarding the county health
officer, see Health & Saf. C. @ 451 ff; for the specific provisions
setting. forth his enforcement duties, see Health & Saf. C. @
452; for the authority of the health officer in the control of
communicable diseases, see Health & Saf. C. @ 3110 ff.
**For food peddler permit issuance action, see @@ 564.802 -
564.816, this code; .
REGULATIONS
40-2.202
Division 42
DISASTER*
Chapters:
42-2 Disaster Council and Emergency
Services .
42-4 Official Successors
Chapter 42-2
DISASTER COUNCIL AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Article 42-2.2 General
Sections:
42-2.202 Authority
42-2.204 Purposes.
42-2.206 Definitions, emergency.
Article 42-2.4 Disaster Council
Sections:
42-2.402
42-2.404
. Disaster council-Memership.
Disaster council-Powers
and duties.
Article 42-2.6 County Administrator,
Director and Staff
Sections:
42-2.602
42-2.603
County administrator.
Alternates to county
administrator.
42-2.604 Director and staff.
Article 42-2.8 County Administrator's Powers
and Duties
Sections:
42-2.802
42-2.804 .
42-2.806
42-2.808
42-2.810
Article 42-2.10
Sections:
42-2.1002 Emergency organization.
42-2.1004 Emergency plan.
Article 42-2.12 Enforcement
Sections:
42-2.1202 Enforcemenf.,-Obstruction.
Proclaims local emergency.
Requests state of emergency.
Directs and coordinates.
Emergency powers.
Emergency expenditures.
Emergency Organization and Plan
*For the statutory provisions regarding local disaster councils,
see Gov. C. @ 8610 ff; for the provisions regarding the
proclamation of a local emergency, see Gov.c. @ 8630 ff; for
the provisions regarding the preservation of local government,
see Gov. C. @ 8635 ff.
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42-2.1204 Enforcement-False identi-
fication.
Article 42-2.2 General
42-2.202 Authority. This chapter
effectuates, and is authorized by, Government
Code Sections 8550 ff, (the California
Emergency Services Act) as amended from time
to time. (Ord. 72-83 ~ 1 (part), 1972).
42-2.204 Purposes. The purpose of this
chapter is to provide for:
(1) The preparation and effectuation of plans
to protect persons and property in this county
in emergencies;
(2) The creation and operation of emergency
organizations; and
(3) The coordination of the county's
emergency services and functions with those of
other public and private entities and persons.
(Ord. 72-83 ~ I (part), 1972).
42-2.206 Definitions, emergency. Unless
otherwise specially provided, or required by the
context, the terms in this chapter which are also
used in Government Code Sections 8550 ff, as
recodified and/or amended from time to time,
have the meanings therein; for instance,
"emergency" has one or more of the meanings
in Government Code Section 8558. (Ord.72-83
~ 1 (part), 1972).
Article 42-2.4 Disaster Council
42-2.402 Disaster council - Membership.
The Contra Costa County disaster council is
created, consisting of the following occupants of
official positions, designees and appointees:
(1) Chairman of the board of supervisors,
chairman;
(2) County administrator, vice-chairman;
(3) Director of the office of emergency
services, secretary;
(4) Sheriff;
(5) County public works director;
(6) County health officer;
(7) County welfare director;
(8) Such representatives of other county
departments, public entities, and organizations
with official emergency responsibility, in this
county operational area, as the board may
appoint from time to time by resolution, (Ord.
72-83 ~ 1 (part), 1972).
(Contra Costa County 9-15-78)
42-2.404 Disaster council - Powers and
duties. (a) The council shall develop, and
recommend to the.. county administrator for
adoption by the board, emergency and mutual
aid plans and agreements, and such ordinances,
resolutions, and regulations as are necessary to
implement such plans and agreements.
(b) The council shall meet upon call of the
chairman or, in his absence from the county or
inability to act, the vice-chairman. (Ord. 72-83 ~
1 (part), 1972).
Article 42-2.6 County
Administrator, Director and Staff
42-2.602.. County administrator. The county
administrator is in charge of the county's
emergency organization. (Ord. 72-83 ~ I (part),
1972).
42-2.603 Alternates to county
administrator. (a) The county administrator
shall, with the board's approval, designate
alternates to his position under this chapter and
their order of succession thereto.
(b) When the county administrator is
unavailable, his alternates, in sequence, have his
powers and duties under this chapter, but each
shall then immediately confer, if possible, with
one or more members of the board, including
the chairman if available. (Ord. 72-83 ~ 1 (part),
1972).
42-2.604 Director and staff. (a) The county
administrator shall appoint the director and staff
of the office of emergency services, which is a
division of the county administrator's office.
(b) The staff shall perform functions under
this chapter, especially the development of plans
and the management of programs, as assigned by
the county administrator and subject to his
supervision and to his policy and administrative
guidance, and with the advice and help of the
chiefs of emergency services. They shall advise
and assist the county administrator on matters
pertaining to this chapter and shall be
responsible to him for the work and activities of
that office. (Ord. 72-83 ~ 1 (part), 1972).
Article 42-2.8 County
Administrator's Powers and Duties
42-2.802 Proclaims local emergency. When
the board is not in session, the county
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administrator may proclaim a local emergency,
but only after conferring if possible with one or
more members of the board, including the
chairman if available, or declaring in writing that
such a conference is impossible. (Ord. 72-83 ~ 1
(part), 1972).
42-2.804 Requests state of emergency. The
county administrator may, when he deems
locally available resources inadequate to cope
with an emergency, ask the Governor to
proclaim a state of emergency. (Ord. 72-83 ~ I
(part), 1972).
42-2.806 Directs and coordinates. (a) The
county administrator shall control and direct the
effort of the emergency organization of this
county for the accomplishment of the purposes
of this chapter.
(b) He shall direct cooperation between and
coordination of services and staff of the
emergency organization of this county, and
resolve questions of authority and responsibility
that may arise between them. (Ord. 72-83 ~ 1
(part), 1972).
42- 2.808 Emergency powers. (a)
Emergencies. The county administrator has the
powers and duties specified in this section when
an emergency has been duly proclaimed
pursuant to this chapter and Government Code
Sections 8558, 8625, or 8630, or exists under
8558(a).
(b) Regulations. He may make regulations
reasonably related to the protection of life and
property as affected by such emergency. The
board shall, at the earliest practicable time,
wholly or partly, ratify, modify, or repeal these
regulations.
(c) Obtain Things. He may obtain vital
supplies, equipment, and other properties and
things, found lacking and needed for the
protection of life and property; he may bind the
county for their fair value; and he may, if they
are required immediately, commandeer them for
public use.
(d) Require Services. He may require
emergency services from any county officer or
employee; and if a state of war emergency
exists, or if a state of emergency covering this
county has been duly proclaimed, he may
command the aid of as many persons of this
county as he deems necessary in the execution
of his duties. Such persons have all the
privileges, benefits, and immunities provided by
state law for registered disaster service workers.
(Ord. 72-83 ~ 1 (part), 1972).
42-2.810 Emergency expenditures. (a)
Presumption. All expenditures for emergency
activities, including mutual aid activities, shall be
conclusively deemed to be for the direct
protection and benefit of this county's people
and their property.
(b) Authorization. Every county department
may expend its regular funds for assigned
emergency purposes, to be refunded as the
board deems appropriate from any available
federal or state disaster relief funds. (Ord. 72-83
~ 1 (part), 1972).
Article 42-2.10 Emergency
Organization and Plan
42-2.1002 Emergency organization. The
county's emergency organization comprises all
county officers and employees, all volunteer
forces enrolled to aid them during an
emergency, and all persons who may by
agreement or operation of law be charged with
duties incident to the protection of life and
property in this county during an emergency,
including individuals impressed into service.
(Ord. 72-83 ~ 1 (part), 1972).
42-2.1004 Emergency plan. (a)
Development. The disaster council shall develop
the county's emergency plan and keep it up to
date.
(b) Contents. The emergency plan shall
provide for:
(1) The effective mobilization of all the
public and private resources of this county to
meet any condition(s) constituting, contributing
to, or resulting from an emergency; and
(2) The emergency organization's staff,
organization, powers, duties, and services.
(c) Adoption. The plan shall take effect as
provided in the board resolution adopting it.
(Ord. 72-83 ~ I (part), 1972).
Article 42-2.12 Enforcement
42-2.1202 Enforcement - Obstruction. No
person shall wilfully obstruct, hinder, or delay
any member of the emergency organization in
the enforcement of any lawful regulation issued
pursuant to this chapter, or in the performance
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. of any duty or function hereunder. (Ord. 72-83
S I (part), 1972).
42-2.1204 Enforcement False
identification. No person shall, without
authority therefor, wear, carry, or display any
means of identification specified by the State
Office of Emergency Services. (Ord. 72-83 S I
(part), 1972).
Chapter 42-4
OFFICIAL SUCCESSORS
Sections:
42-4.002
42-4.004
42-4.006
42-4.008
42-4.010
Definitions.
Appointment for succession.
Procedures and duties.
Temporary appointments.
Filling and review of
appointments.
42-4.002 Definitions. "Disaster,"
"unavailable," and "standby officers" mean as
set forth in Military and Veterans Code Section
1550.01.
"War" means as set forth in Military and
(Contra Costa County 12-26-72)
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Veterans Code Section 18. (Ord. 1880: Ord.
1685: prior code ~ 3110).
42-4.004 Appointments for succession. The
board of supervisors shall appoint three standby
officers (designated No.1, No; 2, and No.3) for
each of the five members of the board of
supervisors. (Ord.1880: Ord.1685: prior code ~
3111 ).
42-4.006 Procedures and duties. The board
of supervisors shall examine, investigate,
appoint, remove, and replace standby officers in
accordance with Military and Veterans Code
Sections 1550.03, 1550.04 and 1550.05; and
the chairman, or in his absence, the
vice-chairman, shall administer the oath required
by Section 1550.05.
The board shall file with the Secretary of
State a copy of its action appointing, removing,
or replacing any standby officers.
Standby officers shall have the duties and
authority prescribed in Military and Veterans
Code Section 1550.06.
The county clerk shall provide each standby
officer with a copy of Military and Veterans
Code Division 7, Chapter 1, Article 6 Sections
1550 through 1550.1, inclusive, and of Sections
42-4.004 - 42-4.010, inclusive, of this code.
(Ord. 1880: Ord. 1685: prior code ~ 3112).
42-4.008 Temporary appointments. If all
members of the board of supervisors, including
all standby members, be unavailable, temporary
members of the board of supervisors, if needed,
shall be appointed by the chairman of the board
of supervisors of the following counties, acting
in the order listed if the chairman of a county
listed earlier in order is unavailable:
(1) Alameda;
(2) San Francisco;
(3) Santa Clara;
(4) Sacramento;
(5) San Mateo;
(6) San Joaquin;
(7) Marin.
The board of supervisors finds and determines
that these counties are within one hundred fifty
miles of this county, and are the nearest and
most populated counties, in order of their
listing. (Ord. 1880: Ord. 1685: prior code ~
3113 ).
FIREWORKS
42-4.004-44-2.002
42-4.010 Filling and review of
appointments. At its second regular meeting in
March of each year, the board of supervisors
shall review the status of all standby
appointments. The board shall inquire whether
three standbys for each member of the board of
supervisors are available. Vacancies for standbys
shall be filled in accordance with Section
42-4.006.
At the same time the board shall review its
designation by resolution of an alternative
temporary county seat pursuant to Government
Code Section 23600. (Ord. 1880: Ord. 1685:
prior code ~ 3114).
Division 44
DANGEROUS MATERIALS
Chapters:
44-2 Fireworks
44-4 Weapons
Chapter 44-2
FlREWORKS*
Sections:
44-2.002 Restrictions-Exceptions.
44-2.002 Restrictions - Exceptions. (a) No
person shall possess, manufacture, sell, use or
discharge, or offer to do so, any fireworks
(including "dangerous," "safe and sane," and
other fireworks) as defined in or pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Sections 12502 through
12504 other than fusees (red flares) properly
used by railroads, peace officers, firemen and
motorists.
(b) This section does not forbid or control
acts or matter expressly allowed, permitted or
licensed under state law; nor does it allow acts
or matter more strictly forbidden or controlled
by state law or by local fire regulations. (Ord.
72-19 ~ 1,1972: prior code ~ 3220: Ord. 684).
*For the statutory provisions regarding fireworks, see Health &
Saf. C. ~ 12500 ff.
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Chapter 44-4
WEAPONS**
Sections:
44-4.002
44-4.004
44-4.006
44-4.008
Firearms- Possession by minors.
Firearms- Discharge restrictions
- Exceptions
Firearms- Enforcemen t officer.
Firearms- Ammunition sale to
minors.
44-4.002 Firearms - Possession by minors.
No minor under the age of sixteen years shall
possess or use firearms of .22 calibre or greater
or air guns except under the direct supervision
and control of an adult. (Prior code ~ 3300:
Ord. 603).
44-4.004 Firearms - Discharge restrictions
_ Exceptions. (a) No person shall discharge any
firearm in any public place.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(1) The discharge of firearms otherwise
authorized by law;
(2) Any of the persons listed in Penal Code
Section 12031(b). (Ord. 67-44 ~ 2,1967: prior
code ~ 3301).
44-4.006 Firearms - Enforcement officer.*
The sheriff of this county shall be responsible
for the enforcement of this chapter. (Prior code
~ 3302).
44-4.008 Firearms - Ammunition sale to
minors. No person shall sell or give to any minor
under the age of sixteen years any ammunition
capable of being used in any flrearm, unless the
minor is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian
or adult authorized by the parent. (Ord.1676:
prior code ~ 3303).
**For the statutory provlSlons regarding the regulation of
firearms generally, see Pen. C. S 467, III 06 and 12000 ff; for
the provision that the state has preempted registration and
licensing of firearms, see Gov. C. s 9619; for the provisions
regarding sale of weapons to children, see Pen. C. S 12072 and
S 12550 ff.
* For sheriff, see Ch. 24-20, this code.
(Contra Costa County 9-15-78)
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Division 46
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS**
Chapters:
46-2 Traffic Orders
46-4 Miscellaneous Provisions
46-6 Nonvehicu1ar Activities in
Rights-of-Way
46-8 Roadside Selling
**For the statutory prOVISIons authorizing local traffic and
highway regulations and related regulations, see Veh. C. ~
21100 ff. For the provisions authorizing local authorities to
place and maintain traffic-control devices as required by
statute or as necessary to implement statutes or local
ordinances, see Veh. C. ~ 21351. For the authority to
designate any highway under local jurisdiction a through
highway and to erect stop signs at entrances thereto, see Veh.
C. ~ 21354. For the provisions allowing a local authority to
raise a statutory special limit on nonstate highways, streets
and roads, see Veh. C. ~ 22357. For the provisions limiting
downward speed zoning, see Veh. C. ~ 22358.5. For the
provisions allowing local authority to limit speeds on local
bridges and special structures, see Veh. C. H 22403 and
22404. For the provisions requiring local authority to submit
all ordinances regulating stopping and standing of vehicles on
state highways to the State Highway Department, see Veh. C.
~ 22506. For the provision authorizing local control of
parking on nonstate streets and highways, see Veh. C. ~~
22502(c) and 22507; for provisions concerning establishment
of parking meter zones, see ~ 22508; for provisions
concerning parking on hills, see ~ 22509. For the provisions
authorizing local control of off-street parking, see Veh. C. ~
22519. For the provisions regulating local ordinances dealing
with removal of abandoned vehicles from highways, see Veh.
C. ~ 22652. For the provisions pertaining to the local
regulation of bicycles, see Veh. C. ~ 21206. For the provisions
authorizing local authorities to increase or decrease maximum
allowed weight on any local street or highway, see Veh. C. ~
35700 ff. For the provisions relating to county highways
generally, see Str. & H.C. ~ 900 ff. For the provisions relating
to special permits and agreements between local officials and
an applicant to move a vehicle in violation of established,
regulations, see Veh. C. ~ 35780 ff.
TRAFFIC ORDERS
46-2.002-46-2.004
Chapter 46-2
TRAFFIC ORDERS*
Sections:
46-2.002
46-2.004
46~2.006
46-2.008
46-2.010
Purpose of chapter.
Establishment of regulations.
Standards.
Adoption and posting.
Numbering and filing of
adoption resolutions.
Penalty for violation.
46-2.012
46-2.002 Purpose of chapter. The purpose
of this chapter is to establish a procedure for the
adoption of traffic regulations applying to
particular streets, highways, intersections, or
areas within this county. (Prior code S 3400:
Ord. 1436).
46-2.004 Establishment of regulations. The
director of public works may make traffic orders
establishing any of the following regulations:
( 1) Regulating traffic by means of
semaphores or other official traffic-control
devices;
(2) Designating particular highways as
one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles
thereon be moved in one specified direction;
(3) Closing any highway or a portion of it,
when in the opinion of the director of public
works, the highway is no longer needed or
cannot safely be used for vehicular traffic;
(4) Designating any highway as a through
highway and requiring that all vehicles stop
before entering or crossing the highway;
(5) Designating any intersection as a stop
intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at
one or more entrances to the intersection;
(6) Prohibiting the use of particular highways
by certain vehicles, except as otherwise provided
by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to
Article 2 of Chapter 5, of Part 1 of Division 1 of
the Public Utilities Code of the state of
California;
(7) Closing particular streets during regular
*For the statutory authority to enact local traffic regulations,
see the following sections of Veh. C. ~ 21100 (semaphones,
control devices); ~ 21101 (one-way streets, closing highways,
through highways, stop intersections, use of highways by
particular vehicles, closing highways during driver training); ~
21102 (closing highways dividing school grounds); ~ 21109
(tunnels and bridges); ~ 21110 (railroad crossings); ~ 21111
(housing projects); ~ 22101 (turn markers); ~ 22113 (turns); ~
22507 (parking or standing); ~~ 22357, 22358 (altering speed
limits); ~ 35700 ff. (weight limits).
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school hours for the purpose of conducting
automobile driver training programs in the
secondary schools and colleges in this county;
(8) Closing to vehicular traffic that portion
of any street or highway crossing or dividing any
school grounds when in the opinion of the
director of public works the closing is necessary
for the protection of persons attending the
school or using the school grounds. The closing
to vehicular traffic may be limited to the hours
and days that the director of public works may
specify;
(9) Establishing crosswalks between
intersections;
(10) Directing that pedestrians shall not cross
in a crosswalk indicated at an intersection;
(11) Regulating vehicular traffic on privately
owned and maintained roads or ways within the
boundaries of a privately owned airport, when
the roads or ways are expressly open to the
general public for purposes of vehicular traffic;
(12) Regulating vehicular and pedestrian
traffic in subways, tubes, and tunnels or on
bridges or viaducts;
(13) Requiring that all vehicles stop before
entering or crossing the tracks at any highway
railroad grade crossing;
(14) Regulating vehicular traffic on privately
owned and maintained roads or ways within the
boundaries of any housing project or within the
site of any housing owned or operated by a
housing authority created under and by virtue of
the Housing Authorities Law, commencing at
Section 34200 of the Health and Safety Code of
the state of California, on privately owned and
maintained roads or ways within areas which
would be a residence district if the road or way
were a public highway, or, with the consent of
the owner, on publicly owned and maintained
roads and ways within areas not owned by this
county;
(IS) Prohibiting the making of any turning
movement by any vehicle at any intersection or
between any designated intersections;
(16) Prohibiting the parking or standing of
vehicles on certain streets or highways, or
portions thereof, during all or certain hours of
the day;
(17) Declaring a prima facie speed limit of
thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty,
fifty-five or sixty miles per hour, or a maximum
speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour, on any
street other than a state highway otherwise
subject to a prima facie speed limit of
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twenty-five miles per hour;
(18) Declaring a prima facie speed limit of
sixty, fifty-five, fifty, forty-five, forty,
thirty-five, thirty, or twenty-five miles per hour
on any portion of any street other than a state
highway where the street is subject to a speed
limit of sixty-five miles per hour;
(19) Regulating the installation and
operation of mechanical devices for the control
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
(20) Establishing weight limitation for
vehicles traveling over county roads and bridges;
(21) Providing for the delineation of parking
spaces. (Ord. 1774: Ord. 1528: prior code ~
3401: Ord. 1436).
46-2.006 Standards. Every traffic order
made under Section 46-2.004 shall be based on a
traffic and engineering survey and shall conform
with accepted principles and practices of traffic
engineering. (Prior code ~ 3402: Ord. 1436).
46-2.008 Adoption and posting. * No traffic
order shall be effective until:
(1) It has been adopted by resolution of the
board of supervisors; and
(2) Appropriate signs or markings, meeting
the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the
state of California, are placed to give notice of
the regulation to the traveling public, unless the
regulation itself constitutes notice. (Prior code ~
3403: Ord. 1436).
46-2.010 Numbering and filing of adoption
resolutions. (a) Resolutions adopting traffic
orders shall be numbered consecutively, in a
numerical series separate from that applied to
other resolutions of the board of supervisors.
(b) A copy of each resolution adopting a
traffic order shall be filed with the director of
public works. (Prior code ~ 3404: Ord. 1436).
46-2.012 Penalty for violation.** Violations
of traffic orders adopted under this chapter shall
be punished as provided in California Vehicle
Code Sections 40000.1 and 42001. (Ord. 79-53
S I: prior code S 3405: Ord. 1436).
*For description of traffic devices, see Vehicle Code ~ 21400 ff.
**For the statutory provisions regarding traffic offenses, see
Veh. C. ~ 40000 ff; for the provisions regarding procedure on
arrests, see Veh. C. ~ 40300 ff; and for the provisions regard-
ing penalties, see Veh. C. ~ 42000 ff.
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Chapter 464
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS*
Sections:
46-4.002
46-4.003
46-4.004
Parking-On hills.
Parking-Commercial vehicles.
Parking-Seventy-two or more
consecutive' hours.
Parking-In marked spaces.
Parking-Removal of parked
vehicles.
Vehicle weight limits raised-
Highways designated.
46-4.006
46-4.008
46-4.010
46-4.002 Parking - On hills. (a) No person
driving, in control of, or in charge of any vehicle
shall stand or park if on any street or highway
where the grade exceeds three percent, in any
business or residential district as defined by the
California Vehicle Code, without setting the
brakes and blocking the wheels of the vehicle
by turning them against the curb or by other
means.
(b) Any person violating this section shall be
punished as provided in Vehicle Code Section
42001. (Ord. 79-53 @ 1: prior code @ 3410: Ord.
1167: See C.Y-C. @ 22509).
46-4.003 Parking - Commercial Vehicles.
(a) Prohibition. No person driving or in control
or charge of any commercial vehicle, having a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of
ten thousand pounds or more, shall stand or
park it on any county street or highway, or
portion thereof, located in any residence
district as defined by the California Vehicle
Code.
(b) Exemptions. This section is not effective
with any commercial vehicle making pickups or
deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from
or to any building or structure located on the
restricted streets or highways or for the purpose
of delivering materials to be used in the actual
and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or
construction of any building or structure on the
restricted streets or highways for which a
building permit has previously been obtained.
*For the state traffic laws regarding stopping, standing and
parking, see Veh. C. @ 22500 ff; for the authority of the county
to regulate parking on state highways, see Veh. C. @ 22506; for
the authority to enact local parking regulations, see @ 22507; to
regulate parking on hills, see @ 22509. For the statutory
provisions regarding the removal of parked and abandoned
vehicles, see Veh. C. ~ 22650 ff.
46-4.002-46-4.010
(c) Punishment. Any person violating this
section shall be punished as provided in Vehicle
Code Section 42001. (Ord. 79-88: C.V.C. @ @
515,22507.5).
46-4.004 Parking - Seventy-two or more
consecu tive hours. Any vehicle parked or left
standing on a county road for seventy-two or
more consecutive hours may be removed as
provided in the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 71-7 @ 1,
1971: Ord. 1800: Ord. 1498: prior code @
3411).
46-4.006 Parking - In marked spaces. The
public works director may cause county roads to
be marked with white lines designating parking
spaces. Where parking spaces have been so
designated, no vehicle shall be parked except
within such marked spaces. (Ord. 1774: prior
code @ 3412).
46-4.008 Parking - Removal of parked
vehicles. The road commissioner may have signs
placed giving notice that vehicles may be
removed from any county road, and twenty-four
hours thereafter may have the vehicle removed
in accordance with the provisions of this code
and the Vehicle Code, when:
(1) The use of any county road, or a portion
thereof, is either:
(a) Necessary for the cleaning, repair or
construction of the road or for the installation
of underground utilities, or
(b) Authorized by pe11l1it for a purpose other
than the normal flow of traffic, or for the
movement of equipment, articles or structures
of unusual size; and the parking of any vehicle
would prevent or interfere with any such use; or
(2) A vehicle is illegally on a county road in
violation of a county traffic ordinance or
resolution forbidding standing or parking. (Ord.
71-7 @2, 1971: Ord. 1886: Ord. 1774: prior
code @ 3413).
46-4.010 Vehicle weight limits raised -
Highways designated. * (a) Pursuant to the
authority contained in Vehicle Code Section
35700, trucks and vehicle combinations
transporting garbage, rubbish and/or swill shall
be deemed in compliance with Vehicle Code
Sections 35550 and 35551 if the maximum
*For the statutory requirement that rubbish vehicles be covered,
see Veh. C. @ 23115.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
gross weight imposed on the county highways in
subsection (b) by the wheels on anyone axle is
not over twenty-three thousand pounds and the
gross weight upon the wheel(s) supporting one
end of an axle and resting on the roadway is not
over twelve thousand five hundred pounds.
(b) The county highways in the North
Richmond area referred to in subsection (a) are:
(1) That portion of Parr Boulevard
contiguous to the city of Richmond lying
westerly of the Southern Pacific right-of-way;
(2) That portion of Third Street contiguous
to the city of Richmond and lying between
Gertrude Avenue and Parr Boulevard;
(3) All of Garden Tract Road adjacent to
Parr Boulevard;
(4) Portion of Market Street between Third
Street and First Street;
(5) Central Street, between Pittsburg Avenue
and Brookside Drive;
(6) Portion of Brookside Drive between
Third Street and Central Street; and
(7) All of Pittsburg Avenue. (Ords. 77-108,
67-75,67-69: prior code S 3414).
Chapter 46-6
NONVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES IN
RIGHTS-OF-W A Y*
Sections:
46-6.002
46-6.004
Definitions.
Dangerous activities-Board
findings.
Prohibited activities.
Whl..m light or refler.tor required.
Acts interfering with adjacent
business.
46-6.006
46-6.008
46-6.010
46-6.002 Definitions. As used in this
chapter, these terms have the following
meanings:
(1) "Darkness" is any time from one-half
hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise
and any other time when there is not sufficient
light to render clearly discernible any person or
vehicle on the roadway or right-of-way at a
distance of five hundred feet.
(2) "Roadway" is a" defined in Section 530
of the California Vehicle Code.
(3) "Right~of-way" means all land or interest
*For the statutory provisions of the California Recreational
Trails Act, see Pub. R.C. !} 5070 ff.
(Contra Costa County 9-15-79)
therein which by deed, conveyance, agreement,
easement, dedication, usage, or process of law is
reserved or set aside Jor or dedicated to the use
of the general public for road or highway
purposes, and all or a portion of which is open
to public travel.
(4) "Pedestrian" means one who journeys or
travels on foot from one point to another on or
near a roadway without remaining in one
position or area for more than a temporary
period, and such status shall not be changed by
temporary or intermittent stops or pauses
incidental to the journey.
(5) "Business district" is as defined in
Section 235 of the California Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 2022: prior code ~ 3421).
46-6.004 Dangerous activities Board
findings. The. board of supervisors finds that any
person sleeping, dozing or reclining outside of a
motor vehicle or trailer within any public
right-of-way is a grave and immediate hazard to
the safety of himself and of those entitled to
use, and using or trying to use, the roadway or
other parts of the public right-of-way, and that
persons walking or standing (other than
pedestrians walking on the left-hand side of the
roadway) within fifteen feet of roadways
outside a business district during darkness, and
not displaying a light or reflector adequate to
signify their presence, constitu te a danger to
themselves and to others using such roadway.
(Ord. 2022: prior code ~ 3420).
46-6.006 Prohibited activities. It is unlawful
for any person to sleep, doze, or recline outside
of any motor vehicle or trailer within any
right-of-way. (Prior code ~ 3422).
46-6.008 When light or reflector required. It
is unlawful for any person to walk or stand
within fifteen feet of any roadway outside a
business district during darkness without
displaying on his person a light or reflector
adequate to signify his presence to vehicular
traffic on the roadway, except pedestrians
walking on the left-hand side of the roadway.
(Ord. 2022: prior code ~ 3423).
46-6.010 Acts interfering with adjacent
business. It is unlawful for any person to remain
on a public street, sidewalk or other public place
or place open to the public (inside or outside a
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public right-of-way), when his presence or acts
unreasonably interfere with the peaceful con-
duct of a lawful business or occupation on ad-
jacent property by annoying or disturbing its
personnel or customers, after having been asked
to leave by the owner, agent or person in lawful
possession of such business. (Ord. 68-84 ~ 1,
1968: prior code ~ 34-24).
Chapter 46-8
ROADSIDE SELLING
Sections:
46-8.002
46-8.004
46-8.006
46-8.008
46-8.010
Defmitions.
Vehicles.
Structures or other things.
Items in vehicle or structure.
Exemptions.
46-8.002 Def'mitions. As used in this
chapter, the terms "public highway" and "right-
of-way" have the meanings given in Section
1002-2.002. (Ords. 80-96 ~ 1, 75-4).
46-8.004 Vehicles. No person shall park or
place any vehicle wholly or partly within any
right-of-way of any public highway in this
county for the purpose of selling such vehicle, or
of offering or displaying it for sale. (Ords. 80-96
~ 1, 75-4).
46-8.006 Structures or other things. No
person shall park or place any structure or any
other thing wholly or partly within any right-
of-way of any public highway in this county for
the purpose of selling such structure or thing,
or of offering or displaying it for sale. (Ords.
80-96 ~ 1, 75-4).
46-8.008 Items in vehicle or structure.
No person shall park or place any vehicle or
structure wholly or partly within any right-of-
way of any public highway in this county for
the purpose of selling, or offering or displaying
for sale, anything either from or in such vehicle
or structure. (Ords. 80-96 ~ 1, 75-4).
46-8.010 Exemptions. (a) Sections 46-8.004
to 46-8.008 do not apply to such rights-of-way
within districts zoned as light agricultural (A-I),
general agricultural (A-2), heavy agricultural
(A-3), agricultural preserve (A-4), or exclusive
ROADSIDE SELLING
46-8.002-46-8.010
agricultural districts (A-20, A-40, and A-80),
when such parking, placing, offering, displaying,
or selling is conducted in full compliance with
all other applicable state and county laws and
regulations concerning such rights-of-way.
(b) Section 46-8.008 does not apply to
taking orders for, or delivering anything from a
vehicle on that part of such right-of-way im-
mediately adjacent to the buyer's premises.
(Ords. 80-96 ~ 1, 75-4).
Chapter 46-10
PREFERENTIAL PARKING PRIVILEGES
Article 46-10.2 General
Sections:
46-10.202 Intent, purpose and authority.
Article 46-10.4 Def'mitions
Sections:
46-10.402 General.
46-10.404 Director.
46-10.406 Permit-parking area.
46-10.408 Parking permit.
46-10.41 0 Valid application.
Article 46-10.6 Permit-parking Areas
Sections:
46-10.602 General.
46-10.604 Nonresident parking problem.
46-10.606 Criteria.
Article 46-10.8 Designation Process
Sections:
46-10.802 Petition.
46-10.804 Director recommends.
46-10.806 Board determines.
46-10.808 Designation removal.
Article 46-10.10 Resident Parking Permits
Sections:
46-10.1002 General.
46-10.1004 Number limit.
46-10.1006 Issuance.
46-10.1008 Fee.
46-10.1010 Display.
46-10.1012 Record.
46-10.1014 Permit revocation.
Article 46-10.12 Area Posting
Sections:
46-10.1202 Posting.
Article 46-10.14 Violations
Sections:
46-10.1402 Violation.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
Article 46~10.16 Exemptions
Sections:
46-10.1602 Initial ten-day grace period.
46-10.1604 Emergency vehicles.
46-10.1606 Service vehicle.
46-10.1608 Disabled and handicapped.
Article 46-10.18 Appeals
Sections:
46-10.1802 Appeal, fee.
Article 46-10.2
General
46-10.202 Intent, purpose and authority.
This chapter sets forth procedures, pursuant to
Vehicle Code Sections 22507 and 22507.2, for
the establishment of permit-parking areas within
the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa
County in order to alleviate, in certain areas and
neighborhoods, motor vehicle congestion caused
by long-term parking by nonresidents of those
areas and neighborhoods. In order to protect
the health, safety, and welfare of residents and
merchants of areas and neighborhoods affected
by long-term parking and to protect and
promote the integrity of these areas and
neighborhoods, it is necessary to establish the
procedures herein. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1: Veh. Code
~~ 22507,22507.2).
Article 46-10.4
Deimitions
46-10.402 General. Unless otherwise speci-
fically provided, or required by the context,
the following terms have the meanings set forth
in this article for the purpose of this chapter.
(Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
46-10.404 Director. "Director" is the
person occupying the position of public works
director or his deputy. (Ord. 81-69 ~ I).
46-10.406 Permit-parking area. "Permit-
parking area" is an area with streets and
boundaries, designated by board resolution,
within which vehicles displaying a valid permit
are exempt from parking restrictions established
pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 81-69 ~ I).
46-10.408 Parking permit. "Parking permit"
is a decal, sticker, card, or similar device to be
prominently displayed on or in a vehicle and
containing specific information required by Sec-
tion 46-10.410, as applicable. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
(Contra Costa County H-St) 96
46-10.410 Valid application. "Valid appli-
cation" is a parking permit application obtained
from and filed with the public works depart-
ment, with application fee, and which contains
all information requested by the application,
including: (a) evidence of residency within the
permit parking area, and (b) evidence of vehicle
ownership with the vehicle registered to the
same address as the resident. Appropriate
evidence includes, but is not limited to, a
current vehicle registration, a current driver's
license, a recent utility bill, or photocopies of
these items. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
Article 46-10.6
Permit-parking Areas
46-10.602 General. Any area satisfying the
objective criteria established in these procedures
may be considered for designation as a permit-
parking area. Permit-parking areas may be desig-
nated by board resolution in which motor ve-
hicles displaying a valid parking permit may
stand or be parked without limitation as to the
parking time restrictions established by that
resolution. The resolution shall also state the
applicable time lirriitation(s) and the period(s)
of the day(s) of the week for its application.
(Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
46-10.604 Nonresident parking problem.
An area shall be deemed eligible for .considera-
tion as a permit-parking area if the data for sur-
veys and studies prepared at the direction of the
director satisfy the objective criteria that the
area is impacted by vehicles belonging to non-
residents for any extended period(s) of any
day(s) or night(s), on weekdays, weekends, or
holidays. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.606 Criteria. In determining whether
an area identified as eligible for permit-parking
may be designated as a permit-parking area, the
following criteria shall be included in the review
and consideration:
(1) The extent of the desire and need of the
residents for permit-parking and their willingness
to bear the costs associated therewith;
(2) The extent to which legal on-street park-
ing spaces are occupied by motor vehicles dur-
ing the period(s) proposed for parking restric-
tion;
PREFERENTIAL PARKING PRIVILEGES
(3) The extent to which vehicles parking in
the area during the period(s) proposed for park-
ing restriction are vehicles belonging to non-
residents rather than residents;
(4) The extent to which motor vehicles
registered to residents in the area cannot be
accommodated by the number of available
off-street parking spaces; and
(5) The location and number of spaces avail-
able as alternative parking locations for vehicles
of nonresidents which are to be displaced in the
proposed permit-parking area. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
Article 46-10.8
Designation Process
46-10.802 Petition. Upon receipt of a veri-
fied petition signed by at least half of the adult
residents in the area proposed for designation,
and who represent at least half of the residential
units in that area, the director shall undertake
such surveys or studies as he deems necessary
to determine whether the area is eligible for
permit-parking. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.804 Director recommends. Based on
the surveys and studies, the director shall report
to the board in writing his recommendations on
(1) findings relative to the criteria deemed ap-
plicable to the area, (2) conclusions as to
whether the findings justify preferential parking
for that particular area, (3) proposed boundaries
of the permit-parking area, and (4) availability
of alternate parking spaces or areas, and (5)
appropriate period(s) and day(s) of parking
restriction and preference. (Ord. 81-69 S I).
46-10.806 Board determines. The board
may (with or without a public hearing) upon
consideration of the public works report and
recommendations, determine whether and what
action should be taken pursuant to Section
46-8.602. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.808 Designation removal. The desig-
nation process and criteria provided by this
article shall also be utilized by the director
and the board of supervisors in determining
whether to remove the designation of an area
as a permit parking area. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.802-46-10.1012
Article 46-10.1 0
Resident Parking Permits
46-10.1002 General. The director is re-
sponsible for the issuance of parking permits to
residents in a permit-parking area designated in
accordance with Article 46-10.6. (Ord. 81-69
S 1).
46-10.1004 Number limit. The director
shall not issue more than four permits to any
one address for residents at that address, un-
less the director finds more than four licensed
drivers residing at one address with more than
four vehicles registered to that address. (Ord.
81-69 S 1).
46-10.1006 Issuance. The director shall
either grant or deny a parking permit within ten
working days from receiving a valid application.
If the permit is granted, the director shall issue
it in accordance with this chapter and the permit
is valid for the calendar year for which it is
issued, unless a different period is established in
the resolution creating the permit-parking area.
If the director denies a permit, the written
reasons for denial shall be provided to the appli-
cant, in person or by mail, within the time
period specified herein. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.1008 Fee. The fee for a permit is ten
dollars, prepaid, for the first registered vehicle
and five dollars for each additional registered
vehicle per applicant-location. The fee is non-
refundable; and it is nonproratable unless so
provided in the resolution creating that area.
(Ord. 81-69 S 1).
46-10.1010 Display. The permit shall be dis-
played as a placard on the dashboard or be
otherwise visible from outside through the
windshield or rear window of the vehicle, or as a
decal affixed to the left rear bumper of the ve-
hicle for which it has been issued. (Ord. 81-69
S 1).
46-10.1012 Record. The director shall
maintain a record of the number of parking per-
mits issued to each location, the names of per-
mit holders, the license numbers of vehicles for
which a permit has been issued, the preprinted
number of the permit, and a notation of the
documents checked to establish residency and
vehicle ownership. (Ord. 81-69 S 1).
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
46-10.1014 Permit revocation. The director
may revoke the parking permit(s) of any person
known to the director to no longer be eligible
for a permit(s). The director shall give written
notice to the permit holder of said revocation,
the reasons therefor, and that the permit shall
be removed from the individual vehicle. The per-
mit is void beginning on the seventh day after
the notice is mailed or delivered, whichever is
first. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
Article 46-10.12
Area Posting
46-10.1202 Posting. Upon the designation
of an area as a permit-parking area, the director
shall have appropriate signs erected and main-
tained in the area. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1; see ~
46-8.1602) .
Article 46-10.14
Violations
46-10.1402 Violation. (a) Parking. No
person shall stand or park a motor vehicle with-
out a current permit properly displayed, on a
street within the permit-parking area for more
than four hours during the effective times and
days of the permit parking system.
(b) False Information. No person shall falsely
represent himself as eligible for a parking permit,
or shall furnish false information in an applica-
tion for a permit.
(c) Wrong Vehicle. No person shall use or
display, or allow the use or display of, a valid
parking permit on a motor vehicle other than
that for which the permit was issued.
(d) False Copy. No person shall copy, re-
produce, or otherwise made a facsimile or
counterfeit parking permit.
(e) False Display. No person shall knowingly
use or display a facsimile or counterfeit parking
permit in order to evade time limitations on
parking applicable in the permit-parking area.
(f) Other. No person shall knowingly commit
any act prohibited by this chapter, or aid or abet
another to do so. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
Article 46-10.16
Exemptions
46-10.1602 Initial ten-day grace period.
Restrictions, requirements, and prohibitions
otherwise applicable hereunder shall not be
(Contra Costa County 11.81)
operative during the first ten calendar days after
the day when notice signs have been erected, as
shown in the director's records. (Ord. 81-69
~ 1).
46-10.1604 Emergency vehicles. Emergency
vehicles (including but not limited to
ambulances, fire engines, or police vehicles) are
not restricted hereunder while controlled by a
person providing service to a property in the
permit-parking area. (Ord. 81-69 ~ I).
46-10.1606 Service vehicle. Delivery,
utility, or service vehicles are not restricted
hereunder while controlled by a person provid-
ing service to property in the permit-parking
area. The driver is responsible for identifying
such vehicle as a commercial, utility, or service
vehicle. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
46-10.1608 Disabled and handicapped. Any
vehicle identified as used by a disabled or handi-
capped person meeting the requirements of
Vehicle Code Section 225115 and displaying
the handicap plates, is not restricted hereunder.
(Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
Article 46-10.18
Appeals
46-10.1802 Appeal, fee. Any person who
has been denied a permit(s) or had a permit(s)
revoked by the director may appeal that deci-
siOn to the board of supervisors as provided in
Chapter 14-4, except that: (I) the period for
filing the appeal is ten days after the director's
decision has been mailed or delivered to the
appellant, and (2) the appeal shall be accom-
panied by a ten-dollar fee. (Ord. 81-69 ~ 1).
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Division 48
AMBULANCES*
Chapters:
48-2 General Provisions
48-4 Defmitions
48-6 Permits
48-8 Compliance Cards
48-10 Fees
48-12 Driver and Attendant Standards
48-14 Permit and Card Suspension or
Revocation
48-16 Emergency Response
48-18 Miscellaneous Provisions
48-20 Enforcement
Chapter 48-2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
48-2.002
48-2.004
48-2.006
Title.
Purpose.
Exemptions.
48-2.002 Title. This division shall be known
as the "ambulance ordinance of Contra Costa
County." (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-2.004 Purpose. The, purposes of this
division 'are to:
(1) Enact formal policies and regulations for
licensing and regulating the operation of
ambulances; .
(2) Protect the public by assuring that
ambulances operate safely; and
(3) Assure that adequate ambulance services
will be provided in all areas of the county. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-2.006 Exemptions. (a) This division shall
not apply:
(1) To vehicles operated as ambulances and
to persons engaged in the ambulance service
*Fof the statutory provisions regarding the licensing of private
ambulances, see Veh. C. ~ 2510 ff; for the authority of local
agencies to impose stricter regulations, see Veh. C. ~ 2512(b); !
for authority of local agencies to license and regulate the opera-
tion of vehicles for hire, see Veh. C. ~ 16501; for statutory
requirements for resuscitation equipment for ambulances, see
Veh. C. ~ 2418.5; for the provisions regarding liability for
resuscitation attempts, see Veh. C. ~ 165.5.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
48-2.002-48-4.002
where ambulance services are rendered at the
request of the county communications center or
at the request of any public protection agency
during any state of "local emergency," "local
disaster," or "local peril," as defined in the
Military and Veterans' Code, in state of
"disaster" or "extreme emergency," as declared
by the Governor;
(2) To vehicles operated as ambulances and
to persons engaged in the ambulance service
where ambulance services are rendered
exclusively to patients who become in need of
ambulance service while on or in the place of
business of the person and where no charge is
made for the ambulance services rendered,
provided however that if the vehicle is going to
travel Code 3 or its equivalent, the county
communications center shall be so notified of
this fact.
(b) This division shall not prevent any peace
officer, fireman, or physician licensed to
practice medicine in this state, from arranging
for the transportation of an individual in need of
emergency medical care when no ambulance
with a compliance card' is available and such
transportation is required immediately for the
preservation of life. (Ord. 70-77 S 1 (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-4
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
48-4.002
48-4.004
48-4.006
48-4.008
48-4.010
48-4.012
48-4.014
48-4.016
48-4.018
48-4:026
48-4.022
48-4.024
Generally.
Ambulance.
Ambulance service.
Attendant.
Driver.
Emergency response areas.
Emergency response area list.
Health officer.
Medical director.
Patient.
Permit officer.
Sheriff.
48-4.002 Generally. Unless otherwise
specifically provided, or required by the
context, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
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48-4.004-48-4.014
HEALTH AND SAFETY
48-4.004 Ambulance. "Ambulance" means
any privately owned vehicle specifically
constructed, modified, equipped, or arranged
and operated for ambulance service, and which
responds or may respond to emergency calls in
this county. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.006 Ambulance service. "Ambulance
service" means the activity, business or service,
for hire, profit, or otherwise, of transporting one
or more patients by ambulance on or in any of
the streets, roads, highways, alleys, or any public
way or place in the unincorporated areas of this
county. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.008 Attendant. "Attendant" means a
trained and/or qualified individual who,
regardless of whether he also serves as driver, is
responsible for the care of ambulance patients
and who has met all license and other
requirements in applicable state laws and
regulations. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.010 DriVer. '~Driver" means an
individual who drives an ambulance and who has
""..... ... .
.:""'let" J an license and other requirements in
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applicable state laws and regulations. (Ord.
70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-4.012 Emergency response areas.
"Emergency response areas" means the areas
shown on the map entitled "Emergency
Response Areas of Contra Costa County" on file
in the office of the sheriff and the clerk of the
board, and as it may be changed from time to
time by the permit officer after public hearing.
Notice of public hearing shall be given in
accordance with Section 410-20.002(b). (Ord.
70-77 ~. I (part), 1970).
48-4.014 Emergency response area list.
. "Emergency response area list(s)" means that
list of permittee(s) for each emergency response
area who have entered into an ambulance service
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
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NONVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES IN RIGHTS-OF -W A Y
46-6.010
public rig,.l-tt-of-way), when his presence or acts
unreasonably in terfere with the peaceful
conduct of a lawful business or occupation on
adjacent property by annoying or disturbing its
personnel or customers, after having been asked
to leave by the owner, agent or person in lawful
possession of such business. (Ord. 68-84 S 1,
1968: prior code S 3424).
Division 48
AMBULANCES*
Olapters:
48-2 General Provisions
48-4 DefInitions
48-6 Permits
48-8 Compliance Cards
48-10 Fees
48-12 Driver and Attendant Standards
48-14 Permit and Card Suspension or
Revocation
48-16 Emergency Response
48-18 Miscellaneous Provisions
48-20 Enforcement
*For the statutory provisions regarding the licensing of private
ambulances, see Veh. C. S 2510 ff; for the authority of local
agencies to impose stricter regulations, see Veh. C. s 2512(b);
for the authority of local agencies to license and regulate the
operation of vehicles for hire, see Veh. C. S 16501; for
statutory requirements for resuscitation equipment for
ambulances, see Veh. C. S 2418.5; for the provisions regarding
liability for resuscitation attempts, see Veh. C. S 165.5.
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agreement with the county and who will be
contacted by the county communications center
in accordance with regulations adopted by the
permit officer to respond to calls for emergency
ambulance services which it receives. Copies of
the emergency response area list(s) shall be kept
on fIle in the offices of the.sheriff and the clerk
of the board. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.016 Health officer. "Health. officer"
means the county health officer, or other
official designated by the board to perform his
functions under this division. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1
(part), 1970).
48-4.018 Medical director. "Medical
director" means the medical director of the
Contra Costa County Hospital, or other official
designated by the board to perform his
functions under this division. (Ord. 70-77 S 1
(part), 1970).
48-4.020 Patient. "Patient" means a person
who is ill, sick, injured, wounded, infirm,
incapacitated, helpless or otherwise in need of
ambulance service. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
48-4.022 Permit officer.* "Permit officer"
means the health officer. (Ord. 77-61: prior
code S 48-1.320: Ord. 70-77 S 1 (part)).
48-4.024 Sheriff. ** "Sheriff" means the
sheriff of this county. (Ord. 70-77 S 1 (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-6
PERMITS***
Sections:
48-6.002
48-6.004
48-6.006
48-6.008
48-6.010
Required.
Application-Forms.
Application-Required data.
Applicant- Investigation.
Applicant - Additional
investigation.
Issuance.
Term.
48-6.012
48-6.014
*For county administrator, see Ch. 244, this code.
**For sheriff, see Ch. 24-20, this code.
. ***For revocation or suspension provisions, see Ch. 48-14, this
code. For renewal provisions, see ~ 48-18.004, this code. For
fees, see Ch. 48-10, this code.
PERMITS
48<4.016-48-6.006
48-6.016
48-6.018
48-6.020
48-6.022
Temporary-When issued.
Application-Change of data.
Termination.
Limited number of permits.
48-6.002 Required. No person (either as
owner, agent or otherwise) shall. furnish,
operate, conduct, maintain or otherwise engage
in, or advertise, offer or profess to engage in the
ambulance service unless he holds (and is
entitled to hold) a currently valid ambulance
service permit. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.004 Application Forms.* Each
application for an ambulance service permit shall
be made upon forms prescribed by the permit
officer. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.006 Application - Required data.
Each application shall show the following data:
(1) The name(s) and addressees) of the
applicant(s) and of the owner(s) of the
ambulance(s) and the business or any interest
therein;
(2) The applicant's training and experience in
the transportation and care of patients;
(3) The name(s) under which the applicant
has engaged, does, and/or proposes to engage in
ambulance service;
(4) A description of each ambulance,
including the make, model, year of manufacture,
motor and chassis numbers, current state license
number, the length of time the ambulance has
been in use; and the color scheme, insignia,
name, monogram and other distinguishing
characteristics of the ambulance(s);
(5) That the applicant has obtained all li-
censes and/or permits required by state laws or
regulations for ambulances and ambulance
operators;
(6) That the applicant has or is making
application for an ambulance compliance card
for each ambulance listed in the application;
(7) Evidence of such financial responsibility
or insurance coverage as may be required by the
permit officer in regulations issued by him;
(8) Whether the applicant has or desires an
ambulance service agreement with the county,
and if so, the emergency response area list(s) the
applicant would like to be placed on;
*For county administrator as permit officer, see ~ 484.022,
this code.
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48-6.008-48-8.004
HEALTH AND SAFETY
(9) All facts proving that the public health,
safety, welfare, convenience and necessity
require the granting of the permit as requested;
and
(10) Such other information as the permit
officer reasonably deems necessary to a fair
determination of compliance with this division.
(Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.008 Applicant - Investigation. Upon
receipt of a completed application and the
required fee, the permit officer shall make or
cause to be made such investigation as he deems
necessary to determine if:
(1) The public health, safety, welfare,
convenience and necessity require the issuing of
a permit;
(2) The applicant is a responsible and proper
person to conduct, operate or engage in this
ambulance service;
(3) The applicant meets the requirements of
this division and of all other applicable laws,
ordinances and regulations. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1
(part), 1970).
48-6.010 Applicant Additional
investigation. Where the application states that
the applicant has or desires an ambulance service
agreement with the county and desires to be
placed on one or more emergency response area
list(s) the permit officer shall make or cause to
be made such additional investigation as he
deems necessary to determine if:
(1) A valid ambulance service agreement
exists between the county and the applicant;
and
(2) The public health, safety, welfare,
convenience and necessity require that the
applicant be placed on the emergency response
area list(s) requested. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
48-6.012 Issuance. The permit officer shall
issue an ambulance service permit to the
applicant if he determines that the requirements
contained in Sections 48-6.008 and 48-6.010 (if
applicable) have been satisfied and complied
with. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.014 Term. Permits shall be valid for a
period of one year, beginning on January 1 and
ending on December 31, unless earlier
suspended, revoked or terminated. (Ord. 70-77 ~
1 (part), 1970).
(Contra Coasta County 5 -81)
48-6.016 Temporary - When issued. The
permit officer may issue a temporary permit for
not over ninety days, pending completion of
regular permit procedures. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1
(part), 1970).
48-6.018 Application - Change of data.
The applicant and permittee shall report to the
permit officer any change in the data required in
Section 48-6.006 within ten days of the
effective date of the change, except that any
change in the data required in Section 48-6.006
(1) and (5) shall be reported immediately. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.020 Termination. Any change of
ownership of a permitted ambulance service
terminates the permit. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
48-6.022 Limited number of pennits. Effec-
tive on December 19, 1980, no more than one
ambulance service permit shall be issued under
this chapter for ambulance service in anyone
emergency response area. (Ord. 80-93).
Chapter 48-8
COMPLIANCE CARDS*
Sections:
48-8.002
48-8.004
48-8.006
48-8.008
Required.
App lica tion.
Investigation.
Inspection-'General
requirements.
Issuance.
Term.
Inspection -Day -Notice.
48-8.010
48-8.012
48-8.014
48-8.002 Required. Every ambulance shall
carry a valid ambulance complian~e card. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-8.004 Application. Each application for
an ambulance compliance card shall be made
upon forms prescribed by the permit officer,
and shall show:
(1) The data required by Section 48-6.006
(1), (4), (10); and
*For r~vocation or suspension provisions, See Ch. 48-14, this
code. For renewal provisions, see S 48-8.004, this code. For
fees, see Ch. 48-10, this code.
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COMPLIANCE CARDS
48-8.006
(2) That the ambulance contains or. will
contain a radio installed pursuant to a radio
maintenance agreement with the county or a
radio installed pursuant to regulations adopted
by the permit officer. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part),
1970).
48-8.006 Investigation. Upon receipt of a
completed application and the required fee, the
permit officer shall make or cause to be made
such investigation as he deems necessary to
determine if:
(1) The ambulance is suitable for the
transportation of patients from the standpoint
of health, sanitation and safety;
(2) The ambulance is maintained in suitable
premises;
(3) The ambulance and its required
equipment conform with the standards,
requirements and regulations of this division;
(4) The ambulance is equipped with all safety
and emergency equipment required for
ambulances by the California Vehicle Code and
the California Administrative Code as now
written or amended hereafter;
(5) The ambulance contains a radio installed
pursuant to a radio maintenance agreement with
the county or a radio installed pursuant to
regulations adopted by the permit officer, and
that the radio is in good working order;
(6) The ambulance complies with all rules,
regulations and requirements of the permit
officer issued under this division. (Ord. 70-77 @
1 (part), 1970).
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48- 8.008 Inspection General
requirements. Each ambulance, its equipment
and the premises designated in the application
and all records relating to its maintenance and
operation shall be open to inspection during
regular working hours by the permit officer or
his designated representative. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1
(part), 1970).
48-8.010 Issuance. The permit officer shall
issue an ambulance compliance card if he
determines that the requirements contained in
Section 48-8.006 have been satisfied and
complied with. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970).
48-8.012 Term. Ambulance compliance
cards shall be valid for a period of one year,
beginning on January 1 and ending on December
31, unless earlier suspended, revoked or
terminated. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970).
48-8.014 Inspection,- Day - Notice. (a)
Annual Date: The permit officer may annually
or as necessary schedule an inspection day
durinK which ambulances may be brought to a
place designated by him to be inspected to
determine if they qualify for an ambulance
compliance card.
(b) Notice: The permit officer shall give
notice of the time and place of the inspection at
least fourteen days in advance by:
(1) Mailing notice to all persons requesting
notice, to all persons holding ambulance service
permits, to all persons holding ambulance
compliance cards; and
(2) Posting in the lobby of the county
administration building. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-10
FEES
Sections:
48-10.002
48-10.004
48-10.006
48-10.008
48-10.010
Annual permit.
Temporary permit.
Proration.
Compliance card.
Payment.
FEES
48-8.008-48.1 0.004
48-10.002 Annual permit. A nonrefundable
fee of one hundred dollars in the form
prescribed by the permit officer shall
accompany every application for an ambulance
service permit. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970).
48-10.004 Temporary permit. (a) Amount:
A nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars in
the form prescribed by the permit officer shall
be required before the permit officer may issue a
temporary ambulance service permit.
(b) Credit: For the purposes of determining
the fee required by Section 48-10.006, if a
regular permit is issued it shall be deemed issued
as of the date the temporary permit was issued
and the permittee shall be entitled to a credit for
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(Contra Costa County 7-80)
Chapter 48-2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
48-2.002
48- 2. 004
48-2.006
Title.
Purpose.
Exemptions.
48-2.002 Title. This division shall be known
as the "ambulance ordinance of Contra Costa
County." (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1.970).
48-2.004 Purpose. The purposes of this
division are to:
(1) Enact formal policies and regulations for
licensing and regulating the operation of
ambulances;
(2) Protect the public by assuring that
ambulances operate safely; and
(3) Assure that adequate ambulance services
will be provided in all areas of the county. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-2.006 Exemptions. (a) This division shall
not apply:
(1) To vehicles operated as ambulances and
to persons engaged in the ambulance service
where ambulance services are rendered at the
request of the county communications center or
at the request of any public protection agency
during any state of "local emergency," "local
disaster," or "local peril," as defined in the
Military and Veterans' Code, in state of
"disaster" or "extreme emergency," as declared
by the Governor;
(2) To vehicles operated as ambulances and
to persons engaged in the ambulance service
where ambulance services are rendered
exclusively to patients who become in need of
ambulance service while on or in the place of
business of the person and where no charge is
made for the ambulance services rendered,
provided however that if the vehicle is going to
travel Code 3 or its equivalent, the county
communications center shall be so notified of
this fact.
(b ) This division shall not prevent any peace
officer, fireman, or physician licensed to
practice medicine in this state, from arranging
for the transportation of an individual in need of
emergency medical care when no ambulance
with a compliance card' is available and such
transportation is required immediately for the
GENERAL PROVISIONS
48- 2.002-48-4.010
preservation of life. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-4
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
48-4.002
48-4.004
48-4.006
48-4.008
48-4.010
48-4.012
48-4.014
48-4.016
48-4.018
48-4.020
48-4.022
48-4.024
Generally.
Ambulance.
Ambulance service.
Attendant.
Driver.
Emergency response areas.
Emergency response area list.
Health officer.
Medical director.
Patient.
Permit officer.
Sheriff.
48-4.002 Generally. Unless otherwise
specifically provided, or required by the
context, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
48-4.004 Ambulance. "Ambulance" means
any privately owned vehicle specifically
constructed, modified, equipped, or arranged
and operated for ambulance service, and which
responds or may respond to emergency calls in
this county. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.006 Ambulance service. "Ambulance
service" means the activity, business or service,
for hire, profit, or otherwise, of transporting one
or more patients by ambulance on or in any of
the streets, roads, highways, alleys, or any public
way or place in the unincorporated areas of this
county. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.008 Attendant. "Attendant" means a
trained and/or qualified individual who,
regardless of whether he also serves as driver, is
responsible for the care of ambulance patients
and who has met all license and other
requirements in applicable state laws and
regulations. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.010 Driver. "Driver" means an
individual who drives an ambulance and who has
met all license and other requirements in
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
applicable state laws and regulations. (Ord.
70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-4.012 Emergency response areas.
"Emergency response areas" means the areas
shown on the map entitled "Emergency
Response Areas of Contra Costa County" on file
in the office of the sheriff and the clerk of the
board, and as it may be changed from time to
time by the permit officer after public hearing.
Notice of public hearing shall be given in
accordance with Section 410-20.002(b). (Ord.
70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-4.014 Emergency response area list.
"Emergency response area list(s)" means that
list of permittee(s) for each emergency response
area who have entered into an ambulance service
agreement with the county and who will be
contacted by the county communications center
in accordance with regulations adopted by the
permit officer to respond to calls for emergency
ambulance services which it receives. Copies of
the emergency response area list(s) shall be kept
on file in the offices of the sheriff and the clerk
of the board. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-4.016 Health officer. "Health officer"
means the county health officer, or other
official designated by the board to perform his -
functions under this division. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1
(part), 1970).
48-4.018 Medical director. "Medical
director" means the medical director of the
Contra Costa County Hospital, or other official
designated by the board to perform his
functions under this division. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I
(part), 1970).
48-4.020 Patient. "Patient" means a person
who is ill, sick, injured, wounded, infirm,
incapacitated, helpless or otherwise in need of
ambulance service. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (pm:t),
1970).
48-4.022 Permit officer.* "Permit officer"
means the health officer. (Ord. 77-61: prior
code ~ 48-1.320: Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part)).
48-4.024 Sheriff. ** "Sheriff" means the
sheriff of this county. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
*For county administrator, see Ch. 244, this code.
**For sheriff, see Ch. 24-20, this code.
(Contra Costa County 9-15-77)
Chapter 48-6
PERMITS*
Sections:
48-6.002
48-6.004
48-6.006
48-6.008
48-6.010
48-6.012
48-6.014
48-6.016
48-6.018
48-6.020
Required.
Application-Forms.
Application - Required data.
Applican t - Investigation.
Applicant-Additional investi-
gation.
Issuance.
Term.
Temporary-When issued.
Application-Change of data.
Termination.
48-6.002 Required. No person (either as
owner, agent or otherwise) shall furnish,
operate, conduct, maintain or otherwise engage
in, or advertise, offer or profess to engage in the
ambulance service unless he holds (and is
entitled to hold) a currently valid ambulance
service permit. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-6.004 Application Forms.** Each
application for an ambulance service permit shall
be made upon forms prescribed by the permit
officer. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-6.006 Application - Required data.
Each application shall show the following data:
(1) The name(s) and addressees) of the
applicant(s) and of the owner(s) of the
ambulance(s) and the business or any interest
therein;
(2) The applicant's training and experience in
the transportation and care of patients;
(3) The name(s) under which the applicant
has engaged, does, and/or proposes to engage in
ambulance service;
(4) A description of each ambulance,
including the make, model, year of manufacture,
motor and chassis numbers, current state license
number, the length of time the ambulance has
been in use; and the color scheme, insignia,
name, monogram and other distinguishing
characteristics of the ambulance(s);
(5) That the applicant has obtained all
licenses and/or permits required by state laws or
*For revocation or suspension provisions, See Ch. 48-14, this
code. For renewal provisions, see 11 48-18.004, this code. For
fees, see Ch. 48-10, this code.
**For county administrator as permit officer, see 11 484.022, this
code.
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regulations for ambulances and ambulance
operators;
(6) That the applicant has. or is making
application for an ambulance compliance card
for each ambulance listed in the application;
(7) Evidence of such financial responsibility
or insurance coverage as may be required by the
permit officer in regulations issued by him;
(8) Whether the applicant has or desires an
ambulance service agreement with the county,
and if so, the emergency response area list(s) the
applicant would like to be placed on;
(9) All facts proving that the public health,
safety, welfare, convenience and necessity
require the granting of the permit as requested;
and
(10) Such other information as the permit
officer reasonably deems necessary to a fair
determination of compliance with this division.
(Ord. 7Q-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-6.008 Applicant - Investigation. Upon
receipt of a completed application and the
required fee, the permit officer shall make or
cause to be made such investigation as he deems
necessary to determine if:
(I) The public health, safety, welfare,
convenience and necessity require the issuing of
a permit;
(2) The applicant is a responsible and proper
person to conduct, operate or engage in this
ambulance service;
(3) The applicant meets the requirements of
this division and of all other applicable laws,
ordinances and regulations. (Ord. 7Q- 77 ~ I
(part), 1970),
48-6.0 10 Applicant Additional
investigation. Where the application states that
the applicant has or desires an ambulance service
agreement with the county and desires to be
placed on one or more emergency response area
list(s) the permit officer shall make or cause to
be made such additional investigation as he
deems necessary to determine if:
(I) A valid ambulance service agreement
exists between the county and the applicant;
and
(2) The public health, safety, welfare,
convenience and necessity require that the
applicant be placed on the emergency response
area list(s) requested. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
COMPLIANCE CARDS
48-6.008-48-8.002
48-6.012 Issuance. The permit officer shall
issue an ambulance service permit to the
applicant if he determines that the requirements
contained in Sections 48-6.008 and 48-6.010 (if
applicable) have been satisfied and complied
with. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-6.014 Term. Permits shall be valid fot a
period of one year, beginning on January I and
ending on December 31 , unless earlier
suspended, revoked or terminated. (Ord. 70-77 ~
I (part), 1970).
48-6.016 Temporary - When issued. The
permit officer may issue a temporary permit for
not over ninety days, pending completion of
regular permit procedures. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I
(part), 1970).
48-6.018 Application - Change of data.
The applicant and permittee shall report to the
permit officer any change in the data required in
Section 48-6.006 within ten days of the
effective date of the change, except that any
change in the data required in Section 48-6.006
(1) and (5) shall be reported immediately. (Ord.
7Q-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-6.020 Termination. Any change of
ownership of a permitted ambulance service
terminates the permit. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-8
COMPLIANCE CARDS*
Sections:
48-8.002
48-8.004
48-8.006
48-8.008
Required.
Application.
Investigation.
Inspection -General
requirements.
Issuance.
Term.
Inspection-Day -Notice.
48-8.010
48-8.012
48-8.014
48-8.002 Required. Every ambulance shall
carry a valid ambulance compliance card. (Ord.
7Q- 77 ~ I (part), 1970).
*For revocation or suspension provisions, See Ch. 48-14, this
code. For renewal provisions, see ~ 48-8.004, this code. For
fees, see Ch. 48-10, this code.
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48-8.004-48-10.004
HEALTH AND SAFETY
48-8.004 Application. Each application for
an ambulance compliance card shall be made
upon forms prescribed by the permit officer,
and shall show:
(1) The data required by Section 418-6.006
(1), (4), (10); and
(2) That the ambulance contains or will
contain a,. radio installed pursuant to a radio
maintenance agreement with the county or a
radio installed pursuant to regulations adopted
by the permit officer. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
48-8.006 Investigation. Upon receipt of a
completed application and the required fee, the
permit officer shall make or cuase to be made
such investigation as he deems necessary to
determine if:
(I) The ambulance is suitable for the
transportation of patients from the standpoint
of health, sanitation and safety;
(2) The ambulance is maintained in suitable
premises;
(3) The ambulance and its required
equipment conform with the standards,
requirements and regulations of this division;
(4) The ambulance is equipped with all safety
and emergency equipment required for
ambulances by the California Vehicle Code and
the California Administrative Code as now
written or amended hereafter;
(5) The ambulance contains a radio installed
pursuant to a radio maintenance agreement with
the county or a radio installed pursuant to
regulations adopted by the permit officer, and
that the radio is in good working order;
(6) The ambulance complies with all rules,
regulations and requirements of the permit
officer issued under this division. (Ord. 70-77 ~
I (part), 1970).
48-8.008 Inspection General
requirements. Each ambulance, its equipment
and the premises designated in the application
and all records relating to its maintenance and
operation shall be open to inspection during
regular working hours by the permit officer or
his designated representative. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I
(part), 1970).
48-8.010 Issuance. The permit officer shall
issue an ambulance compliance card if he
determines that the requirements contained in
Section 48-8.006 have been satisfied and
complied with. (Ord. 70-77 g I (part), 1970).
48-8.012 Term. Ambulance compliance
cards shall be valid for a period of one year,
beginning on January I and ending on December
31, unless earlier suspended, revoked or
terminated. (Ord. 70-77 g I (part), 1970).
48-8.014 Inspection - Day - Notice. (a)
Annual Date: The permit officer may annually
or as necessary schedule an inspection day
during which ambulances may be brought to a
place designated by him to be inspected to
determine if they qualify for an ambulance
compliance card.
(b) Notice: The permit officer shall give
notice of the time and place of the inspection at
least fourteen days in advance by:
(I) Mailing notice to all persons requesting
notice, to all persons holding ambulance service
permits, to all persons holding ambulance
compliance cards; and
(2) Posting in the lobby of the county
administration building. (Ord. 70-77 g I (part),
1970).
Chapter 48-10
FEES
Sections:
48-10.002
48-10.004
48-10.006
48-10.008
48-10.010
Annual permit.
Temporary permit.
Proration.
Compliance card.
Payment.
48-10.002 Annual permit. A nonrefundable
fee of one hundred dollars in the form
prescribed by the permit officer shall
accompany every application for an ambulance
service permit. (Ord. 70-77 g I (part), 1970).
48-10.004 Temporary permit. (a) Amount:
A nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars in
the form prescribed by the permit officer . shall
be required before the permit officer may issue a
temporary ambulance service permit.
(b) Credit: For the purposes of determining
the fee required by Section 48-10.006, if a
regular permit is issued it shall be deemed issued
as of the date the temporary permit was issued
and the permittee shall be entitled to a credit for
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the amount of the temporary permit fee paid.
(Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970). .
48-10.006 Proration. When an initial permit
is issued the permit fee shall be prorated as
follows:
(1) Full fee if issued in January, February or
March;
(2) Three-quarters of the annual fee if issued
in April, Mayor June;
(3) One-half of the annual fee if issued in
July, August or September; and
(4) One-quarter of the annual fee if issued in
October, November, or December. (Ord. 70-77 @
1 (part), 1970).
48-10.008 Compliance card. A
nonrefundable fee of ten dollars in the form
prescribed by the permit officer shall
accompany an application for an ambulance
compliance card. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970).
48-10.010 Payment.* The fees required by
this chapter shall be paid directly to the tax
collector, whose receipt shall be presented to the
permit officer for examination at the time
application for a permit or card is made. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
Chapter 48-12
DRIVER AND ATTENDANT
STANDARDS
Sections:
48-12.002
48-12; 004
Good moral character required.
Physical examination
requirements.
Age restrictions.
Uniform and appearance.
Training requirements.
Additional moral standards.
48-12.006
48-12.008
48-12.010
48-12.012
48-12.002 Good moral character required.
Each person providing ambulance services
subject to permit under this division shall
employ only drivers and attendants of good
moral character. (Ord. 70-77 @ 1 (part), 1970).
48-12.004 Ph y sical examination
requirements. Each person providing ambulance
*For tax collector, see Ch. 24-10, this code.
48-10.006-48-12.010
services subject to permit under this division
shall employ and retain in employment only
those drivers and attendants who within the past
two years have been certified by a duly licensed
physician (on a form provided by the permit
officer) to be of sound physique, possessing
eyesight corrected to at least 20/40 in the better
eye, free of physical defects or diseases which
might impair his ability to drive or attend an
ambulance, and who meet the requirements of
this division and such other requirements as may
be prescribed by the permit officer to assure
compliance with the division. The completed
form shall be deposited with the permit officer
within thirty days following the employee's date
of employment or within two years of last
physical examination. (Ords. 77-77, 70-77: prior
code S 48-1.1104).
48-12.006 Age restrictions. Each person
providing ambulance services subject to permit
under this division shall staff each ambulance
with a driver and an attendant, at least eighteen
years old. (Ords. 78-6, 70-77).
48.12.008 Uniform and appearance. Each
person providing ambulance services subject to
permit under this division shall staff each
ambulance with a driver and an attendant, both
of whom shall wear clean uniforms, be neat and
clean and comply with the requirements of this
division and such other requirements as may be
prescribed by the permit officer to assure
compliance with this division. (Ord. 70-77 S I
(part), 1970).
48-12.010 Training requirements. (a)
Minimum Training. Each person subject to
permit under this division shall employ only
drivers and attendants who have met all license
and other requirements in applicable state laws
and regulations, and who have completed such
additional training as may be prescribed by the
permit officer in regulations adopted by him.
(b) Exception - Doctors. The attendant need
not comply with the training requirements of
this section if he is a physician licensed to
practice medicine in this state.
(c) Exception - Additional Attendant(s).
Where an ambulance contains two or more
attendants (in addition to the driver) the permit
officer, by regulation, may exempt the
additional attendants from some or all training
requirements. (Ord. 70-77 S 1 (part), 1970).
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
48-12.012 Additional moral standards. No .
person providing ambulance services subject to
permit under this division shall employ, retain in
employment or use any person as a driver or
attendant of an ambulance who:
(1) Is required to register under Penal Code,
Section 290;
(2) Has been convicted of any felony or
theft;
(3) Has committed any act involving moral
turpitude;
(4) Has (if such person serves or may serve as
driver) a record of conviction(s) for the illegal
operation of motor vehicles and/or ambulance(s)
affecting their safe operation, which record
would constitute a prima facie presumption that
such person is a negligent operator of a motor
vehicle pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 12810;
(5) Has violated any of the provisions of this
division or has violated any of the regulations
promulgated by the permit officer hereunder
after receiving written notice from the permit
officer to cease and desist. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1
(part), 1970).
Chapter 48-14
PERMIT AND CARD SUSPENSION
OR REVOCATION
Sections:
48-14.002
48-14.004
48-14.006
48-14.008
48-14.010
Authority.
Notice issuance.
Hearing.
Decision.
Emergency action.
48-14.002 Authority. The permit officer
may suspend or revoke an ambulance service
permit or ambulance compliance card for failure
to comply with and maintain compliance with,
or for violation of, any applicable provisions,
standards or requirements of this division, or of
regulations promulgated hereunder by the
permit officer. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-14.004 Notice issuance. Before such
suspension or revocation, the permit officer shall
give written notice to tl..e holder specifying why
such action is being contemplated and giving the
holder a reasonable period of time (not over
fifteen days) to comply with the provisions of
this division and of the regulations promulgated
(Contra Costa County 9-15-79)
hereunder and/or to show cause against
suspension or revocation and setting a date for
hearing thereon. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-14.006 Hearing. At the hearing the
holder may present evidence as to why such
action should not be taken and to answer the
evidence against him. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part),
1970).
48-14.008 Decision. The permit officer shall
issue his written decision within thirty days after
conclusion of the hearing. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I
(part), 1970).
48-14.010 Emergency action. The permit
officer may immediately suspend or revoke any
permit or card when he makes a written finding
of fact(s) requiring such action to protect the
public health and safety and welfare; but he
shall immediately so notify the person(s)
involved pursuant to Section 48-14.004 who
shall then have a right to hearing pursuant to
Section 48-14.006 on the reinstatement of the
permit or card. (Ord. 70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
Chapter 48-16
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Sections:
48-16.002
48-16.004
48-16.006
General requirements.
Change of area map.
Preparation of area lists.
48-16.002 General requirements. When
responding to an emergency call and/or
operating "Code 3" or its equivalent, the
ambulance driver shall see that the radio is
activated; shall notify the county
communications center that he is responding to
an emergency call and/or operating "Code 3" or
its equivalent; shall notify the county
communications center of his destination; and
shall comply with all orders and directions given
by the county communications center. (Ord.
70-77 ~ 1 (part), 1970).
48-16.004 Change of area map. The
effective date of any changes of the boundaries
of the ambulance service areas as contained in
the map entitled "emergency response areas of
Contra Costa County" shall be the thiitieth day
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
after the date of the change. (Ord. 79-44: prior
code S 48-1.1702; Ord. 70-77 S 1 (part), 1970).
48-16.006 Preparation of area lists. The
permit officer shall prepare and keep up to date
the emergency response area lists. The permit
officer shall include on the list(s) those persons
complying with the requirements of Section
48-6.010. (Ord. 70-77~ 1 (part), 1970).
Chapter 48-18
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sections:
48-18. 002
48-18.004
Dispatching.
Renewal of permits and
compliance cards.
48-18.002 Dispatching. (a) Ambulance
Available: Upon receiving a call for an
ambulance the permittee shall immediately
dispatch an ambulance to the address or place
given and the ambulance dispatched shall
immediately start a direct run to that address or
place and shall complete that run unless directed
otherwise by the county communications
center, or unles.s diverted to respond to an
emergency.
(b) Ambulance Unavailable: Upon receiving a
call for an ambulance and having no ambulance
available to immediately make a direct run to
the address or place given, the permittee shall
immediately notify the caller of this fact, and if
the caller cannot be so notified, the permittee
shall immediately notify the county
communications center.
(c) Ambulance Diverted: If an ambulance is
directed to make a direct run to an address or
place and is thereafter diverted for any reason,
the permittee shall immediately notify the caller
of this fact, and if the caller cannot be so
notified, the permittee shall notify the county
communications center. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
48-18.004 Renewal of permits and
compliance cards. Renewal of an ambulance
service permit or an ambulance compliance card
shall require conformance with all requirements
of this division as upon issuance of an original
permit or card. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-16.006-48-20.006
Chapter 48-20
ENFORCEMENT
Sections:
48-20.002
48-20.004
48-20.006
Authority.
Investigations.
Violations prohibited.
48-20.002 Authority. (a) Adoption: The
permit officer, after consultation with, and
pursuant to the recommendations of the county
emergency medical care committee, and after
public hearing, shall adopt and enforce such
reasonable regulations as he determines are
necessary for the public health and safety
regarding the operation of ambulances and to
effectuate the provisions of this division.
(b) Notice: The permit officer shall give
notice of the time and place of the public
hearing at least fourteen days in advance by:
(I) Mailing notice to all persons requesting
notice, to all persons holding ambulance service
permits, to all persons holding ambulance
compliance cards; and
(2) Posting in the lobby of the county
administration building. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part),
1970).
48-20.004 Investigations. (a) Scope:
Whenever in this division the permit officer is
required to make, or cause to be made, such
investigation as he deems necessary to determine
if certain fact(s) or condltion(s) exist, he may
accept a written statement by an appropriate
county officer or an appropriate officer of the
state of California as prima facie evidence that
such fact(s) or condition(s) do or do not exist.
(b) Time: Whenever in this division the
permit officer is required to make, or cause to
be made an investigation with regard to an
application for an ambulance service permit,
ambulance compliance card or to be placed on
an emergency response area list he shall
complete his investigation and either approve or
deny the application, in whole or in part, within
sixty days of the date of application. (Ord.
70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
48-20.006 Violations prohibited. No person
shall do anything forbidden by this division or
regulations issued hereunder, nor do anything
regulated thereunder in a way contrary to such
regulation. (Ord. 70-77 ~ I (part), 1970).
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410-2.002-410-2.010
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Division 410
WATER SAFETY
Chapters:
410-2
410-4
410-6
410-8
General Provisions
Speed Zones
Restrictions
Violations
Chapter 410-2
GENERAL PROVlSIONS*
Sections:
410-2.002
410-2.004
410- 2.006
410-2.008
410-2.010
Applicability.
DefInitions.
Owner responsibility.
Establishment of marked areas.
Water shows and boat races
exempt.
410-2.002 Applicability. Subject to federal
and state statutes and regulations, this division
applies to and governs all public waters in this
county, including lakes and rivers or portions of
them, over which this county has police power
jurisdiction exclusively and/or concurrently with
the United States and/or the state of California.
(Ord. 69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
410- 2.004 Definitions. Unless the context
otherwise requires, the words and phrases used
in this division have the meanings gi'.'~n them in.
*I'or the constitutional grant of power to any county to make
and enforce within its limits all such local, police and other
regulations as are not in conflict with the general laws, see
CALIF. CaNST. art. 11 ~ 7. For the constitutional provision
for unobstructed public access to navigable waters, see CALIF.
CaNST. art. 15 !l 2. For the statutory regulation of the
operation and equipment of vessels on the waters of the state,
see Harb. & N. C. ~ 650 ff. For the statutory authority of
cJunties to adopt local regulations for vessels generally but for
undocumented vessels only regarding time of day restrictions,
speed zones, special use areas and sanitation and pollution
cJntrol, see Harb. & N. C. !l660. For the provisions vesting the
supervision of sanitation, healthfulness and safety of the public
b~aches and public water-contact sports areas of the ocean
v. aters and bays of the state in the State Department of Public
Health, see Health & Saf. C !l 24155 ff. For the statutory
regulation of the driving of motor vehicles on canal watercourse
banks, see Veh. C. ~ 21116. For the statutory limitation of a
public entity's liability for the condition of any unpaved road
providing access water sports, see Gov. C. ~ 831.4. For the
statutory provision prohibiting the littering of waters within
the state, see Pen. C. !l 374e.
(Contra Costa County 9-15-79)
Chapter 5 of Division 3 (Sections 650 ff) of the
California Harbors and Navigation Code.
"Aquaplane" means any device, including
skis, used to move one or more persons on the
surface of the water and pulled or towed by any
vessel, vehicle, or other motive power. (Ord.
69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
410-2.006 Owner responsibility. No person
owning, possessing, or in charge of any vessel
shall knowingly permit the vessel to be operated
in violation of this division. (Ord. 69-50 ~ 1
(part), 1969).
410-2.008 Establishment of marked areas.*
The board of supervisors by resolution as to
waters under its jurisdiction, and/or the
authorized representative of any other public
agency as to water under its jurisdiction, may
designate and cause to be appropriately marked
boat launching areas, areas designed exclusively
for swimming, areas where swimming is
prohibited, areas where boats are prohibited,
areas of restricted speed or "slow areas," and
other boating and personnel control signs and
devices, and may change these designations from
time to time as the public safety and welfare
may require. No person shall fail to comply with
these designations when so marked. (Ord. 69-50
~ 1 (part), 1969).
410-2.010 Water shows and boat races
exempt. This division does not prohibit or
restrict the operation of any vessel, aquaplane,
or water skier actually participating in a water
show, race or regatta, previously authorized in
writing and actively supervised by a public
agency or its duly authorized agent having
jurisdiction over the waters involved. (Ord.
69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
Chapter 410-4
SPEED ZONES**
Sections:
410-4.002
410-4.004
410-4.006
Speed designated.
Slow area.
Near swimmers.
*For the statutorY provision regarding uniform navigational
markings, see Harb. & N. C. ~ 659. .
**For the statutory authority to establish speed zones, see Harb.
& N. C. ~ 660.
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410-4.008
410-4.010
410-4.012
410-4.014
Near vessels sixteen feet or
under.
Near swimming floats.
Near docks or wharves.
Near vessels engaged in
rescue operations.
410-4.002 Speed designated. The areas
designated in this chapter are speed zones in
which no person shall operate any vessel, or
permit it to be operated, at a speed in excess of
five nautical miles per hour. (Ord. 69-50 S I
(part), 1969).
410-4.004 Slow area. Any area designated
as a "slow area" by resolution of the board of
supervisors is a speed zone. (Ord. 69-50 ~ I
(part), 1969).
410-4.006 Near swimmers. The area within
one hundred feet of any person who is bathing
or swimming is a speed zone. (Ord. 69-50 ~ 1
(part), 1969).
410-4.008 Near vessels sixteen feet or
under. The area within one hundred feet of any
vessel sixteen feet in length or smaller likely to
be seriously endangered by the wake of the
passing vessel is a speed zone. (Ord. 69-50 S I
(part), 1969).
410-4.010 Near swimming floats. The area
within two hundred feet of any swimming float
or diving platform, except special floats used for
water skiing, is a speed zone. Special skiing
floats shall be clearly marked and permits issued
for their establishment, and the area of their use
shall be designated by the appropriate authority.
(Ord. 69-50 ~ I (part), 1969).
410-4.012 Near docks or wharves. The area
within two hundred feet of any legal dock,
wharf, dam, way or landing float to which
vessels are landed or made fast or which is used
for the embarkation or discharge of passengers
as approved by U.S. Army Engineers is a speed
zone. (Ord. 69-50 ~ I (part), 1969).
410-4.014 Near vessels engaged in rescue
operations. The area within two hundred feet
of:
(I) Any marked vessel engaged in rescue
operations or dragging for bodies or property; or
(2) Any vessel attempting to overhaul or
board another vessel involved in any violation of
RESTRICTIONS
410-4.002-410-6.008
this division or of any other law; or
(3) Any vessel engaged in fire fighting is a
speed zone. (Ord. 69-50 ~ I (part), 1969).
Chapter 410-6
RESTRICTIONS*
Sections:
410-6.002
410-6.004
410-6.006
Where swimming is prohibited.
Near marked swimming areas.
Near dam or in "no
boating" areas.
Motorboats on small lakes.
Overloading vessels.
Discharge of firearms.
Night aquaplaning and water
skiing.
Operation of vessel by
passengers.
410-6.008
410-6.010
410-6.012
410-6.014
410-6.016
410-6.002 Where swimming is prohibited.
No person shall swim in any area designated as a
"no swimming" area, or outside the boundaries
of a marked swimming area, or in a location or
in a manner likely to create a condition
hazardous to himself or to any other person or
object. (Ord. 69-50 ~ I (part), 1969).
410-6.004 Near marked swimming areas. No
person shall operate any vessel, or ride, pull or
tow any aquaplane or water skis, within any
designated swimming area or within twenty feet
of the exterior boundaries thereof. (Ord. 69-50
~ I (part), 1969).
410-6.006 Near dam or in "no boating"
areas. No person shall operate any vessel within
five hundred feet of any dam owned or operated
by a public agency, or within any area
designated as a "no boating" area by the
appropriate regulatory agency, where signs have
been erected giving- notice of the prohibition.
(Ord. 69-50 ~ I (part), 1969).
410-6.008 Motorboats on small lakes. No
person shall operate a motorboat on a lake
containing less than three hundred surface acres
*For statutory authority to establish special use zones and time
of day restrictions, see Harb. & N. C. ~ 660. For statutory
provisions regarding the designation of a boat's capacity, see
Harb. & N. C. ~ 653. For the statutory regulation of vessels on
state waters, see Harb. & N. C. 5650 ff. .
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410-6.010-410-8.002
HEALTH AND SAFETY
where signs have been erected at intervals of not
over one-quarter mile around the lake giving
notice of the prohibition. (Ord. 69-50 ~ 1 (part),
1969).
410-6.010 Overloading vessels. No person
shall load or operate any vessel with passengers
or cargo in excess of its safe carrying capacity. A
violation of the following standard constitutes
prima facie evidence of a violation of this
section. The maximum safe carrying capacity, in
pounds, of any rowboat or outboard motorboat,
except racing models, is seven and one-half times
the product of the length, width and depth
(draft plus freeboard) in feet. (Ord. 69-50 S 1
(part), 1969).
410-6.012 Discharge of firearms. No person
shall shoot any firearm, or gun operated by
spring or compressed gas, from any vessel or
across or over any portion of any navigable body
of water; but this does not prohibit the
otherwise lawful shooting of a shotgun to kill
waterfowl. (Ord. 69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
410-6.014 Night aquaplaning and water
skiing. No person shall operate a vessel, vehicle
or other motive power which is pulling or
towing any aquaplane or water skier, nor shall
any person ride any aquaplane or water skis,
between sunset and the following sunrise. (Ord.
69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
410-6.016 Operation of vessel by
passengers. No person shall operate, or permit
the operation of, any vessel while anyone is
anywhere thereon not designed or intended for
use by passengers, nor shall anyone ride in such
a manner. (Ord. 69-50 ~ 1 (part), 1969).
Chapter 410-8
VIOLATIONS*
Sections:
410-8.002
Generally.
410-8.002 Generally. When any person is
arrested for a violation of this division, the
provisions of Harbors and Navigation Code
*For the statutory provisions regarding enforcement of state
statutes regarding the operation and equipment of vessels, see
Harb. & N. C. !l663 ff.
(Contra Costa County 9-15-78)
Sections 664 ff. shall apply. (Ord. 69-50 S 1
(part), 1969).
Division 413
PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES AND FEES
Chapters:
413-3 Public Health Licenses and Fees
Chapter 413-3
PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES AND FEES
Article 413-3.2 General Provisions
Sections:
413-3.204 Purpose and authority.
413-3.206 Area of application.
Article 413-3.4 Definitions
Sections:
413-3.402
413-3.404
413-3.406
413-3.408
413-3.409
413-3.410
413-3.412
413~3.413
413-3.414
413-3.415
Article 413-3.6
Sections:
413-3.602
413-3.604
413-3.606
General.
Activity.
Area of application.
Health officer.
Incidental confectionery.
License year.
Retail food vehicle.
Small water system.
Vending machine business.
Septic tank-chemical toilet
cleaner.
License Requirements
Public health license required.
Licensable activities.
Other licenses and require-
ments.
413-3.608 Term.
413-3.610 Separate activities.
413-3.612 License display.
413-3.614 Vending machine operators.
Article 413-3.8 Issuance of Licenses
Sections:
413-3.802
413-3.804
413-3.806
413-3.808
413-3.810
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Application.
License content.
Additional identification.
Notify health officer.
Renewal licenses.
PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES AND FEES
413-3.812 Lost licenses and replacement
vehicles.
413-3.814 Refunds.
413-3.816 Temporary licenses.
Article 413-3.3.10 Exemptions
Sections:
413-3.1002 Blind.
413-3.1 004 Charitable or tax-supported
institutions.
413-3.1006 Delivery vehicles.
Article 413-3.12 License Fees
Sections:
413-3.1202 Square footage.
413-3.1204 Temporary license fees.
413-3.1206 Delinquency, penalty and
waiver.
413-3.1208 Plans and inspection deposits.
413-3.1210 Prorating fees.
413-3.1212 Bakery.
413-3.1214 Food processing establish-
ment.
41 3-3.1216 Wholesale food market.
413-3.1218 Retail food production and
marketing establishment.
413-3.1220 Restaurants, taverns, cocktail
lounges, snack bars.
413-3.1222 Itinerant restaurant.
413-3.1224 Vehicles and peddlers.
413-3.1226 Roadside stand.
413-3.1228 Food vending machine.
413-3.1230 Food salvager.
413-3.1232 Food demonstrator.
413-3.1234 Ice plant.
413-3.1236 Public swimming pool.
413-3.1238 Wiping rag business.
413-3.1240 Small water system.
413-3.1242 Incidental confectionery.
413-3.1244 Septic tank-chemical toilet
clean er.
Article 413-3.14 Enforcement
Sections:
413-3.1402 General.
413-3.1404 Administration and regulation
413-3.1406 Temporary suspension.
413-3.1408 Emergency suspension.
413-3.1410 Revocation.
413-3.1412 Hearings.
413-3.1414 Appeals.
Article 413-3.2
General Provisions
413-3.204 Purpose and authority. Pursuant
to Health and Safety Code Section 510, the
board determines:
413-3.204-413-3.409
(1) That the expenses of the health officer, in
the enforcement of statutes, orders, quarantines,
embargoes, rilles and regillations, prescribed by
state officers and departments relating to public
health, are not met by any fees prescribed by
the state; and
(2) That the fees prescribed herein will help
pay the health officer's reasonable expenses
incurred in such enforcement. (Ord. 74-1 ~ I
(part), 1974).
413-3.206 Area of application. Licenses
required by this chapter shall be required of
every activity described herein, within the
unincorporated area of the county and within
any city in which the county health officer
enforces any state statute, order, quarantine,
embargo, rille or regulation relating to public
health. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
Article 413-3.4
Definitions
413-3.402 General. (a) Unless otherwise
specifically provided, or required by the
context, the following terms have the following
indicated meanings in this chapter.
(b) Terms not defined herein but defined in
the California Health and Safety Code have the
meanings given in that code. (Ord. 74-1 ~ I
(part),1974).
413-3.404 Activity. "Activity" means every
business, occupation, operation, activity,
machine, vehicle or object engaged in or used for
the purposes and things regillated hereunder.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.406 Area of application. "Area of
application" means the geographical area
described in Section 413-3.206. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.408 Health officer. "Health officer"
means the county (city) health officer, his
medical deputies, and his duly authorized
subordinates. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.409 Incidental confectionery.
"Incidental confectionery" means activity
incidental to the main nonfood business
operations (e.g., department, drug, variety or
bait stores), for the sale of candy, gum, peanuts
or similar confectionery and food or beverage,
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(Contra Costa County 11.81)
413-3.410-413-3.614
HEALTH AND SAFETY
with less than three hundred fifty dollars retail
value of food in stock. (Ord. 74-79 ~ 1).
413-3.410 License year. "License year"
means March 1st through February 28th (29th).
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.412 Retail food vehicle. "Retail food
vehicle" means any vehicle designed or used or
intended to be used by or for anyone or more
of the following persons and/or uses: bakery dis-
tributor, fish peddler, food salvage distributor,
fruit and/or vegetable distributor, grocery dis-
tributor, industrial catering, mobile food prepar-
ation unit, and itinerant restaurant. It includes
any vehicle from which animal food, bakery prod-
ucts, fish, shellfish, seafood, fruits, vegetables,
meats, poultry, preserves, jelly, relish, milk or
any other dairy products, food or food products,
ice or beverages, whether in bulk, canned,
wrapped, bottled, packaged, or any other form,
are sold or kept for sale at retail, or are distributed
to the consumer, (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.413 Small water system. "Small
water system" means a utility system which fur-
nishes water for domestic purposes to from two
through one hundred ninety-nine service connec-
tions inclusive and includes "Public Water Sys-
tems" as defined in California Health and Safety
Code Section 4010.1 and its applicable regula-
tions under Title 22 of the California Adminis-
trative Code. (Ords. 81-56 ~ 2, 74~79 ~ 2:
H.&S.C. ~~ 4010 ff).
413-3 .414 Vending machine business.
"Vending machine business" means the activity
of selling food or drink by vending machine(s),
regardless of the number of machines or
locations. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.415 Septic tank-chemical toilet
cleaner. "Septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner"
means a person engaged in the business of
cleaning septic tanks, individual sewage systems,
holding tanks, pit privy, cesspools or seepage
pits, or of providing or cleaning chemical toilets.
(Ord. 78-43 ~ 1).
Article 413-3.6
License Requirements
413-3.602 Public health license required.
No person shall conduct, operate or engage in
any activity or object listed in Section
413-3.604, within the area of application,
without having a valid, unrevoked, unsuspended
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
public health license therefor. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.604 Licensable activities. The
following must be licensed hereunder:
Restaurants, retail food markets, wholesale food
markets, food processing establishments,
roadside stands, food salvagers, ice plants,
peddlers, itinerant restaurants, bakeries, retail
food vehicles, food vending machine businesses,
public swimming pools, wiping rag businesses,
small water systems, and septic tank-chemical
toilet cleaners. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1: Ords. 74-79 ~ 3,
74-1).
413-3.606 Other licenses and requirements.
Licenses required by this chapter are in addition
to any other license or permit required within
the area of application, and do not exempt any
person, operation or premises from sanitary
requirements enforced by the health officer.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.608 Term. Licenses shall be for not
more than one year. None is valid after midnight
on February 28th (29th) after its date of
effectiveness. (Ord.74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.610 Separate activities. If a person
engages in, conducts, manages or carries on, at
the same time, more than one licensable activity
or object, each such activity or object shall be
considered as separate and distin.ct from the
other(s), whether located on the same premises
or not. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.612 License display. (a) Exhibition
on Request. Every person required to have a
license hereunder shall show it on request by the
health officer.
(b) Fixed Place of Business. Every such
person with a fixed location of such activity
shall keep such license conspicuously posted
therein.
(c) Itinerant and Vehicle. Every such person
without a fixed place of such activity shall carry
such license with him at all times while so
engaged; and the operator of every retail food
vehicle shall keep its license in it while it is so
used. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.614 Vending machine operators. (a)
Identification Plate. Each food or drink vending
machine shall have conspicuously affixed
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413-3.614
thereon a durable identification plate, setting
forth its model number or symbol and its
individual identifying serial number.
(b) Identification Decal. Each such machine
shall have similarly affixed a decal or other
identification, if furnished by the tax collector,
indicating that the required health license fee
has been paid for the current license year.
(c) List of Machines. The operator of a food
or drink vending machine activity shall maintain
in its principal place of business in this county a
current record or list by serial number of every
such machine and its location within the area of
application.
(d) Annual Report. On or before December
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PUBLIC HEALTH LICENSES AND FEES
1 st of each year, such operator of a food or
drink vending machine business shall give the tax
collector a list of the addresses at which his
licensable machines are located, which he
intends to license for the following license year.
(Ord. 74-1 S 1 (part), 1974).
Article 413-3.8
Issuance of Licenses
413-3.802 Application. Every person
owning, conducting or operating any activity for
which a license is required hereunder shall apply
for a license to the health officer, on a form
provided by him. If the health officer approves
the application, he shall so indicate to the tax
collector, to whom the applicant shall then pay
the required fee and penalty, if any. The tax
collector shall issue a public health license when
these requirements have been met. Temporary
licenses are governed by Section 413-3.816.
(Ord. 74-1 S 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.804 License content. Every public
health license shall contain the following
information:
(1) Name and address of the licensee;
(2) Nature and location of the licensed
activity or object;
(3) If issued for a retail food vehicle, the
vehicle identification number or license number;
(4) Date of issuance, and statement of its
period of validity or of its invalidity after
February 28th (29th) or other specified date;
(5) Statement that it is not transferable
between persons, vehicles, objects or places; and
(6) Statement that it is conditioned on
compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations. (Ord. 74-1 S 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.806 Additional identification. The
tax collector, when required or when he deems
it necessary hereunder, shall issue with any
license further identification in the form of a
license plate, decal or gummed sticker to be
conspicuously displayed. (Ord. 74-1 S 1 (part),
1974).
413-3.808 Notify health officer. Within
three working days after the initial issuance of a
license, the tax collector shall give the health
officer a copy. (Ord. 74-1 S I (part), 1974).
413-3.810 Renewal licenses. (a) Issuance.
413-3.802-413.3.1002
On or before every January 31 st, the tax
collector may send to each person who obtained
a license during the license year a bill (invoice)
for the appropriate license fee for the following
year. He shall promptly send the licensee a
fee-receipted license when the fee is paid. This
"receipt" is merely the "fee-paid" copy of the
license.
(b) Effective Date and Display. No such
license is valid or issuable until the required
license fee is received by the tax collector,
including penalty unless the fee is received or
postmarked before the effective (delinquency)
date. The licensee shall display the fee-receipted
license, or shall make it available for objects or
machines.
( c) Report on Renewals. On every April 1 st,
or as soon as practicable thereafter, the tax
collector shall notify the health officer of the
names of those persons who have, and who have
not, renewed their licenses. (Ord. 74-1 S 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.812 Lost licenses and replacement
vehicles. The tax collector, upon receiving a fee
of ten dollars, may issue a new license to a
licensee who shows that his license has been lost
or stolen, or who owns or operates a retail food
vehicle which replaces a formerly licensed
vehicle. (Ord. 74-1 S 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.814 Refunds. The auditor shall
refund to a licensee all moneys erroneously
collected if the licensee files a proper claim
demonstrating this to the auditor. (Ord. 74-1 S 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.816 Temporary licenses. The health
. officer may issue a nonrenewable temporary
license for activities or objects licensable
hereunder for a period of not over thirty-one
consecutive calendar days in any license year.
The application and other matters regulated by
this article shall be conformable herewith,
except that the health officer shall administer
them and may regulate and prescribe forms
therefor conformable herewith. (Ord. 74-1 S 1
(part), 1974).
Article 413-3.10
Exemptions
413-3.1002 Blind. The tax collector shall
issue without fee but on application, a license to
III
(Contra Costa County ~-15-79)
413-3.1004-413-3.1208
HEALTH AND SAFETY
any blind person (having not more than ten
percent visual acuity in the better eye without
correction) who otherwise would be entitled to
such license, and who files with his application a
certificate signed by a licensed physician or by
the State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
that he is a blind person. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part),
1974).
413-3.1004 Charitable or tax-supported
institutions. The tax collector shall issue,
without fee, but on application approved by the
health officer, a license to any person which
conducts a licensable activity exclusively for
religious or charitable purposes if at least
seventy-five percent of the net proceeds from
such activity inures directly to the benefit of
such purposes, and to any tax-supported person.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1006 Delivery vehicles. Vehicles used
by a fixed-location food market or restaurant
licensed hereunder to deliver food products
therefrom need not be separately licensed. (Ord.
74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
Article 413-3.12
License Fees
413-3.1202 Square footage. Where license
fees are based on square footage, this refers to
the area occupied by, attendant to and in
support of the licensable activity or object.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1204 Temporary license fees.
Temporary license fees are equal to the annual
fee, or, in the case of proratable fees, are
prorated under Section 413-3.1210. (Ords.
74-79 ~ 4, 74-1).
413 - 3 .1206 Delinquency, penalty and
waiver. (a) If any fee required by this chapter is
not paid before the delinquency date, it shall be
increased by twenty-five percent. The
delinquency date is: In the case of initial
applications, the thirty-second calendar day
after commencement of the activity; in the case
of license renewals, March 1 st; and in the case of
temporary licenses, the second day after
commencement of the activity in question.
(b) With concurrence by the health officer,
the tax collector may waive any pen~ty
incurred without substantial fault by the
(Contra Costa County 3-15-79)
applicant or licensee and without substantial
lessor damage to the county or city. (Ords.
74-79 ~ 5, 74-1).
413-3.1208 Plans and inspection deposits.
(a) Deposit Required. The health officer shall
collect a nontransferable deposit equal to three
times the annual fee, for checking plans and
inspecting construction or remodeling, for
licensable activities other than vehicles and
vending machines.
(b) Charge, Refund etc. Actual costs shall be
charged against the deposit at an hourly rate(s)
to be established annually before November
30th by the auditor-controller, plus an
administrative fee of twenty-five percent of the
deposit. If the deposit is exhausted before final
approval by the health officer, or if the balance
is not sufficient to cover anticipated remaining
costs, the health officer shall collect from the
applicant an additional deposit equal to three
times the annual fee (or such lesser amount as
the health officer deems adequate) to cover said
costs before any further review or inspection is
made. Failure to pay the additional deposit
within ten days following receipt of written
notification shall void all prior approvals, and
any further construction or activity shall be
deemed unlawful. If the deposit is not
exhausted, upon final approval by the health
officer, the balance shall be refunded to the
depositor.
(c) Time Limit. A plans approval is valid for
only six months unless work has begun. If work
has not commenced within such time, the actual
costs plus the additional twenty-five percent
administrative fee shall be charged against the
deposit. Resubmission of plans and deposit shall
conform with subsections (a) and (b) of this
section.
(d) Penalties. Any person violating this
section by failing to submit plans, obtain
necessary inspections and approvals or make
deposits, or by commencing or continuing
construction or remodeling in violation hereof,
shall pay triple the fee as a penalty and remain
subject to other applicable penalties and
enforcement procedures.
(e) Approval Limits. The approval of plans
and specifications shall not prevent the health
officer from thereafter requiring correction of
errors in such plans and specifications, or from
preventing construction, installation and
operations being carried out thereunder when in
violation of this code and/or other applicable
laws. (Ords. 78-88, 76-46, 74-1).
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'I
413-3.1210 Prorating fees. Unless otherwise
provided, when an activity is fIrst licensed to
commence during a license year, the fee shall be
prorated as follows, but never to less than ten
dollars: The full annual fee if it starts during
March through May, three-fourths if during June
through August, one-half if during September
through November, and one-fourth if during
December through February. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1,
Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1212 Bakery. Bakery license fees are
based on square foot area, as follows: less than
two thousand, eighty dollars; two thousand
through fIve thousand nine hundred ninety-nine,
one hundred twenty dollars; six thousand or
more, one hundred sixty dollars. (Ord. 78-43 ~
1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1214 Food processing establishment.
Food processing establishment license fees are
the same as for bakeries. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part),
1974).
413-3.1216 Wholesale food market.
Wholesale food market license fees are the same
as for bakeries. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1218 Retail - food production and
marketing establishment. Retail food production
and marketing establishment license fees are the
same as for bakeries. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part),
1974 ).
413-3.1220 Restaurants, taverns, cocktail
lounges, snack bars. (a) Restaurant license fees
are based on patron seating capacity, as follows:
less than fIfty, eighty dollars; fIfty to one
hundred forty-nine, one hundred twenty dollars;
one hundred fIfty or more, one hundred sixty
dollars. Banquet room seating capacity is
excluded in accordance with the health offIcer's
regulations.
(b) Tavern, cocktail lounge and snack bar
license fees are sixty dollars, and drive-in,
take-out and catering commissary license fees
are one hundred twenty dollars; all regardless of
seating capacity. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.1222 Itinerant restaurant. Itinerant
restaurant license fees are forty dollars, not
proratab1e. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.1210-413-3.1242
413-3.1224 Vehicles and peddlers. (a) A
non-proratab1e license fee of forty-eight dollars
is payable for every retail food vehicle from
which food is served, and for every location for
every mobile food preparation unit.
(b) A non-proratab1e license fee of forty
dollars is payable for every other retail food
vehicle, and for every peddler of food. (Ord.
78-43 ~ 1, Ords. 74-79 ~ 6, 74-1: H.&S.C. ~
28520 ff; 17 C.A.C. 13600 ff; Ord. C. Ch. 56-4).
413-3.1226 Roadside stand. A roadside
stand license fee is forty-eight dollars, not pro-
ratable. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part),
1974).
413-3.1228 Food vending machine. Food
vending machine license fees are forty-eight
dollars for one through four machines, plus an
additional eight dollars for each machine over
four, which are not proratable. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1,
Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1230 Food salvager. A food salvager
license fee is two hundred forty dollars. (Ord.
78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1232 Food demonstrator. A food
demonstrator license fee is forty dollars, not
proratable. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.1234 Ice plant. An ice plant license
fee is eighty dollars. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1
~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1236 Public swimming pool. A public
swimming pool license fee is one hundred
twenty dollars. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-1 ~ 1
(part), 1974).
413-3.1238 Wipin~ ra~ business. A wiping
rag business license fee is eighty dollars. (Ord.
78-43 ~ 1, Ord. 74-79 ~ 7, H.&S.C. ~ 3900 ft).
413-3.1240 Small water system. A small
water system license fee is as follows:
(a) 2 - 4 connections. . . . . . . . . . ..$ 28.00;
(b) 5 - 50 connections. . . . . . . . . .. 48.00;
(c) 51 - 100 connections. . . . . . . .. 64.00;
(d) 101 - 199 connections. . . . . . .. 100.00.
(Ords. 81-56 ~ 3, 78-43 ~ 1, 74-79 ~ 8: H.&S.C.
~ 4010 ft).
413-3.1242 Incidental confectionery. An
incidental confectionery license fee is forty-eight
dollars, non-proratable. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1, Ord.
74-79 ~ 9).
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(Contra Costa County 11-81)
413-3.1244-413-3.1412
HEALTH AND SAFETY
413-3.1244 Septic tank-chemical toilet
cleaner. A septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner
license fee is eighty dollars, proratable, and
twenty-five dollars for each vehicle,
non-proratable. (Ord. 78-43 ~ 1).
Article 413-3.14
Enforcement
413-3.1402 General. The provisions of this
article control in the absence of contrary
provisions of state or county law particularly
applying to one or more licensable activities
hereunder; however, violations of this chapter
are also subject to criminal and/ or civil
enforcement procedures like all other violations
of this code. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1404 Administration and regulation.
The health officer shall administer this chapter.
The health officer himself may promulgate
regulations carrying out these provisions,
including prescribing application and
identification forms. (Ord. 74-1 ~ I (part),
1974).
413-3.1406 Temporary suspension. (a)
Complaint. When a written complaint is filed
with or by the health officer or one of his
medical deputies that some applicable law or
regulation is being violated by any person or
licensable activity, he may order a hearing
pursuant to Section 413-3.1412.
(b) Period. After hearing, he may suspend the
license for not more than ninety calendar days,
or until he is assured of compliance with
applicable laws and regulations, whichever
period is shorter; and he may post notice of this
action in a conspicuous place. At the end of the
shorter period the license becomes valid again.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ I (part), 1974).
413-3.1408 Emergency suspension. (a)
Health Danger. After making a written finding
that the public health is endangered by some
person or licensable activity, the health officer
or one of his medical deputies may order the
immediate cessation of the activity, abatement
of the condition, or action to correct the
condition, and he may order the emergency
suspension of the license and its removal from
the person or premises; and he may post notice
of this action in a conspicuous place. Emergency
suspension is in addition to, and not limited by
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
nor in derogation of, any other authority or
power which the health officer may have WIder
this or other laws or regulations.
(b) Period. Each emergency suspension, as
distinct from any other authorized action, is
effective for not more than seven calendar days,
including the first day on which the license is
suspended. At the end of that period, or sooner
if a finding is made that the public health is no
longer endangered, the license becomes valid
again, unless a hearing is ordered pursuant to
Section 413-3.1412. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part),
1974).
413-3.1410 Revocation. The health officer
or one of his medical deputies may revoke and
confiscate a license if:
(l) It has been suspended once after hearing;
and
(2) Violations of this chapter or other
applicable laws or regulations or acts or
omissions endangering the public health
continue; and
(3) He makes a written finding that
correction of the situation is impracticable and
that the public health is endangered. He may
post notice of this action in a conspicuous place.
(Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1412 Hearings. (a) Notice. The health
officer shall give written notice of the hearing to
the licensee or the person involved or in charge
of the premises or operation, delivered or mailed
to the latest address on file with him, at least
seventy-two hours before the hearing for
emergency suspensions, and at least five days
before the hearing for temporary suspensions.
The notice shall specify:
(1) The hearing date, time and place (not
more than fourteen days thereafter);
(2) The reasons for the hearing; and
(3) The licensee's rights to correct, comply
with, or desist from, the cited reasons, and/or
show cause against suspension of the license.
(b) Conduct. The health officer or one of his
medical deputies shall conduct the hearing, or he
may have the county hearing officer conduct it
and recommend back to him a suggested
disposition of the matter. Hearings may not be
postponed or continued longer than ten days
from the original date without the consent of
the licensee.
(c) Decision. The health officer or the
medical deputy shall make his written decision
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within fourteen days after:
(1) The hearing's close; or
(2) His receipt of the hearing officer's
recommendations;
and he shall promptly notify the licensee
thereof. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
413-3.1414 Appeals. Appeals are governed
by Chapter 144. (Ord. 74-1 ~ 1 (part), 1974).
Division 414
WATERWAYS AND WATER SUPPLY
Chapters:
414-2
414-4
414-6
Contra Costa Canal
Water Supply
Transporting Water for Domestic Use
Chapter 414-2
CONTRA COSTA CANAL*
Sections:
414-2.002
414-2.004
Definition.
Swimming, fishing or dumping
prohibited.
Loitering prohibited.
414-2.006
414-2.002 Definition. As used in this
chapter, "canal" means the Contra Costa canal
system as constructed within this county by the
*For the statutory prohibition against littering waters, see Pen.
C. ~ 374e; for the statutory regulation of motor vehicles upon
canal banks, see Veh. C. ~. 21116 and for the provisions
regarding the California Recreational Trails Law, see Pub. R.C.
~ 5070 ff.
112-3
413-3.1414-414-2.002
(Contra Costa County 9-15-78)
Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of
the Interior of the United States Government.
(Prior code ~ 4700: Ord. 858: Ord. 849).
414-2.004 Swimming, fishing or dumping
prohibited. No person shall swim, wade, bathe,
play, or fish in any canal, or throw, place, or
cause to be placed in any canal rock, dirt,
rubbish, or any other material or thing not
reasonably necessary to the use, operation, or
maintenance of the canal. (Prior code ~ 4701:
Ord. 849).
414-2.006 Loitering prohibited. No person
shall enter, be, loiter, or play on any lands,
roadways, or structures appurtenant to or a part
of the right-of-way of any canal within any
fence or railing, or, in areas where there is no
fence or railing, within thirty feet of the nearest
edge of any canal. This section shall not apply to
persons and their duly authorized agents,
servants, and employees operating, maintaining,
repairing, or inspecting the canal, engaged in the
lawful removal of water, or engaged in enforcing
this chapter. Nor shall this section apply to any
person over the age of sixteen years, or under
the age of sixteen years if accompanied by an
adult, riding horseback over portions of the
right-of-way of any canal that are designated,
marked, and maintained as horseback riding
trails by the Department of Parks and
Recreation of the state of California or by the
Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association,
when the owner of the right-of-way has issued a
valid license for this purpose. (Prior code ~
4702: Ord. 858: Ord. 849).
WATER SUPPLY
414-2.004-414-2.006
Chapter 414-4
WATER SUPPLY*
Article 414-4.2 General
Sections:
414-4.201
Water supply system-
Approval required.
Purpose and disclaimer.
Definitions.
Approved water supply
system.
414-4.207 Cross-connection.
414-4.209 Customer system.
414-4.211 Distribution system.
414-4.213 Furnish or supply.
414-4.215 Health officer.
414-4.217 Individual water system.
414-4.219 Site evaluation.
414-4.221 Small water system.
414-4.223 Source facilities.
414-4.225 Water source.
414-4.227 User.
414-4.229 Utility system.
414-4.231 Well.
414-4.233 Licensed well driller.
414-4.235 Well drilling.
414-4.237 Domestic use.
414-4.239 Abandoned well.
414-4.241 Subdivision maps.
Article 414-4.4 Small Water Systems
Sections:
414-4.401
414-4.202
414-4.203
414-4.205
414-4.403
414-4.405
414-4.407
'Small water system-Permit
required.
Small water system-
Investigation, site evaluation.
Small water system-Backflow
prevention.
Small water system-Design
and construction.
*For the statutory provisions relating to county water districts
in general, see Water C. ~ 30000 ff; for the provisions relating
to the officers and employees thereof, see Water C. ~ 30500 ff.
For the provisions outlining the powers and purposes of the
county water districts, see Water C. ~ 31000 ff. For the
statutory authority of the water districts to acquire, construct
and maintain sewage facilities, see Water C. ~ 31100 ff; for the
authority of water districts to provide fire protection services
and facilities, see Water C. ~ 31120 ff; for the authority to use
the water under the district's control for recreational purposes,
see Water C. ~ 31130 ff. For the statutes relating to rmancial
powers, see Water C. ~ 31300 ff; for the taxation powers, see
Water C. ~ 31650 ff. For the provisions regarding the regulation
of the purity of water supply systems, see Health & sar. C. ~
4010 ff; for the provisions regarding the pollution of waters,
see Health & sar. C. ~ 4400 ff and Water C. ~ 13000 ff.
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414-4.201-414-4.205
414-4.409
414-4.411
414-4.413
414-4.415
414-4.417
Article 414-4.6
Sections:
414-4.601
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Small water system-Approved
sources required.
. Small water system-
Distribution reservoirs.
Small water system-
Distribution system.
Small water system-
Operation and maintenance.
Small water system-Quality,
quantity.
Individual Water Systems
Individual water system-
Quality, quantity.
414-4.603 Individual water system-Lot
area, variances.
414-4.605 Individual water system-
Investigation, site evaluation.
Article 414-4.8 Wells
Sections:
414-4.801
414-4.803
Wells-Permit required.
W ells- Repairs, alterations or
additions.
414-4.805 Wells-Site.
414-4.807 Wells-Protection.
414-4.809 Wells-Abandoned.
Article 414-4.10 Enforcement
Sections:
414-4.1001
414-4.1003
Enforcemen t-Prohibitions.
Enforcement-Publication of
regulations.
414-4.1005 Enforcement-Right of entry.
414-4.1007 Enforcement-Nuisance
abatement.
414-4.1009 Enforcement-Emergency
action.
414-4.1011 Enforcement-Permit
suspension.
414-4.1013 Enforcement-Permit
revocation.
Enforcement-Hearing.
Enforcement:--Appea1s.
Enforcement-Penalties.
Enforcement-Other
requirements.
414-4.1023 Guarantee of performance.
Article 414-4 .12 Fees
Sections:
414-4.1201
414-4.1203
414-4.1205
414-4.1015
414-4.1017
414-4.1019
414-4.1 021
(Contra Costa County 11.81)
General.
Subdivisions.
Individual water system/well.
Article 414-4.2
General
414-4.201 Water supply system - Ap-
proval required. Any person proposing to sub-
divide or develop any property needing water
for domestic purposes shall demonstrate an
approved water supply and obtain written ap-
proval from the health officer for such develop-
ment. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.202 Purpose and disclaimer. This
chapter is enacted to provide for the protec-
tion of the county's groundwater sources from
degradation that could result from inadequately
constructed, defective, or improperly abandoned
wells, to provide for regulation of small water
systems in accordance with federal standards as
mandated by the state, and to require submis-
sion of tentative subdivision maps and building
permit applications to the health officer for him
to review the availability of an approved water
supply prior to recordation of final maps and
issuance of building permits. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, by enacting this chapter, the
county of Contra Costa neither assumes nor
undertakes any obligations or responsibilities of
any kind to assure, guarantee, preserve, or
otherwise guard the adequacy, potability, or any
other qualitative or quantitative feature of the
county's groundwater sources in any manner
whatsoever, and no cause of action against the
county, its agents, directors, or employees shall
be deemed to accrue under any theory whatso-
ever on the basis of the enactment of this
chapter or any subsequent amendment thereto.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.203 Definitions. As used in this
chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings given in this article. (Ord.
81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.205 Approved water supply system;
"Approved water supply system" means any
system, approved by the health officer, or the
California Department of Health Services, as
meeting the requirements of Titles 17 and 22,
the California Administrative Code. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1).
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414-4.207 Cross-connection. "Cross-connec-
tion" means any actual or potential unprotected
connection as defined in Title 17, California
Administrative Code. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.209 Customer system. "Customer
system" includes those parts of the facilities
beyond the termination of the utility system
which are used to convey water to points of use.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.211 Distribution system. "Distribu-
tion system" includes the facilities and conduits
used for the delivery of water from the source
to the customer's system. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.213 Furnish or supply. "Furnish or
supply" has its usual meaning, except that it
does not include furnishing or supplying water
to a user for domestic purposes other than for
human consumption if the user receives the
water, by pipe or otherwise, directly from an
open irrigation canal system; nevertheless, it
does include furnishing or supplying water to
any small water system, connected by an inte-
grated pipe system owned and operated by the
supplier. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.215 Health officer. "Health officer,"
unless otherwise modified, means the health
officer of this county, his/her medical deputies,
his/her environmental health inspectors, and
his/her other duly authorized representatives.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.217 Individual water system. "In-
dividualwater system" means an approved water
source and system of piping designed to pro-
vide water for domestic use and which serves
(a) one single-family residence; or (b) two
single-family residences on one parcel; or (c)
one structure serving less than twenty-five
persons more than sixty calendar days per
year. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.219 Site evaluation. "Site evalua-
tion" means the investigation of a lot or sub-
division to determine the feasibility of using an
individual water system or a small water system.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
WATER SUPPLY
414-4.207-4144.231
414-4.221 Small water system. "Small
water system" means a system which furnishes
water for domestic purposes to from two
through one hundred ninety-nine service connec-
tions and shall include "Public Water Systems"
as defined in California Health and Safety
Code Section 4010.1 and its applicable regula-
tions under Title 22 of the California Adminis-
trative Code. Two single-family residences on
one parcel shall not be considered a small water
system. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.223 Source facilities. "Source fa-
cilities" includes all components of the fa-
cilities used in the production, treatment,
storage, and delivery of water to the distribution
system. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.225 Water source. "Water source"
means a source of water supply for any water
system, including, without limitation, wells,
springs, ponds, lakes, surface streams, irriga-
tion ditches or canals, and potable water ob-
tained from other sources including large pub-
lic water systems. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.227 User. "User" means any person
using water for domestic purposes, except any
person processing water or selling, serving,
hauling, furnishing, or supplying water to the
public in any manner. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.229 Utility system. "Utility system"
means a water system consisting of source
facilities, treatment facilities, and distribution
system, and includes all other facilities of the
water system under the complete control of the
supplier, up to the point where the customer's
system begins. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.231 Well. "Well" means any well,
public or private, including without limitation,
wells serving county and state small water sys-
tems, individual domestic use wells, industrial
wells, agricultural wells, recharge or injection
wells, air conditioning wells, horizontal wells,
permanent test wells, dewatering wells and
cathodic protection wells. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
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(Contra Costa County 11.81)
414-4.233-414-4.407
HEALTH AND SAFETY
414-4.233 Licensed well driller. "Licensed
well driller" means a person licensed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Contractors
License Law (Chapter 9, Dividion 3, of the Busi-
ness and Professional Code) to drill water wells.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.235 Well drilling. "Well drilling"
means the act(s) by any person, including with-
ouf! limitation, the property owner and/or li-
censed well driller, to dig, drill, bore, excavate,
or drive a well. (Ord. 81-56 ~ I).
414-4.237 Domestic use. "Domestic use"
means water that is intended for human
consumption. The terms "domestic purposes"
and "human consumption" mean the same as
domestic use when they appear in this chapter.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.239 Abandoned well. "Abandoned
well" means a well which has not been used for
a period of one year, unless the owner has
declared his intention to use the well again.
Wells that are to be used again shall be
adequately protected, and marked, and the area
around the well shall be kept clear. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1).
414-4.241 Subdivision maps. (a) Tentative
Maps. Pursuant to Title 9, a copy of any sub-
mitted tentative subdivision map shall be for-
warded to and filed with the health officer for
investigation of domestic water supply. The
tentative map shall show proposed provisions
for sewage disposal, source of approved water
supply, number of lots, the size of each lot, and
contour lines at intervals of five feet or less.
(b) Health Officer Approval. The health
officer shall review the filed tentative map for
compliance with this chapter and in a timely
manner report his conclusions thereon, together
with any conditions recommended to insure
such compliance, to the planning department
and advisory agency.
(c) Final and Parcel Maps. Final and parcel
maps shall not be recorded unless the condi-
tions recommended by the health officer and
established by the advisory agency on approval
of the tentative map have been satisfied. (Ord.
81-56 ~ I).
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
Article 414-4.4
Small Water Systems
414-4.401 Small water systems - Permit
required. (a) Every person proposing to install,
construct, and/or operate a small water system
shall first apply to the health officer for
approval of the water source and utility system.
The application shall be accompanied by
complete plans and specifications with appro-
priate fees.
(b) The health officer shall approve, condi-
tionally approve, or deny the application on the
basis of compliance with this chapter and the
health officer's regulations.
(c) Upon approval of the completed installa-
tion of the water system by the health officer,
he shall issue a water supply permit and a public
health license to operate the system. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1).
414-4.403 Small water system - Investiga-
tion, site evauIation. Upon receipt of an applica-
tion for the construction or operation of a small
water system the health officer shall make the
necessary investigation and/or site evaulation of
the proposed or existing system and all other
circumstances and conditions the health officer
deems material. The health officer may order
repairs, alterations, or additions to the proposed
or existing system to insure that the water
furnished or supplied shall at all times meet the
requirements of Sections 414-4.413,414-4.415
and 414-4.417. The health officer may require
any permit holder or applicant to make a
complete report on the condition and operation
of the small water system owned, operated, or
contracted for by the permit holder of appli-
cant. (Ord. 81-56 ~ I: prior code ~ 4722: Ord.
1189: 420-6.010).
414-4.405 Small water system - Back-
flow prevention. Every person furnishing or
supplying water to users shall prevent water
from unapproved sources, or any substance,
from entering the small water system. (Ord.
81-56 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4723: Ord. 1189).
414-4.407 Small water system - Design
and construction. All small water systems shall
be designed and constructed so as to comply
with applicable A.W.W.A. Standards and
generally accepted engineering practices. (Ord.
81-56 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4724: Ord. 1189).
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414-4.409 Small water system - Approved
sources required. All water sources for small
water systems shall comply with the require-
ments of Title 22, the California Administrative
Code, and may be used only after approval of
the health officer. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: prior code
~ 4726: Ord. 1189).
414-4.411 Small water system - Distribu-
tion reservoirs. Distribution reservoirs shall be
adequately protected against contamination.
Adequately ventilated housing may be required
by the health officer to protect the facilities
from the elements and unauthorized entry.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4726: Ord. 1189).
414-4.413 Small water system - Distribu-
tion system. (a) Pressure - Quantity. The dis-
tribution system shall be of adequate size and
designed in conjunction with related facilities
to maintain a minimum water pressure of
twenty pounds per square inch at every point
during periods of maximum normal demand.
The quantity of water delivered to the distribu-
tion systems shall be sufficient to supply
adequately, dependably, and safely the total
requirements of all users under maximum
consumption.
(b) Flushing. Dead-end runs shall be pro-
vided with means of flushing, and shall be
flushed frequently enough to assure that the
water will be kept safe, wholesome, and potable
for human consumption. The design of small
water systems shall provide for elimination
of dead-end runs wherever practicable.
(c) Materials. Materials used in the distribu-
tion system shall be able to withstand with
ample safety factors, all internal and external
forces to which they may be subjected.
(d) Backflow Protection. Each service
connection from an approved water supply
system shall be protected against backflow of
water from a nonapproved system.
(e) Fire Hydrants. Fire hydrants shall
conform to requirements of local authority.
(f) Location of Pipes. No water pipe shall be
laid in the same trench with sanitary sewers.
(g) Disinfection of Pipes. All pipes or con-
duits, or parts, newly constructed or repaired
before being placed in service, shall be
completely disinfected in accordance with
American Water Works Association Procedures
for Disinfecting Water Mains.
WATER SUPPLY
414-4.409-414-4.417
(h) Marking of Pipes. Where the premises
contain dual or multiple water systems and
piping, the exposed portions of pipes shall be
painted, branded, or marked at sufficient inter-
vals to distinguish the pipes which carry water
safe for human consumption. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1:
prior code ~ 4727: Ord. 1432: Ord. 1189).
414-4.415 Small water system - Operation
and maintenance. (a) Personnel. All personnel
responsible for operation and maintenance
shall have sufficient experience and training to
qualify them properly to perform their duties.
When the water is treated the water system shall
be operated by personnel having special skills
in the appropriate areas and acceptable to the
health officer.
(b) Maps and Records. Complete and current
maps of the utility system shall be maintained.
Complete and current records shall be kept
showing results of bacteriological and chemical
analyses of water and other data required by the
health officer.
(c) Maintenance. Facilities and equipment of
the utility shall be kept clean and in good work-
ing condition. Leaks shall be repaired as soon as
practicable. Proper equipment, tools, and re-
pair parts shall be available in good condition for
all types of emergency repairs. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1:
prior code ~ 4728: Ord. 1189).
414-4.417 Small water system - Quality,
quantity. (a) Quality. All water systems shall
meet the primary Drinking Water Standards
contained in Title 22 of the California Adminis-
trative Code. The secondary Drinking Water
Standards contained in Title 22 of the California
Administrative Code shall be met by all public
water systems, subject to any current waivers or
other authorized exception. All examinations of
water required by this chapter shall be per-
formed by a laboratory approved by the
California Department of Health Services.
(b) Quantity. Sufficient water shall be avail-
able from the water sources and distribution
reservoirs to supply adequately, dependably
and safely the total requirements of all users
under maximum daily demand conditions. Re-
quirements for a small water system shall be
determined from the total source capacity, total
storage volume and the total number of service
connections. The procedures for determining
quantity shall be in accordance with the specifi-
cations contained in Division 4, Chapter 16,
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(Contra Costa County 11-81)
414-4.601-414-4.801
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Article 2, Title 22 of the California Administra-
tive Code. (Ord. 81-56 S 1).
Article 414-4.6
Individual Water Systems
414-4.601 Individual water system
Quality, quantity. (a) Quality.
( 1) Bacteriological. The water from an indivi-
dual system, installed for domestic use, shall be
examined by the health officer on completion
of the system. Subsequent testing shall be per-
formed by a laboratory approved by the
California Department of Health Services and at
the expense of the owner of the individual water
system. The water tested shall be bacteriologi-
cally acceptable for domestic use.
(2) Chemical. An analysis for specific organic
or inorganic chemical constituents in the water
may be required when there is evidence that
such constituents may be present and which are
considered by the health officer to be a risk to
human health.
(3) Physical. Tests for odor, color, turbidity,
pH or other physical properties of the water
may be required when there is evidence the
water may not be acceptable or potable for
human consumption.
(b) Quantity. Applications for building
permits or certificates of occupancy for a struc-
ture requiring an individual water supply system
shall, prior to their issuance, be submitted to the
health officer for review to determine if the
water supply source will provide minimum of
quantities in accordance with the following:
(1) Wells. Sustained yield or pumping tests
may be required by the health officer. The well
yield shall be determined from pumping tests
or historical data acceptable to the health
officer. The well or wells shall yield a minimum
three gallons per minute and a minimum storage
capacity of one thousand gallons in a storage
tank shall be provided. No storage is required
if the well yield is five gallons per minute or
greater. Sustained yield tests, when required,
shall be conducted in accordance with the pro-
cedures described in Title 22, Section 64563 of
the California Administrative Code.
(2) Other Surface Sources. Yields and
required storage capacity shall meet the same
minimum requirements as for wells. Adequate
documentation that the surface sources are
perennial shall be provided.
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
(c) Director of Building Inspection. When
the building inspection director is advised by
the health officer that it has not been demon-
strated that a water source exists complying
with this chapter and that such lack is a danger
to or likely to cause public health problems, he
may withhold the issuance of the requested
building permit or certificate for a structure.
(Ord. 81-56 S 1).
414-4.603 Individual water system - Lot
area, variances. (a) Lot Area. The health officer
shall require each structure that needs both an
individual water system and an individual sewage
disposal system to be on a lot whose area,
exclusive of natural impediment and surface
and underground easements, is at least forty
thousand square feet.
(b) Variances. The health officer may grant
variances from subsection (a) when he finds the
following conditions to be met:
(1) The lot otherwise will comply with the
requirements of this division and the health of-
ficer's regulations; and
(2) The variance will neither create, nor con-
tribute to the creation of a public nuisance.
(Ord. 81-56 S 1: 420-6.008).
414-4.605 Individual water system - In-
vestigation, site evaluation. The health officer
shall make the necessary investigation and/or
site evaluation of the proposed development and
all other circumstances and approve, or deny
the proposed development on the basis of com-
pliance with this chapter and corresponding
regulations. (Ord. 81-56 S 1: 414-4.403).
Article 414-4.8
Wells
414-4.801 Wells - Permit required. (a)
Every person proposing to dig, drill, bore or
drive any water well, or rebore, deepen, cut
new perforations in, or seal the aquifers of any
existing well, before commencing work, shall
apply to the health officer for approval of the
well site and method of installation and con-
struction and for a permit to do the work. If a
well driller is hired it is his responsibility to see
that a permit is obtained. The application shall
be on forms furnished by the health officer and
shall contain the information he may require.
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TRANSPORTING WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE
414-6.220 Water vehicle. "Water vehicle"
means any tank, tank truck, tank car, or other
vehicle, container or conduit used to transport
water. (Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
Article 414-6.4
Enforcement
414-6.402 Permit required. No person shall
transport water without having a currently valid,
unrevoked, unsuspended permit hereunder.
(Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
414-6.404 Investigations. To enforce this
chapter, the health officer may enter and may
inspect any premises, operations, work, or thing
regulated hereby, at reasonable times and with
such notice to the owner, occupant, possessor,
operator, applicant, or permittee, as is
reasona ble and practicable under the
circumstances. (Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
414-6.406 Regulations. The health officer is
responsible for enforcing this chapter. She may,
with board approval, issue regulations necessary
to effect these purposes and provisions, which
regulations become effective when filed with the
board's clerk with proof of posting in the health
dvpartment. (Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
118a
414-6.220-414-6.406
(Contra Costa County 9-15-78)
(b) The permit shall expire on the one
hundred eightieth calendar day after date of is-
suance if the work has not been started and
reasonable progress toward completion is not
maintained, but the health officer may extend
the expiration date when delay is warranted.
(c) The health officer shall approve, condi-
tionally approve, or deny the application and
issue or withhold the permit accordingly, on
the basis of compliance with this chapter and his
regulations.
(d) Upon completion of the drilling, repairs,
alterations, or additions of the well and before
a final approval of the well for use, a log of the
well shall be submitted to the health officer.
Where minor or insignificant repairs, alterations
or additions are made, the health officer may
waive the requirement for a log. (Ord. 81-56 S
1: 414-4.608: prior code S 4732: Ord. 2289:
Ord. 1189).
414-4.803 Wells - Repairs, alterations or
additions. The health officer may order repairs,
alterations, or additions to the existing source
or system to insure that the water furnished
or supplied shall at all times be pure, whole-
some, and potable and without danger to human
health. (Ord. 81-56 S 1: prior code S 4731: Ord.
1189).
414-4.805 Wells - Site. The site of every
well shall be adequately drained and located a
safe distance from any sources of pollution or
contamination; this distance is dependent upon
the character of the soil, location of pollution
sources, and slope of the ground. (Ord. 81-56
S 1: prior code S 4732: Ord. 1189).
414-4.807 Wells - Protection. (a) Adequate
means shall be provided to protect the well from
contamination during construction, reconstruc-
tion, or alteration. Newly constructed or
repaired wells and necessary distribution systems
shall be adequately chlorinated following con-
struction or repair work.
(b) Surface structures which protect the well
from contamination shall be provided when
determined necessary by the health officer.
(c) The health officer shall be notified at
least twenty-four hours in advance of the
installation of the seal of the annular space
between the casing and excavation. All wells
shall be sealed in accordance with the pro-
cedures outlined in Part 2, Section Nine of
WATER SUPFLY
414-4.803-414-4.1001
California Department of Resources Bulletin
Number 74. All wells shall be sealed to the
depth of the first impervious soil formation in
addition to all other requirements of Bulletin
Number 74.
(d) The well driller shall complete a certifica-
tion of the protection of the underground
aquifers he has penetrated during drilling and
completion of the well. The certification shall be
made on a form provided by the health officer
and shall be signed by the well driller under
penalty of peljury and shall indicate the con-
tractor or driller license number. The work
performed in the protection of the underground
aquifers shall be done in conformance with
California Department of Water Resources
Bulletin Number 74, sound well drilling prac-
tice, current published data or other references
documented with the certification. (Ord. 81-56
S 1: prior code S 4733: Ord. 1189).
414-4.809 Wells - Abandoned. To prevent
contamination of ground waters and other
dangers, every person wholly or partially respon-
sible for abandoning a well or having entire or
partial right of ownership or possession of the
land or premises on which an abandoned well is
situated shall destroy the well as specified in
Part III, Section 23 of the State of California
Department of Water Resources Bulletin
Number 74. (Ord. 81-56 S 1: prior code S 4734:
Ord. 1189).
Article 414-4.10
Enforcement
414-4.1001 Enforcement - Prohibitions.
(a) No person subdividing and/or developing
any property needing water for domestic use
shall so use the property until he has demon-
strated an approved water supply.
(b) No person shall drill a water well whether
for domestic use, irrigation, agricultural or other
purposes, without first applying for and receiv-
ing a valid, unrevoked, unsuspended permit to
do so from the health officer.
(c) No person shall drill, reconstruct, repair
or destroy a well for hire unless he is a licensed
well driller.
(d) No person shall operate a small water
system without ftling a written application with
the health officer and receiving and possessing
a valid, unrevoked, unsuspended water supply
permit and public health license.
118-1
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
414-4.1003-414-4.1009
HEALTH AND SAFETY
(e) No person shall maintain a cross-connec-
tion within a small water system operated for
domestic use.
(f) No person shall supply water for domestic
use until the results of tests required by the
health officer of bacteriological, chemical and
physical analyses, performed by a laboratory
certified by the State Department of Health
Services, are submitted to the health officer and
show that the water meets state safe drinking
water quality standards and all other criteria es-
tablished by the health officer through his
regulations.
(g) No person shall modify, add to, or change
an approved water supply system without the
prior written approval of the health officer.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: 414-4.401,4.601).
414-4.1003 Enforcement - Publication of
regulations. The health officer may make and
publish regulations to make more detailed or
specific the provisions of the chapter. These
regulations shall become effective two weeks
after filing with the clerk of the board of super-
visors and posting in the county health depart-
ment. The health officer shall be responsible
for the execution of this chapter. (Ord. 81-56
S 1: prior code ~ 4735: Ord. 1189).
414-4.1005 Enforcement - Right of entry.
To enforce this chapter, the health officer may
enter and inspect any premises, operations or
work regulated hereby, at reasonable times and
with such notice to the owner, occupant,
operator, applicant, licensee, or permittee, as is
reasonable and practicable under the circum-
stances. In conducting such inspections the
health officer is authorized to proceed pursuant
to the Code of Civil Procedure Sections 1822.50
and following. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: 414-6.404).
414-4.1007 Enforcement - Nuisance abate-
ment. Any installation made or condition exist-
ing in violation of this chapter or of standards
or regulations established under Section
414-4.1003 is declared to be a public nuisance,
and its maintenance, operation, and existence
may be abated in a civil action.
(a) Notice - Hearing. Except in instances
of necessity or emergency, when the health
officer declares a public nuisance, he shall
promptly so notify the owner of the property
by certified mail to the owner's address on the
assessment roll. The notice shall state the condi-
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
tion and reason for the declaration, and shall
also state that the owner of the property has
thirty days after mailing of the notice within
which to abate the nuisance, failing which
the health officer may have the nuisance abated
and the owner shall be liable for the cost there-
of. The notice shall also state that if the owner
objects to the health officer's declaration, the
owner may request a hearing before the health
officer to determine whether a public nuisance
exists. The notice shall further indicate that the
request for the hearing must be received by the
health officer prior to the expiration of the time
set for abatement, and the hearing shall be held
within thirty days after the request is received
by the health officer. County abatement is sus-
pended by the fIling of a request for hearing,
pending the final decision of the health officer.
(b) Costs. If the health officer has a nuisance
abated, the health officer shall promptly so
notify the property owner, including a
statement of costs and of the owner's rights to a
hearing thereon. The notice mailing and the time
period for hearing request and hearing shall be
those in subsection (a). Upon fixing the costs
(after hearing or in the absence of request
therefor), the health officer shall proceed
according to law to impose the costs on and
collect them from the property owner and! or
the property. These procedures do not affect
the county's right to collect these costs from
any other person responsible therefor under law.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.1009 Enforcement Emergency
action. Where the health officer makes a written
fmding that the public health is endangered by
some act, omission, or condition regulated by
this chapter, in connection with any premises or
operation licensed under this chapter, the health
officer may order the immediate cessation of the
act, abatement of the condition, or action to
correct the condition. The health officer may
order the temporary emergency suspension of
the applicable permit and its removal from the
person or premises, and the health officer may
post notice of this action in a conspicuous place.
Emergency suspension, as distinct from any
other action authorized by law, is effective for a
period of five days, including the first day on
which the permit is suspended. During that
period, any activity regulated by this chapter is
unlawful. At the end of that period, or sooner
if a fmding is made that the public health is
118-2
no longer endangered, the permit becomes valid
again unless a hearing is ordered. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1: prior code ~ 4737: Ord. 1189).
414-4.1011 Enforcement - Permit suspen-
sion. Where a written complaint is filed with the
health officer that some applicable law or regula-
tion is being violated by any person, premises or
operation required to be licensed under this
chapter, the health officer may order a hearing,
and after hearing may suspend the permit for
not more than ninety days, or until the health
officer is assured of compliance with applicable
laws or regulations, whichever is less, and the
health officer may post notice of this action
in a conspicuous place. At the end of the period,
or when the health officer is satisfied of
compliance, the permit becomes valid again.
During that period any activity regulated by this
chapter is unlawful. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: prior code
~ 4738: Ord. 1189).
414-4.1013 Enforcement - Permit revoca-
tion. A permit may be revoked and confiscated
if it has been suspended once and if violations of
this chapter or other applicable laws or regula-
tions or acts or omissions endangering the public
health continue, or if the health officer or one
of the health officer's medical deputies makes a
written finding that correction of the situation is
impracticable and that the public health is en-
dangered thereby. The health officer may post
notice of this action in a conspicuous place.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4739: Ord. 1189).
414-4.1015 Enforcement - Hearings. In
cases of hearings under Section 414-4.10 11,
notice must be written and delivered to the per-
son involved or in charge of the premises or
operation at least forty-eight hours before the
hearing. Other hearings ordered by the health of-
ficer must be preceded by written notice,
personally delivered or mailed to the person to
whom the permit was issued at the latest address
on fIle with the health officer not less than five
nor more than fifteen days before the hearing
date. These hearings shall be in the main office
of the county health department, unless some
other location is specified in the notice. These
hearings shall be conducted by the health officer
or one of the health officer's medical deputies,
and may not be continued or postponed for
longer than ten days from the original date with-
out consent of the permittee. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1:
prior code ~ 4747: Ord. 1189).
WATER SUPPLY
414-4.1011-414-4.1023
414-4.1017 Enforcement - Appeals. (a) A
person objecting to or disagreeing with any
decision made pursuant to Sections 414-4.403
and 414-4.605, and/or the pertinent regulations
thereto, may appeal the decision to the health
officer. All requests for this appeal hearing shall
be in writing and must be received by the health
officer within ten days after notice of the deci-
sion was mailed. All requests for the appeal hear-
ing must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
A hearing on the appeal shall be held within
fifteen days after the request for appeal is re-
ceived by the health officer.
(b) Appeals may be taken from the results of
any hearing held pursuant to Sections
414-4.109,414-4.1011,414-4.1013,414-4.1015
and subsection (a) to the board of supervisors
by a written notice of appeal stating fully the
matters or action appealed from and the grounds
for the appeal. The notice shall be fIled with the
clerk of the board within fifteen days of the
action appealed from. The board shall then
schedule the appeal for a hearing within thirty
days of the fIling of the notice of appeal. (Ord.
81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.1019 Enforcement - Penalties. Any
person violating this chapter or regulations
issued hereunder, by failing to submit plans, ob-
tain necessary inspections and approvals, or
pay fees, or by commencing or continuing con-
struction or remodeling in violation hereof, shall
pay triple the appropriate fee as a penalty and
remain subject to other applicable penalties and
enforcement procedures authorized by the state
law and/or this code. (Ords. 81-56 ~ 1, 78-43
~ 3: 420-6.022 (d): Ords. 73-100, 1468: prior
code ~ 4651: Ords. 1440 ~ II, 640 ~ IV).
414-4.1021 Enforcement - Other require-
ments. A permit or license issued under this
chapter does not relieve the permittee or
licensee from compliance with applicable
federal, state, or local laws and regulations or
other required permits or licenses. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1).
414-4.1023 Guarantee of performance. (a)
Performance Bond. Prior to the issuance of a
permit, the applicant shall post with the health
officer a cash deposit or bond guaranteeing com-
pliance with the terms of this chapter and the
applicable permit, such bond to be in an amount
deemed necessary by the health officer to
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
remedy improper work but not in excess of five
thousand dollars.
(b) Continuous Performance Bond. In lieu of
furnishing a separate bond for each permit as
provided above, a licensed contractor may
deposit with the health officer a surety bond or
cash deposit in the amount of five thousand
dollars, which bond or cash deposit shall be
available to the county to remedy any improper
work done by the contractor pursuant to any
permit issued under this chapter. (Ord. 81-56
~ 1).
Article 414-4.12
Fees
414-4.1201 General. The following non-
refundable fees shall be paid to the health
officer at the time of filing for or requesting an
investigation, test, inspection or permit required
by this chapter. No fees are required when the
health officer receives from the applicant a
written statement by a district or city govern-
ing body indicating that an approved domestic
water supply is available and adequate to handle
the additional volume of water required for the
proposed improvement. (Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.1203 Subdivisions. The fees for a sub-
division proposing to use individual water
systems are:
(a) Subdivision - Site evaulation
2 - 4 lots, per lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 25.00;
5 or more lots, maximum . . . . . . . '.' 150.00.
(b) Appeal (hearings called pursuant
to Section 414-4.1019(b)). . . . . . . . . . .$100.00.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
414-4.1205 Individual water system/well.
(a) For layout, permit and
inspections of each individual water
system/well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 60.00;
(b) For review of an existing
individual water system/well. . . . . . . .. 40.00;
(c) For inspection of abandoning
or sealing of a well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25.00;
(d) For each reinspection. . . . . . . " 25.00;
(e) Appeal (hearings called pur-
suant to Section 414-4.1019(b)). . . . .. 100.00.
(Ord. 81-56 ~ 1).
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
Chapter 414"()
TRANSPORTING WATER FOR
DOMESTIC USE
Article 414..().2 General
Sections:
414-6.202 Applicability.
414-6.210 Definitions.
414-6.212 Domestic use.
414-6.214 Health officer.
414-6.216 Person.
414-6.218 Transport water.
414-6.220 Watervehic1e.
Article 414-6.4 Enforcement
Sections:
414-6.402 Permit required.
414-6.404 Investigations.
414-6.406 Regulations.
Article 414..().6 Permits
Sections:
414-6.602 Application.
414-6.604 Fees.
414-6.606 Permit.
414-6.608 Revocation.
414-6.610 Emergency suspension.
Article 414..().8 Other Requirements
Sections:
414-6.802
414-6.804
414-6.806
414-6.808
Equipment and treatment
standards.
Water quality standards and
filling points.
Records.
Vehic1eidentification.
Article 414-6.2
General
414..().202 Applicability. The provisions of
this chapter supersede any inconsistent
provisions elsewhere in this code, and they apply
whether or not the acts are performed for
compensation; but they do not apply to any
person providing pure potable water for his own
single-family dwelling or to water regulated by
Health & Safety Code Sections 4010 ff. and
4040 ff. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.210 Def'mitions. Unless otherwise
specially provided, or required by the context,
the following terms have these meanings in this
chapter. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
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TRANSPORTING WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE
414-6.212 Domestic use. "Domestic use"
means use for human consumption or
household, and use in any facility patronized by
the public. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.214 Health officer. "Health officer"
includes any subordinate(s) she designates from
time to time for any or all of her functions
hereunder. (Ord. 77-50 ~ I (part)).
414-6.216 Person. "Person" means, in
addition to the definition contained in Section
16-4.002, a public or governmental agency.
(Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.218 Transport water. To "transport
~ater" means to move water by a water vehicle
or by any other means not regulated by Health
& Safety Code Sections 4010 ff., for supplying,
distributing, or delivering it for domestic use.
(Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.220 Water vehicle. "Water vehicle"
means any tank, tank truck, tank car, or other
vehicle, container or conduit used to transport
water. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
Article 414-6.4
Enforcement
414-6.402 Permit required. No person shall
transport water without having a currently valid,
unrevoked, unsuspended permit hereunder.
(Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.404 Investigations. To enforce this
chapter, the health officer may enter and may
inspect any premises, operations, work, or thing
regulated hereby, at reasonable times and with
such notice to the owner, occupant, possessor,
operator, applicant, or permittee, as is
reasonable and practicable under the
circumstances. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
414-6.406 Regulations. The health officer is
responsible for enforcing this chapter. She may,
with board approval, issue regulations necessary
to effect these purposes and provisions, which
regulations become effective when filed with the
board's clerk with proof of posting in the health
department. (Ord. 77-50 ~ 1 (part)).
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414-6.212-414-6.406
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TRANSPORTING WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE
Article 414-6.6
Permi ts
414-6.602 Application. Every applicant for
a permit hereunder shall file with the health
officer on a form furnished and approved by
her, an application therefor, containing the
following information:
( 1) Firm name, address and telephone
num ber;
(2) Operator's name, home address and home
telephone number;
(3) Owner of water source, name of system,
location and/or identification of filling poin t;
(4) Name and address of laboratory
performing bacteriological and chemical tests;
(5) Base location of water vehicle(s);
(6) Number of water vehicles and the make,
model, year, license number of each;
(7) Description of water container(s):
material, shape, capacity, number;
(8) Previous use(s) of containers;
(9) ,Method used to clean and disinfect
containers;
(10) Name of customer(s), point(s) of
discharge (address(es)), and gallons discharged.
(Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
414-6.604 Fees. (a) Fees. The applicant
shall accompany the application with the
following fees for the calendar year, which are
not proratable, and are not refundable after a
permit has been issued:
(1) Water transportation business .... $100
(2) Each water vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . .. 40.
(b) Penalty. Any person failing to submit an
application or obtain an approval, or starting a
water transportation business, contrary to the
provisions of this chapter, shall pay a penalty of
triple the fee(s) otherwise required plus any
normal fee(s) required, and remains liable for
other enforcement and punishment procedures
as may be provided for. (Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
414-6.606 Permit. (a) Issuance. The health
officer shall approve, conditionally approve, or
deny the application, and issue or withhold the
permit accordingly, on the basis of compliance
with this chapter and her regulations.
(b) Conditions. Conditions may include
requirements for sanitizing containers, regular
bacteriological and chemical testing in
accordance with Sections 7010-7025 of Title 17
of the California Administrative Code, higher
414-6.602-414-6.802
chlorine residual, recordkeeping, requirements
for labeling containers, and others the health
officer deems appropriate.
(c) Duration. Permits are not valid beginning
the January 1 st following their issuance.
(d) Renewal. Renewal of permits are to be
processed and paid for as though they were
applications for new permits. (Ord. 77-50 S 1
(part) ).
414-6.608 Revocation. If the health officer
determines that a permittee is violating any
condition of his permit or any law or regulation
of this state or county relating hereto, she may
revoke it after giving the permittee an
opportunity for a hearing. The health officer
shall notify the permittee of her intention to
revoke, stating that the permittee has ten
calendar days within which to request a hearing
or the permit will be revoked. The health officer
must hold a hearing within ten calendar days of
a request. Service shall be personal or mail
addressed to the permittee at the business
address shown on the application. (Ord. 77-50 S
1 (part)).
414-6.610 Emergency suspension. If the
health officer determines that water regulated
by this chapter is polluted or contaminated in a
manner that is immediately hazardous to public
health, she may immediately suspend the
permit. Within forty-eight hours of revocation,
she shall serve written notice of suspension on
the permittee, who may then request a hearing
as in revocations; otherwise the permit is
revoked. (Ord. 77-50 S 1 (part)).
Article 414-6.8
Other Requirements
414-6.802 Equipment and treatment
standards. Every water vehicle shall meet the
followng requirements:
(1) The container and equipment, if they
carried any substance other than safe, potable
water, shall be adequately cleaned and sanitized.
(2) Water shall be chlorinated at the time the
container is filled so that there will be a residual
of not less than 0.5 ppm at the time of delivery,
or after thirty minutes, whichever is the longer
time, but where necessary to protect the public
health, the health officer may make conditions
to require a higher chlorine residual.
(3) Tanks and containers intended to hold
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
water intended for domestic use shall be made
of nontoxic material and be so constmcted that
every portion of the interior can be easily
. cleaned.
(4) Piping, valves and permanent or flexible
connections shall be made of nontoxic material
and shall be accessible and easy to disconnect
for cleaning purposes.
(5) The inlet and all openings to every tank
or container shall be so constmcted and
operated as to prevent the possibility of foreign
material likely to contaminate or pollute the
water from entering or coming into contact with
said water.
( 6 ) Ou tlet connections shall be so
constructed and protected that no foreign
material likely to contaminate or pollute the
water can come in contact with the outlet when
not in use or with the water during time of
delivery. (Ord. 77-50 @ 1 (part)).
414-6.804 Water quality standards and
fIlling points. (a) Water transported for domestic
use shall be obtained only from a system
operating under a valid permit from the State
Department of Health or approved by the health
officer as meeting all standards for potable water
established in Sections 7010 through 7025 of
Title 17, California Administrative Code.
(b) The outlet connections of filling points
shall be so constructed and protected that no
foreign matter likely to contaminate or pollute
the water can come in contact with the outlet
when not in use or with the water during the
time of delivery. (Ord. 77-50 @ I (part)).
414-6.806 Records. (a) Every person
regulated by this chapter shall maintain and
submit to the health officer, on demand, such
records concerning water transportation as she
may require for determining compliance with
this chapter.
(b) Records shall include a monthly
statement containing, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) Name and address of premises receiving
service during the month;
(2) Total gallons of water delivered during
the month;
(3) Record of the results obtained from any
analysis or tests of the water performed by any
state approved laboratory;
( 4) Record of any changes in transportation
or distribution equipment during the month.
(Ord. 77-50 @ 1 (part)).
(Contra Costa County 5.81)
414-6.808 Vehicle identification. The
operator or owner of every water vehicle shall
show plainly on both its sides in letters at least
three inches high his name and address or other
information sufficient to permit identification.
(Ord. 77-50 @ 1 (part)).
Division 416
ANIMALS*
Chapters:
416-2 Definitions
416-4 General Provisions
416-6 Individual Licenses
416-8 Impoundment
416-10 Rabies Control
416-11 Wild or Exotic Animals
416-12 Miscellaneous
416-14 Rat Control
416-16 Mink Raising
Chapter 416-2
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
416-2.002
416-2.004
416-2.006
416-2.008
416-2.010
Generally.
Animal services director.
City.
Licensing authority.
Owner.
*For the statutory provisions regarding animals running at large
in general, see Agric. C. S 16301 ff; for the statutory authority
of counties to maintain, regulate and govern public pounds, fix
the limits within which animals may not run at large and ap-
point poundkeepers, see Gov. C. s 25802; for the authority to
tax the possessors of dogs and to direct the application of the
tax, see Gov. C. S 25803. For the provisions regarding the local
enforcement of a county department of agriculture and the
appointment of a county agriculture commissioner, see Agric.
C. S 2001 ff.
Prior ordinance history for Chapters 416-2,4164,416-6,416-8,
416-10 and 416-12: Ords. 79-31; 79-17 ss 1,3; 76-95 s 1;
76-66; 76-51; 7543; 75-27; 73-97; 73-75; 71-99 s 2; 70-52
ss 1,2,3; 69-79; 69-77; 69-16; 67-30; ss 32-2.636,51-2.441,
51-2.476,416-2.004; prior code ss 5101(g), 5102(a), 5103(g),
5107, 5108, 5109, 5110; Ords. 1749; 1698; 1653; 1521;
1340 ss 2G, 3, 4C, 4G, 8, 10; 1186 ss 2G, 3, 4A, 4C, 8, 9E,
10; 549 ss 5,7, 12; 317; 307; 246 ss 4,5,8; 159 s 1; 111
s 5, 15; 59 s 3; 53; 39; 38; 35; 24; 23; 13; 8; 7; 6; 5; 4; 3; ss
1,3.
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DOG LICENSES
416-6.010
Each application for a dog license tag shall be on
the licensing authority's ....forms, state the age,
sex, color and breed of the dog for which the
license is desired and the name and address of
the owner.
(b) Endorsement. The licensing authority
shall endorse upon the application for a dog
license tag the number of the license tag issued.
All applications which have been endorsed shall
be kept on file in the office of the licensing
authority, open to public inspection.
(c) Rabies Certificate. During the periods
when the State Director of Public Health
declares this county to be a rabies area, a valid
certificate of rabies vaccination shall be provided
to the licensing authority before a license will be
issued. (Ord. 69-16 S 1 (part), 1969):
416-6.010 Kennels and fanciers. (a) A
120-1
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416-2.012
416-2.014
416-2.016
License tag.
Veterinarian.
Wild or exotic animal.
416-2.002 Generally. As used in Division
416, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this chapter, unless the context
clearly requires otherwise. (Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.004 Animal services director.
"Animal services director" means the head of
the animal services department and his or her
designated subordinates. (Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.006 City. "City" means any city
in this county which has adopted an ordinance
under Agricultural Code !l 30501, requesting the
application of this division within the city.
(Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.008 Licensing authority. "Licensing
authority" means the authority designated by
the board of supervisors by resolution. (Ord.
80-97 !l 2).
416-2.010 Owner. "Owner" includes the
legal owner, equitable owner, and any person,
association, partnership, or corporation harbor-
ing or having custody or control of an animal.
(Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.012 License tag. "License tag" means
a numbered tag, stamped with the name of the
county, and issued by the licensing authority for
the purpose of identifying the owner and the
dog or cat described in the license application
and worn by that dog or cat. (Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.014 Veterinarian. "Veterinarian"
means a person authorized to practice veterinary
medicine in California. (Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
416-2.016 Wild or exotic animal. '''Wild
animal" or "exotic animal" means any of the
following:
(1) Any animal described in California Fish
and Game Code Sections 2116 and 2118 ;
(2) Any animal described in any addition to
Fish and Game Code Section 2118 by regulation
of the Fish and Game Commission as provided
in Section 21180);
(3) Class Aves: (birds)
(a) Order Fa1coniformes (including, but not
limited to, hawks, eagles, and vultures),
GENERAL PROVISIONS
416-2.002-416-4.202
(b) Subdivision Ratitae (including but not
limited to, ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, and
emus) ;
(4) Class Reptilia: (snakes, lizards, turtles,
alligators)
(a) Order Ophidia (including, but not limited
to; racers, boas, water snakes, and pythons) over
six feet long,
(b) Order Loricata (including, but not limited
to, alligators, caymans, and crocodiles) over
twelve inches long;
(5) Any class, order, family, genera, or
species of wild animals which may be designated
by the animal services director as a menace to
public peace, health or safety, or to native wild-
life or agricultural interests, by written designa-
tion filed with the clerk of the board of super-
visors;
(6) Any nondomestic species when kept,
maintained or harbored in such numbers or in
such a manner as to create or constitute a
nuisance or, in any event, a likelihood of danger
to such animals, other animals, the environment
or the persons or property of human beings;
(7) Any species of animal which is venomous
to human bein~s, whether by bite, sting, touch
or otherwise, except honey-producing bees.
(Ord. 80-97 !l 2).
Chapter 416-4
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 416-4.2
Sections:
416-4.202
416-4.204
Control
Animal services director.
Officers' status, weapons and
arrests.
Statutory provisions
incorporated by reference.
Application to cities.
Restraint
416-4.206
416-4.208
Article 416-4.4
Sections:
416-4.402 Animals at large.
416-4.404 Abandonment.
416-4.406 Prohibition.
Article 416-4.6 Enforcement
Sections:
416-4.604 Penalties.
Article 416-4.2
Control
416-4.202 Animal services director. (a) The
county's animal control activities are functions
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
of the animal services department under the
animal services director. The animal services
director shall supervise, control and report
concerning such activities as provided in this
Ordinance Code and in Chapters 1 and 2 of
Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code
(Sections 2001 ff); and he or she is the appoint-
ing authority for the other positions in the
department.
(b) The animal services director is authorized
to adopt regulations to interpret and carry out
the provisions of Division 416 of this code.
(c) The animal services director may adopt
regulations exempting:
(1) Handicapped people and animals being
raised, trained or used to aid handicapped
people;
(2) Police dogs on duty;
(3) Persons participating III animal rescue
programs;
from specific requirements of Division 416 of
this code. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-4.204 Officers' status, weapons and
arrests. The animal services director and the sub-
ordinate animal control officers, when acting
in the course and scope of their employment,
are as a class designated as entitled to carry
weapons within the meaning of Penal Code
Section 12031, and as public officers for the
purposes of enforcing all laws on animal control,
and they are authorized to arrest persons for
violation of these laws pursuant to Section
14-2.203. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-4.206 Statutory provisions incorpo-
rated by reference. The provisions of Agricul-
tural Code Sections 30801, 30802, 30803,
30804,30805,30952,31107,31108,31251,
31252 and 31254 are incorporated in this
division by reference, and by express adoption
of the substance of some of them herein, pur-
suant to Agricultural Code Section 30501 (and
this adoption includes subsequent amendments
and successors thereto); but if it is held invalid
to thus directly include the substance of these
statutory provisions in Division 416, they are
incorporated herein by reference. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
416-4.208 Application to cities. Division
416 applies to any city in this county which
has requested or requests such application by
adopting any ordinance under Agricultural Code
(Contra Costa County $-81)
Section 30501 and contracting for animal con-
trol services. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
Article 416-4.4
Restraint
416-4.402 Animals at large. (a) No person
owning, possessing, harboring, or controlling any
animal shall allow such animal to be at large.
(b) As used in this section, "at large" means
an animal which either:
(1) In the case of dogs, is not under effec-
tive restraint by a leash; or
(2) In the case of animals other than dogs or
cats, is not in the immediate presence and under
the effective control of such person; or
(3) Is tethered or leashed on any street, or
other public place, not set aside for such tether-
ing or leashing for a period of longer than fifteen
minutes, or in such a way as to block a public
walkway or thoroughfare; or
(4) Is pastured, tethered, tied, or otherwise
present on private property or in any public
building without the consent of the owner or
occupant; or
(5) Is in any place or position with the capa-
city to injure persons or property; or
(6) Fights, bites, or causes harm to any other
animal or person unless such animal or person
has entered the private property owned by, or
in the possession of the person owning or con-
trolling the offending animal without permission
when such property is properly fenced and
posted as to the presence of the offending
animal; or
(7) Is not on the private property owned by,
or in the possession of, the person owning or
controlling the animal and is not wearing a re-
quired license tag; or
(8) Is left at any place without provision for
its care.
Provided, nevertheless, that a dog is not re-
quired to be under restraint by a leash when the
dog has not strayed from and is upon private
property owned by, or in the possession of, the
person owning or controlling the dog.
(c) Exemptions. A working dog, performing
acts such as herding under the control and super-
vision of owner/handler shall not be considered
at large while performing his duties. A hunting,
obedience, tracking or show dog shall not be
considered at large while performing in the
above capacities. Dogs being exercised under the
control of their owners in public areas
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RABIES CONTROL
416-10.004
disposition as provided in this chapter. (Ord.
69-16 S 1 (part), 1969).
416-10.004 Responsibility of health officer.
The county health officer shall supervise rabies
control. If he finds that rabies exists in this
county, he shall take the control measures that
he finds necessary and proper to abate the
condition; and he may quarantine any animal to
protect the public health. All county officers
and employees, including the animal control
director, shall cooperate with and assist the
health officer in carrying out any measures
necessary for rabies control. (Ord. 69-16 S 1
(part), 1969).
122-1
(Contra Costa County 3-15-76)
designated for animal exercise shall not be
considered at large.
(d) Females in Heat. In the case of female
dogs or cats in heat and for the purposes of
Food and Agricultural Code Section 30954,
"at large" means outside a house, vehicle, or
other secure enclosure adequate to prevent
unplanned male access.
(e) Animals in Vehicles.
(1) A dog or any other animal in or upon a
vehicle is deemed to be upon the property of the
operator of such vehicle. No dog or any other
animal shall be transported on any public
thoroughfare in any vehicle unless such dog or
animal is totally enclosed within such vehicle,
within a secured container carried upon such
vehicle, or securely cross-tethered to such
vehicle in such a way as to prevent a falling out
of or off such vehicle, and to prevent injury to
the animal.
(2) No dog or any other animal shall be left
completely enclosed in a parked vehicle without
adequate ventilation, or in such a way as to sub-
ject the animal to temperatures sufficiently
above ambient to affect the animal's health
and welfare. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-4.404 Abandonment. No owner of an
animal shall abandon it. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-4.406 Prohibition. No animal services
officer shall act in violation of Government
Code Section 53072. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Article 416-4.6
Enforcement
416-4.604 Penalties.' Notwithstanding Sec-
tion 14-8.004, and pursuant to Food and Agri-
cultural Code ~ 31401, violations of Division
416 of this code, excepting Chapter 416-10 and
Article 416-12.2, are punishable by a fine of not
more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and
not more than one hundred dollars for the
second or subsequent offense. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Chapter 416-6
INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
Article 416-6.0 Licenses
Sections:
416-6.002 Dog and cat licenses.
INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
416-4.404-416-6.004
416-6.004 Exem ptions.
416-6.006 Tags.
416-6.008 Applications.
416-6.010 Lost tags.
416-6.012 Periods.
416-6.014 Fees.
416-6.016 Prohibition.
Article 416-6.2 Multiple Pet Licenses
Sections:
416-6.200 License required.
416-6.202 Applications.
416-6.204 License approval.
416-6.206 Fees.
416-6.210 Exemptions.
416-6.212 Late fees.
416-6.214 Dog tags.
416-6.216 Breeding limitation.
416-6.218 Existing licensees.
Article 416-6.4 License Revocation
Sections:
416-6.400
416-6.402
416-6.404
License revocation.
Inspection.
Documents.
Article 416-6.0
Licenses
416-6.002 Dog and cat licenses. (a) Every
person owning, possessing, harboring, or having
custody of any dog over four months old' shall
annually obtain a license and pay a license fee.
(b) Every such person shall obtain a license
within thirty days after a dog reaches the age
of four months.
(c) Every such person shall~lJtain a license
within thirty days after acquiring' a dog over
four months old.
(d) Any added late fee shall be charged for
late licensing.
(e) Any person may voluntarily license any
domestic cat subject to proper application and
payment of the required license fee.
(f) Any person who transfers any licensed
dog or cat to another person and any person
who acquires a licensed dog or cat must give
written notice of the name and address of the
person to whom possession is transferred and of
the person acquiring such animal, and the li-
cense tag number, to the animal services depart-
ment within thirty days. .
(g) No person shall own, possess, harbor, or
keep any dog over four months old without a
license for which all fees have been paid; but this
does not apply during the thirty-day grace
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416-6.004-416-6.202
HEALTH AND SAFETY
period under subsections (b) and ( c) of this
section. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-6.004 Exemptions. (a) Nonresidents.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to
dogs or cats whose owners are nonresidents
temporarily within the county for thirty days or
less, nor to dogs or cats brought into the county
to participate in any dog or cat show or field
trial.
(b) Handicapped. Dogs being raised, trained
and used to aid handicapped persons shall be
licensed without fee.
(c) Government. Dogs owned or used by the
county, municipal corporations, or other public
agencies shall be licensed without fee.
(d) Senior Citizens. One dog kept in a house-
hold where the owner of the dog is over the age
of sixty-five shall be licensed without fee. (Ord.
80-97 S 2).
416-6.006 Tags. The licensing authority
shall issue dog or cat license tags, stamped or
imprinted with the name of the county of
Contra Costa and an identification number.
(Ord. 80-97 S 2).
I .
I
416-6.008 Applications. (a) Application for
dog or cat licenses shall be made in writing to
the licensing agency on forms approved by the
licensing agency, and shall include for each
animal: name and address of owner; age, sex,
color, breed, and description of the animal; and
current rabies certificate issued by an authorized
veterinarian. In addition, the applicant $hall
certify to receipt of a copy of Article 416-4.4 of
this division.
(b) Tag Numbers. The licensing authority
shall enter on the application the number of the
license tag issued. All applications shall be kept
on file in an office of the licensing authority,
open to public inspection during the term of the
licenses applied for. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-6.010 Lost tags. Whenever a license tag
has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate shall be
issued by the licensing authority upon payment
of the established fee. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-6.012 Periods. Licenses shall be valid
for such periods, and license fees shall become
due and payable at such times as shall be deter-
mined by the board of supervisors. Late fees
shall accrue if a license fee is unpaid within sixty
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
days after it is due and payable. (Ord. 80-97 S
2).
416-6.014 Fees. License fees, late fees and
replacement fees shall be established by resolu-
tion of the board of supervisors. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
416-6.016 Prohibition. No person may use
any license for any animal other than the animal
for which it was issued. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
Article 416-6.2
Multiple Pet Licenses
416-6.200 License required. (a) No more
than three dogs and no more than five cats over
six months of age, may be kept, harbored, pos-
sessed or maintained for more than thirty days
in a single dwelling or business unit without a
multiple pet license in an area zoned for uses
other than agriculture.
(b) No more than twenty dogs and no more
than twenty cats over six months of age, and no
dogs or cats for commercial purposes may be
kept, harbored, possessed or maintained in any
single dwelling or business unit without a kennel
license. Commerical purposes shall include but
not be limited to: boarding, training, or whole-
saling of animals; but, shall not be construed to
mean the sale of individual animals to private
owners. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-6.202 Applications. (a) Application for
a multiple pet license shall include an applica-
tion fee and shall be made in writing to the
animal services director, who shall issue the li-
cense when the application is approved.
(b) Application for a kennel license shall in-
clude an application fee and shall be made in
writing to the director of planning, who shall
issue the license jointly with the animal services
director if the application is approved.
(c) The director of planning and the animal
services director m.ay jointly or severally promul-
gate regulations governing the application
for, and issuance of, kennel licenses.
(d) Applications for multiple pet licenses or
kennel licenses shall show that the following
conditions have been met:
(1) Facilities exist at the location to
adequately secure, feed, house and maintain the
animals;
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(2) Possession and maintenance of the
animals at the location has not resulted in, and is
not likely to result in the animals being
subjected to neglect, suffering, cruelty or abuse;
(3) Neither the applicant, the owner, nor the
possessor of the animals has had a county license
revoked, or been convicted for a violation of
this division or any law regulating animals
within one year; .
(4) All dogs maintained under a multiple pet
license shall be confined on the premises and
shall be enclosed in a secure shelter during the
hours of darkness, except when they are shown,
exercised, tried, worked, hunted, or trained
under the owner's control.
The required showing may be made by
declaration under penalty of peIjury.
(e) Each application fora multiple pet license
or kennel license must list every dog to be in-
cluded. An updated list shall be submitted to the
animal services director upon application for a
renewal of a multiple pet license. Each applica-
tion must also include a current rabies immuni-
zation certificate issued by an authorized
veterinarian for every dog listed. (Ord. 80-97
~ 2).
416-6.204 License approval. (a) At the re-
ceipt of a complete application for a multiple
pet license, the animal services director may in-
vestigate the application including investigation
of the premises at which the animals will be kept
prior to the approval of the application.
(b) In the case of kennels, after receipt of a
complete application the animal services director
or the director of planning may investigate the
application including the premises on which the
kennel will be operating, and shall ascertain that
the kennel is authorized by a land use permit
prior to approval of the application.
(c) The animal services director or the
director of planning may require such informa-
tion pertinent to the keeping of the animals
from an applicant as they deem necessary with
respect to their action on a multiple pet or
kennel license application or renewal applica-
tion.
(d) The animal services director or the
director of planning may impose conditions on
the approval or renewal of any multiple pet or
kennel license. Such conditions must be in
writing and must serve animals, or the public
health, welfare, convenience or necessity.
INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
416-6.204-416-6.212
(e) Prior to the denial of any multiple pet li-
cense or renewal thereof, or any approval to
which conditions are attached, the animal
services director shall notify the applicant in
writing of the intended action. Any conditions
to be attached to an approval or renewal shall
be specified in the notice. The applicant, in
writing, may request a hearing before the animal
services director within five days after receipt
of such notice if he/she wishes to contest a
decision of denial or approval with conditions. If
the applicant requests a hearing, the animal ser-
vices director shall give the applicant no less
than five days' notice, in writing, of the time
and place of such hearing, by mail. After
hearing, the animal services director shall deter-
mine whether the license should be issued,
issued subject to conditions, or denied.
(f) A multiple pet license shall be renewed
without review upon the filing of a complete
application and payment of the necessary fees
unless renewal has been protested or the animal
services department has received or lodged two
or more complaints concerning the licensed lo-
cation within the last year. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.206 Periods. Multiple pet licenses and
kennel licenses shall be valid for such periods
not less than one year, and the license fees shall
become due and payable at such times, as shall
be determined by resolution of the board of
supervisors. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.208 Fees. Multiple pet license fees,
kennel license fees, application fees, and late li-
cense fees shall be established by resolution of
the board of supervisors. Separate fee schedules
may be established for dog enthusiasts or cat
fanciers. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.210 Exemptions. Multiple pet license
fees and kennel license fees shall not be charged
to veterinary hospitals, except when such
hospitals offer boarding or breeding services
separately from veterinary medical services.
(Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.212 Late fees. Late fees shall be pay-
able upon failure to obtain a multiple pet license
or a kennel license within sixty days of keeping,
harboring, possessing or maintaining animals in
excess of those specified herein, or upon failure
to pay a renewal license fee within sixty days
after it is due and payable. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
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416-6.214-416-6.404
HEALTH AND SAFETY
416-6.214 Dog tags. Any dog for which a
license is required and which is covered under
a multiple pet or kennel license, which is
removed for more than one day from the
licensed premises, shall wear its current, valid
license tag unless performing in the capacity
of hunting, working, obedience, tracking or
showing. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.216 Breeding limitation. (a) No
person, except as provided below, shall allow the
parturition and rearing of more than one litter
of dogs and one litter of cats in anyone calendar
year.
(b) Persons holding multiple pet or kennel
licenses may allow the parturition and rearing of
no more than one litter per bitch registered by
a nationally recognized dog registering body and
one litter per queen registered by a nationally
recognized cat registering body, in anyone
calendar year. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.218 Existing licensees. Persons
holding dog fancier licenses or commercial
kennel licenses on the effective date of this
article are entitled to a multiple pet license, and
persons holding a commercial kennel license,
without prior approval, upon filing complete
application documents and tendering the re-
quired fees. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Article 416-6.4
License Revocation
416-6.400 License revocation. (a) A license
may be revoked by the animal services director
on one or more of the following grounds:
(1) Falsification of facts in the license appli-
cation;
(2) Violation of any provisions of this divi-
sion or any California state law, statute, rule,
order or regulation governing the activity for
which the license was issued;
(3) Conviction of cruelty to animals in this
. or any other state;
(4) Failure to meet and maintain the condi-
tions of the license;
(5) Inhumane and/or cruel treatment of
animals;
(6) Violations of health and sanitation codes.
(b) Prior to revocation of a license, the
animal services director shall hold a public hear-
ing to determine whether the grounds described
in subsection (a) of this section exist.
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
(c) At least' ten days prior to hearing the
animal services director shall mail or otherwise
deliver to the possessor of the animals a notice
containing a statement of the charges support-
ing license revocation and/or impoundment and
notice of the time and place of hearing before
the animal services director as to the truth of
the charges.
(d) If the animal services director determines,
after hearing, that charges supporting such
action are true, he/she may revoke the license
and may impound any animals covered under
such license.
(e) On revocation of license, if the cause is
not inhumane treatment of animals or violation
of health and sanitation codes, the owner of the
license so revoked shall have a sixty-day grace
period prior to the effective date or revocation
to attempt to find new adoptive owners for the
animals involved.
(t) If a license has been denied or revoked
for cause, the animal services director shall not
accept a new application by the same person less
than twelve months after such denial or revoca-
tion unless the applicant affirmatively shows,
and has verified by the animal services director,
that the grounds upon which the first license or
application was denied or revoked no longer
exist.
(g) On revocation of license, no part of the
license fee shall be refunded. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.402 Inspection. For the sole purposes
of determining inhumane treatment of animals
and/or violations of state and local health and
sanitation laws, the animal services director,
upon reasonable notice and having in his/her
possession a search warrant, shall be permitted
to inspect all animals, and the premises so speci-
fied in said search warrant. at which any such
animal(s) are kept, harbored, possessed or main-
tained. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-6.404 Documents. (a) The animal ser-
vices director may require any person owning,
possessing, harboring, or controlling any animal
for which a license or permit is required under
Division 416 to produce any required license,
permit, or certificate of rabies vaccination for
inspection.
(b) Any person subject to the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section who fails to pro-
duce a required license, permit, or certificate of
rabies vaccination for inspection by the animal
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services director after a demand for inspection,
is in violation of this Ordinance Code. (Ord.
80-97 S 2).
Chapter 416-8
IMPOUNDMENT
Sections:
416-8.002
416-8.004
416-8.006
416-8.008
416-8.010
416-8.012
416-8.014
416-8.016
Impoundment required.
Exceptions.
Holding period~Notice.
Summary destruction.
Owner claims.
Impoundment fees.
Abandonment.
Adoption.
416-8.002 Impoundment required. (a) All
dogs found at large in violation of the provisions
of Division 14 of the Agricultural Code, or any
provisions of Division 416 of this Ordinance
Code, shall be taken up and impounded, and are
subject to destruction by humane injection.
(b) All animals, including dogs and cats, that
are abandoned, found at large, taken into
custody by the animal services' director, or
otherwise found to be in violation of Division
416 of the Ordinance Code, shall be taken up
and impounded, and are subject to destruction
by humane injection.
(c) Any person taking up and/or holding a
stray animal the owner of which is unknown or
cannot be immediately contacted, shall notify
the animal services department within twenty-
four hours and, upon request, shall immediately
surrender it for impounding. Any person
participating in a rescue program authorized for
such purposes by the animal services director is
exempt from the surrender requirement. (Ord.
80-97 S 2).
416-8.004 Exceptions. The animal services
director shall not impound any animal (includ-
ing fowl) not otherwise in violation of Division
416, staked or tied for grazing on private
property or any fowl at large on private prop-
erty except on the complaint of the owner or
occupant of the property, or of any other
property if he claims injury. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-8.006 Holding period ~ Notice. (a)
Except for rabies control purposes, impounded
IMPOUNDMENT
416-8.002-416-8.010
animals shall be kept at a facility of or autho-
rized by the animal services department for
seventy-two hours, except:
(1) Stray dogs or cats with valid licenses shall
be held ten days after written notice is mailed
or otherwise given to the owner, if the owner
is identified; and
(2) Stray bovine animals, horses, mules or
burros shall be held for five days and if un-
claimed after that period, shall be disposed of in
such manner as the board of supervisors shall
specify by resolution.
(b) If the owner of an impounded animal,
other than a dog or cat with a valid license, is
identified, the animal services department shall
notify the owner by telephone or mail within
two days after such identification and hold
the animal for at least five working days after
notice is mailed or otherwise given.
(c) The animal services director may dispose
of animals unclaimed after expiration of the
holding period by humanely destroying them by
injection or by placing the animal in an adoptive
home. No live animal shall be released for teach-
ing or experimental purposes. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-8.008 Summary d~struction. The
animal services director may, without waiting
for the holding periods to elapse, cause any im-
pounded animal to be destroyed when such an
animal is severely injured, or infected with a
dangerous or communicable disease, and only
after reasonable efforts under the circumstances
have been made to apprise the owner of such
animal, if such owner can be reasona,bly identi-
fied, of the condition of the animal. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
416-8.010 Owner claims. (a) The owner of
any impounded animal is liable for all accrued
impoundment fees. The owner of any
impounded animal may claim it from the animal
services department before its destruction, sale,
or other disposition, after obtaining all required
licenses and permits and paying all accrued im-
poundment fees.
(b) If the owner claims that an animal was
unlawfully impounded, the owner may request
a hearing which shall be provided by the animal
services director within three working days of
such request. The animal services director shall
hear the evidence and argument of the owner
and make such further investigation as is deemed
appropriate. The animal shall be released to the
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(Contra Costa County 5-81)
416-8.012-416-10.006
HEALTH AND SAFETY
owner without payment of fees or penalties,
except applicable to license or permit fees, if
the animal services director concludes there is
reasonable doubt as to the lawfulness of the im-
poundment. No fees shall be charged on account
of continued impoundment after a hearing has
been requested. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-8.012 Impoundment fees. Impound-
ment fees shall be established by resolution of
the board of supervisors. The board of super-
visors shall establish additional fees payable in
the case of animals reclaimed for a second time
within a twelve-month period and further addi-
tional fees payable in the case of animals
reclaimed three or more times within a twenty-
four month period. As to the additional fees, an
owner is entitled upon request to a hearing as
provided in Section 4l6-8.010(b). (Ord. 80-97
~ 2).
416-8.014 Abandonment. The refusal or
failure of the owner of any animal to apply for
all required licenses or permits, and to pay all
applicable license, permit, and impoundment
fees, within ten days after notice of impound-
ment is mailed to such owner's last known
address or otherwise given to such owner, con-
stitutes abandonment and relinquishment of the
owner's rights to the county. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-8.016 Adoption. (a) Animals subject to
disposition by the county may be sold if the
animal services director finds that the sale of
any such animal is not contrary to law, to policy
of the department, or to the public interest.
Dogs or cats may not be sold for purposes other
than keeping of pets, and may not be sold
without first having been licensed, neutered or
spayed, and vaccinated against rabies, or a fee
therefor having been deposited.
(b) Fees for the purchase of animals from
the animal services department shall be estab-
lished by resolution of the board of super-
visors. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Chapter 416-10
RABIES CONTROL
Sections:
416-10.002 Rabies impoundment.
416-10.004 Responsibility of health
officer.
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
416.10.006 Suspected rabies.
416-10.008 Bites.
416-10.010 Rabies reports.
416-10.012 Violation.
416-10.002 Rabies impoundment. All dogs
in violation of the Rabies Control Act (Division
3, Chapter 3, Article 1 [~~ 1900 - 1922] of
the Health and Safety Code) and all animals
subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be
quarantined or impounded, and are subject to
destruction in some humane manner or to other
disposition as provided in this chapter. (Ord.
80-97 ~ 2).
416-10.004 Responsibility of health officer.
The county health officer shall supervise rabies
control. If he/she finds that rabies exists in this
county, he/she shall take the control measures
that he/she finds necessary and proper to
abate the condition; and he/she may quarantine
any animal to protect the public health. All
county officers and employees, including the
animal services director, shall cooperate with
and assist the health officer in carrying out any
measures necessary for rabies control. (Ord.
80-97 ~ 2).
416-10.006 Suspected rabies. (a) Know-
ledge and Report. If the owner and/or keeper of
any animal observes or learns (from any source
whatsoever) that the animal shows symptoms of
rabies, that person shall immediately confine the
animal in a veterinary hospital, an animal
services department facility, or other adequate
facility; including the owner's premises if
approved by the animal services director; notify
the animal services director, and make the
animal available to the animal services director
for examination and/or confinement.
(b) Examination. The animal services director
shall cause the animal to be examined by a
veterinarian.
(c) Confinement. If the animal services
director, on the advice of a veterinarian, deems
it advisable for the protection of the public
health, he/she shall have the animal confined in
a veterinary hospital, an animal services depart-
ment facility, or other adequate facility, and
shall keep the health officer advised of the
animal's condition.
(d) Release. No person shall release any
animal so confined until release is authorized
by the animal services director.
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WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS
(e) Charge. The animal's owner shall be
charged for all costs incurred or fees applicable
with respect to examination or confinement of
the animal. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-10.008 Bites. (a) Knowledge and Re-
port. If the owner and/or keeper of any animal
knows or learns from any source whatsoever,
that the animal has bitten any person, any other
animal, or has been bitten by another animal
having rabies or reasonably suspected of having
rabies, such owner or keeper shall immediately
confine the animal in a veterinary hospital, an
animal services department facility, or other
adequate facility; notify the animal services
director, and shall make the animal available to
the animal services director for examination
and/or confinement. The victim of such biting
shall report the incident to the animal services
director where the owner or keeper of the
animal is unknown, or where the owner or
keeper is unable or refuses to make the required
report.
(b) Examination. The animal services director
may cause the animal to be examined by a
veterinarian.
(c) Confinement. The animal services director
shall confine or have the animal confined in a
veterinary hospital, an animal services depart-
ment facility, or other adequate facility for the
period prescribed by state law, and shall keep
the health officer advised of the animal's condi-
tion.
(d) Release. No person shall release any
animal so confined until release is authorized
by the animal services director.
(e) Charges. The animal's owner shall be
charged for all costs incurred or fees applicable
with respect to examination or confinement of
the animal. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-10.010 Rabies reports. (a) Rabies is
declared to be a reportable disease. Every
veterinarian practicing in this county and every
person providing professional medical treat-
ment for animal bite by an animal of a species
subject to rabies shall immediately notify the
health department whenever rabies is suspected.
(b) Every veterinarian practicing in this
county shall provide the animal services director
with a copy of every rabies immunization certi-
ficate which he/she issues. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-10.008-416-11.006
416-10.012 Violation. Violation of this
chapter, except fo.r the provisions of Section
4l6-1O.0l0(b), is a misdemeanor. Violation of
Section 416-10.01 O(b) is subject to Article 416-
4.6 of this division. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Chapter 416-11
WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS
Sections:
416-11. 002 Registration required.
416-11.004 Registration form.
416-11.006 Impoundment.
416-11.008 Sale of wild animals.
416-11.010 Exemptions.
416-11.002 Registration required. All
persons owning, maintaining, or possessing any
wild or exotic animal must register such animal
with the animal services director. (Ord. 80-97
~ 2).
416-11.004 Registration form. All persons
registering a wild or exotic animal with the
animal services director shall submit the follow-
ing information on a form provided by the
animal services department:
(1) The true name and address of the owner
or possessor of such animal(s), and the names
and addresses of two persons who may be con-
tacted in case of emergency;
(2) The number and true scientific name(s)
of the type(s) of wild or exotic animal(s) for
which registration is requested;
(3) The address or place where the animal(s)
will be located;
(4) The purpose for which the animal(s)
will be possessed;
(5) If the animal(s) are described in Fish
and Game Code ~ 2118, a copy of a current,
valid permit from the st(j.te of California for
possession of such animal(s);
(6) Any other information as the animal
services director may require;
(7) There shall be no fee for registration of
wild or exotic animals. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-11.006 Impoundment. Any wild or
exotic animal in this county which is at large,
or for which the animal services director does
not have a current registration, is subject to im-
poundment under the provisions of Chapter
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416-11.008-416-12.202
HEALTH AND WELFARE
416-8, at the discretion of the animal services
director, or to summary destruction if the
animal services director concludes that the
animal poses a threat to public health and safety
and cannot be immediately and safely im-
pounded. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-11.008 Sale of wild animals. Any per-
son who transfers or sells any wild or exotic
animal to another person in this county must
give written notice of the name and address of
the person to whom possession is transferred
and of the person acquiring such animal to the
animal services director within thirty days.
(Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-11.010 Exemptions. Any museum,
educational institution or scientific research
organization with a valid permit from the state
or federal government for ownership, harbor-
ing or maintenance of wild or exotic animals
is exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 80-97 S 2).
Chapter 416-12
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 416-12.0 Disposal
Sections:
416-12.002 By owner.
416-12.004 Requested disposal.
416-12.006 Fees.
Article 416-12.2 Nuisances
Sections:
416-12.202 Animal noise.
416-12.204 Animal wastes.
Article 416-12.4 Dangerous Animals
Sections:
416-12.402 Dangerous animals.
416-12.404 Finding of danger.
416-12.406 Dangerous animal permit
required.
416-12.408 Dangerous animal permit
application.
416-12.410 Investigation.
416-12.412 Dangerous animal permit.
416-12.414 Permit conditions.
416-12.416 Permit revocation.
416-12.418 Fees.
416-12.420 Dangerous animal at large.
416-12.422 Impoundment pending
hearings.
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
416-12.4 24 Exception.
Article 416-12.6 Performing Animals
Sections:
416-12.602 Restrictions.
416-12.604 Equipment.
Article 416-12.8 Sales or Gifts of Animals
Sections:
416-12.802 Public display prohibited.
416-12.804 Sale of dogs or cats.
Article 416-12.0
Disposal
416-12.002 By owner. Any person possess-
ing a dead animal or fowl shall dispose of it in
a safe and sanitary manner. Upon receipt of in-
formation that the body of any animal or fowl
has not been properly disposed of in accordance
with this section, the animal services director
shall dispose of the body. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-12.004 Requested disposal. On request
by any person, the animal services director may
remove and dispose of any small animal such
as dog, cat, fowl or rabbit lawfully in the posses-
sion of the person. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-12.006 Fees. Animal disposal services
by the animal services director shall be subject
to such fees as shall be established by resolu-
tion of the board of supervisors. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
Article 416-12.2
Nuisances
416-12.202 Animal noise. (a) No person
shall own, possess, harbor, control, or keep on
any premises, any dog, fowl, or other animal,
that barks, bays, cries, howls, or makes any
other noise so continuously or incessantly as to
unreasonably disturb the peace or quiet of any
two persons living in different households within
three hundred feet of the location of the dis-
turbance.
(b) Any person who shall keep or permit
to remain on any premises any animal as defined
in subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a
violation of this division, provided that during
the time that the animal is making such a noise,
no person or other animal is trespassing or
threatening to trespass or no person is teasing
or provoking the animal. This section shall not
be construed to prohibit the keeping of any
I 24-6
watchdog, provided that the keeper thereof
takes immediate steps to quiet such dog when-
ever it barks, and provided that such keeper
never leaves such dog unattended on the
premises in a place where its barking, if pro-
longed or repeated an undue number of times,
disturbs the peace or quiet of any two persons
living in different households within three
hundred feet of the locations of the disturbance.
(Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-12.204 Animal wastes. Any person hav-
ing the ownership, custody, or control of any
animal which defecates on public walks, in pub-
lic recreation areas, in public buildings, or with-
out the owner's consent on private property,
shall immediately remove the excrement from
any such place to a site not prohibited by law.
This restriction shall not apply in areas
identified as horse trails or areas specifically
set aside for exercise of animals. (Ord. 80-97
~ 2).
Article 416-12.4
Dangerous Animals
416-12.402 Dangerous animals. Any animal,
except a dog assisting a peace officer engaged in
law enforcement duties, which demonstrates
any of the following behavior, is rebuttably
presumed dangerous:
(a) An attack which requires a defensive
action by any person to prevent bodily injury
and/or property damage in a place where such
person is conducting himself peacefully and
lawfully;
(b) An attack on another animal or livestock
which occurs off the property of the owner of
the attacking animal;
(c) An attack that results in an injury to a
person in a place where such person is
conducting himself peacefully and lawfully;
(d) Any behavior that constitutes a physical
threat of bodily harm to a person in a place
where such person is conducting himself peace-
fully and lawfully.
For the purposes of this section, a person is
peaceably and lawfully upon the private prop-
erty of an owner or possessor of the animal
when he is on such property in the performance
of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of
this state or any city or county, or by the laws
or postal regulations of the United States, or
when he is on such property upon invitation,
express or implied. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
MISCELLANEOUS
416-12.204-416-120410
416-12.404 Finding of danger. After notice
and hearing upon charges following the pro-
. cedure expressed in Section 416-6.400, the
animal services director may declare that an
animal is dangerous and thereafter such animal
is a dangerous animal. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-12.406 Dangerous animal permit re-
quired. No person shall own, maintain, or
possess any dangerous animal without having
obtained a permit from the animal services
director, including payment of any and all fees
required, and compliance with all conditions of
such permit, within thirty days after a declara-
tion that the animal is dangerous. (Ord. 80-97
~ 2).
416-12.408 Dangerous animal permit appli-
cation. An application for a dangerous animal
permit shall include:
(a) The true name and address of the appli-
cant and of the owner or possessor of the
animal, and the names and addresses of two
persons who may be contacted in the case of
emergency;
(b) An accurate description of the dangerous
animal for which the permit is requested;
(c) The address or place where the animal
will be located;
(d) The purpose for which the animal will
be possessed or kept;
( e) Such other information as the animal
services director may require; and
(f) An application fee, for each animal.
(Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-12.410 Investigation. (a) At the receipt
of a complete permit application, the animal ser-
vices director may investigate the application
and may grant a county permit if in his/her
discretion, he/she finds the following condi-
tions satisfied:
(1) Facilities exist at the location to
adequately secure, feed, house and maintain
the animal;
(2) Possession and maintenance of the animal
at the location is not likely to endanger the
peace, quiet, health, safety or comfort of
persons in the vicinity of the location;
(3) Possession and maintenance of the
animal at the location is not likely to be detri-
mental to agriculture, native wildlife, or the pub-
lic peace, health or safety in the county;
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
(4) Possession and maintenance of the animal
at the location has not resulted in, and is not
likely to result in, the animal being subjected to
neglect, suffering, cruelty, or abuse; -
(5) Neither the applicant, owner, nor the
possessor of the animal has had a county
dangerous animal permit or any other license
required under this division revoked, or been
convicted of a violation of this division or any
law regulating animals within three years;
(6) Possession of the animal at the location
specified will not violate any law, ordinance,
or regulation.
(b) Persons residing in the vicinity of the lo-
cation shall be notified of the application and be
given an opportunity for comment. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
416-12.412 Dangerous animal permit. A
county dangerous animal permit shall be issued
to the possessor of the animal, and shall be valid
for not more than one calendar year, but may be
renewed for subsequent years upon the filing of
a renewal application conforming to the require-
ments of Section 416-12.408 not later than
December 31st of each year, and meeting all
the requirements of this chapter as upon the
issuance of the original permit. No person hold-
ing a dangerous animal has any right to a
renewal of that permit. Failure to file
application for renewal by February 1st shall
result in a delinquent fee for each animal.
County permits shall include the name and
address of the applicant, the owner and
possessor of the animal, the number and
accurate description of the animal(s), and the
address or place where the animal will be lo-
cated. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-12.414 Permit conditions. All county
dangerous animal permits are subject to com-
pliance with all relevant state laws and ordi-
nances, and are subject to the following condi-
tions:
(a) The permit is nontransferable;
(b) The anin-_<1 may not be possessed nor
maintained at any other location than that
expressed on the permit;
(c) The animal must be securely maintained;
(d) The animal may not be permitted to be
loose, or to create any detriment or danger to
the peace, health, or safety of the people in the
vicinity of the location, nor to agriculture,
native wildlife, or public peace, health, or safety
in the county;
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
, "
(e) The animal may not be subject to neglect,
suffering, cruelty, nor abuse;
(f) The location where the animal is
possessed or maintained is kept clean and sani-
tary; and the animal is provided with proper and
adequate food, water, ventilation, shelter and
care at all times;
(g) The animal services director shall- be
allowed at any reasonable time to inspect the
animal and the place where the animal is lo-
cated;
(h) Payment of a permit fee if imposed by
resolution of the board of supervisors. (Ord.
80-97 S 2). .
416-12.416 Permit revocation. Dangerous
animal permits are subject to revocation as pro-
vided in Article 416-6.4. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-12.418 Fees. Dangerous animal permit
application fees, permit fees, and delinquent
fees shall be established by resolution of the
board of supervisors. (Ord. 80-97 S 2).
"
416-12.420 Dangerous animal at large.
(a) Any dangerous animal found at large shall
be impounded.
(b) Any dangerous animal found at large
two times within twelve months after having
been declared a dangerous animal, or in any
event a third time after such declaration, may
be humanely destroyed after notice and hear-
ing upon charges, following the procedure ex-
pressed in Section 416-6.400. (Ord. 80-97 S
2).
416-12.422 Impoundment pending hear-
ings. Any animal subject to dangerous animal
proceedings may be impounded at the discretion
of the animal services director pending notice,
hearings and determinations hereunder and until
any required permit is obtained. The animal's
owner shall be charged for all costs incurred or
fees applicable with respect to such impound-
ment unless a finding is made that the animal is
not dangerous or not subject to destruction.
(Ord. 80-97 S 2).
416-12.424 Exception. Nothing in this
chapter shall limit the right of any person or
officer to take any proceedings against a
dangerous animal or the owner thereof other-
wise permitted or provided by law. (Ord. 80-97
S 2).
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Article 416-12.6
Performing Animals
416-12.602 Restrictions. No performing
animal exhibition or circus shall induce or en-
courage animals to perform through the use of
chemical, mechanical, electrical, or manual
devices in a manner which will cause, or is
likely to cause, physical injury or suffering to
the animal. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-12.604 Equipment. All equipment used
on a performing animal shall fit properly and be
in good working condition. (Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
Article 416-12.8
Sales or Gifts of Animals
416-12.802 Public display prohibited. No
person under the age of eighteen shall place any
dog, cat, puppy or kitten on public display for
the purpose of sale, offer for sale, barter or give-
away upon any street, sidewalk, parking lot,
shopping center walkway or other public place,
and no transfer of any such animal shall be
made to any person under the age of eighteen.
(Ord. 80-97 ~ 2).
416-12.804 Sale of dogs or cats. (a) The
seller of a dog or cat shall provide to the buyer
at the time of sale a signed statement attesting
to the seller's knowledge of the animal's health.
Such statement shall also include the animal's
immunization history, and the record of any
known disease, sickness or internal parasites
that the animal is afflicted with at the time of
transfer of ownership, including treatment and
medication.
(b) Any person purchasing a dog or cat from
a person or an establishment required to be li-
censed or registered pursuant to Chapter 416-6
of this code may, within five days of such pur-
chase, cause such animal to be examined by a
veterinarian licensed by the state of California.
If such examination reveals clinical signs of
contagious or infectious disease, or serious
congenital defects, not otherwise disclosed to
the purchaser as required by this article, the
purchaser may, within one business day of the
examination, return such animal to the seller.
When returned, such animal must be accom-
panied with a certificate signed by the examining
veterinarian stating examination findings. Upon
return of such animal for the reasons stated in
RAT CONTROL
416-12.602-416.14.004
this section, seller shall reimburse the purchaser
for the cost of the animal. If the seller refuses
to reimburse the purchaser for the cost of the
animal upon purchaser's offer to return it, the
purchaser may file a civil complaint. (Ord.
80-97 ~ 2).
Chapter 416-14
RAT CONTROL*
Sections :
416-14.002 Refuse-Defmed.
416-14.004 Refuse-Accumulation
prohibited.
416-14.006 Refuse-Dumping prohibited.
416-14.008 Exclusion ofrats from
structures.
416-14.010 Right of entry by health
officer.
416-14.012 Abatement of sanitation
nuisance.
416-14.002 Refuse - Defined. As used in
this chapter, "refuse" means all garbage,
combustible and noncombustible waste, all
putrescib1e solid or concentrated liquid wastes,
except sewage, originating from household,
business, commercial, and industrial activity,
and the admixture of sewage effluent or sewage
sludge with any of the above. (Prior code ~
4300: Ord. 1444).
416-14.004 Refuse Accumulation
prohibited. (a) Every owner, lessee and occupant
of any premises shall keep the premises free of
refuse, nauseous, foul or offensive odors, and/or
accumulations of filth and/or decaying animal
excrement, and upon notification by the health
officer shall remove and abate such nuisance
within twenty-four hours, except as provided in
subsection (b).
(b) Refuse may be stored on any premises in
cans which shall:
(1) Be of watertight galvanized metal or
other material of equivalent quality;
(2) Have not more than a thirty-gallon
capacity;
(3) Have two handles adequate for lifting;
*For the statutory provisions regarding rodent control, see
Health & Saf. C. ~ 1800 ff. For general refuse collection
provisions, see Ch. 418-2, this code.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
(4) Be covered continuously with a
tight-fitting cover with handle except when
being filled or emptied;
(5) Be kept clean by the users.
Refuse consisting of industrial, horticultural
or construction waste, or other accumulations of
a size larger than the containers herein specified,
may be kept, collected and disposed of by any
other means approved by the health officer.
(Ord. 76-68 S 1: prior code S 4301: Ords. 1444
S 2,565 s 2d, 392 s 3d, 310 s 2d, 112).
416-14.006 Refuse - Dumping prohibited.
No person shall place refuse on any land in this
county except as permitted by county
ordinance. (Prior code ~ 4302: Ord. 1444).
416-14.008 Exclusion of rats from
structures. Every building, dock, wharf, and
incinerator shall be so constructed and kept in
repair as to prevent rats from entering and from
being harbored within their walls or beneath
their floors. (Prior code ~ 4303: Ord. 1444).
416-14.010 Right of entry by health
officer. The health officer and any agent or
inspector appointed by him or by the board of
supervisors, after announcing the purpose of his
visit, shall be permitted to enter any building or
premises in this county between nine a.m. and
five p.m. of any day for the purpose of
inspection to ascertain whether the provisions of
this chapter have been complied with. (Prior
code ~ 4304: Ord. 1444).
416-14.012 Abatement of sanitation
nuisance. (a) Notice of Violation: In the event
of a violation of this chapter, and in addition to
other penalties herein provided, the health
officer may send a written notice to the owner
of the property on which the violation occurred
at the address of the owner as it appears on the
assessment roll of this county. The notice shall
state the nature of the violation, that the owner
is required to abate the condition immediately,
and that if the owner fails to abate the
condition, it may be abated by the health officer
and the owner shall be liable for the cost
thereof.
(b) Abatement by County: If the condition is
not abated by the owner in accordance with the
notice, the health officer may abate the
condition and shall charge the owner for the
cost thereof.. If this charge is not paid within
(Contra Costa County 5-81)
sixty days, the amount of the charge, plus
accrued interest at the rate of six percent per
year from the date of the charge, shall be added
to the next regular tax bill sent to the owner by
this county and shall be collected in the manner
fixed by law for the collection of taxes, or in the
alternative, recovery therefor may be had
through civil action. .
U (c) Emergency Abatement: If the health
officer rmds that a violation has created an
emergency condition endangering the public
health, he may abate the condition in
accordance with subsection (b) without giving
the notice required by subsection (a). (Prior
code ~ 4305).
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Chapter 416-16
MINK RAISING
Article 416-16.2 General
Sections:
416-16.202 Nuisance hazard.
416-16.204 Definitions.
Article 416-16.4 Permits
Sections:
416-16.402 Permit-Required-Revocation.
416-16.404 Permit-Premises inspection-
Health officer right of entry.
416-16.406 Permit-Fees.
Article 416-16.6 Land Use
Sections:
416-16.602 Land use-Requirements.
416-16.604 Land use-Nonconforming use.
Article 416-16.8 Sanitary Regulations
Sections:
416-16.802 Sanitation requirements-
Generally.
Article 416-16.2
General
416-16.202 Nuisance hazard. It is declared
to have been determined on the basis of
evidence submitted in connection herewith that
the raising, breeding, maintaining, keeping,
boarding and pelting of mink, as defined herein,
constitutes an exceptional nuisance hazard by
reason of the diet and physiological
characteristics of mink, including the
consequent and resultant creation of odors and
breeding of flies. (Prior code S 4320: Ord.
1446).
416-16.204 Definitions. Unless otherwise
specifically provided, or required by the
context, the following terms have the following
meanings in this chapter:
(1) "Fly screening" means metal screen of at
least "sixteen mesh" size.
(2) "Health officer" includes any
subordinate(s) he designates from time to time
for any or all of his functions hereunder.
(3) "Mink" means any fur-bearing animal
commonly known as mink, including Mustela
Lutreola, Mustela Vison, Mustela Sib erica, and
any hybrid, variant, strain or subspecies of such
animals, and including cross-breeds thereof
among the types listed or with other animals.
(4) "Mink food" means anything intended
MINK RAISING
416-16.202-416-16.404
for or used as sustenance for mink,and includes
all organic material or parts of animals, birds or
fish therein.
(5) "Mink raising operation" means any
opera tion or activity raising, breeding,
maintaining, keeping, boarding or pelting ten or
more mink.
(6) "Underground waste disposal system"
means any underground sewage disposal system
complying with the laws of this state and
county. (Ord. 74-67 S 1: prior code S 4321:
Ord. 1446).
Article 416-16.4
Permits
416-16.402 Permit Required
Revocation. No person shall carry on any mink
raising operation without possessing a valid,
unrevoked and unsuspended permit issued by
the health officer. Such permits shall be valid
from date of issuance until revoked, and shall be
granted or renewed by the health officer when
his inspection discloses that the standards and
requirements relating to the conduct of the
mink raising operation are being met by the
applicant or the assignees thereof of the
operation or proposed operation.
Such permits may be suspended or revoked
by the health officer upon his first determining
that the mink raising operation covered by such
permit is being operated in violation of any
provision of this chapter. Written notice of
suspension or revocation shall be given a permit
holder by registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by personal
service upon the permit holder of such written
notice. (Prior code S 4322: Ord. 1446).
416-16.404 Permit - Premises inspection -
Health officer right of entry. The health officer
shall have the right to visit and inspect the
premises upon which any mink raising operation
is being conducted, or with respect to which any
permit has been requested as herein provided, in
order to carry out and enforce the provisions of
this chapter. Such visits and inspections may be
made at reasonable times and places and at
reasonable intervals. The health officer may
withhold, suspend or revoke the permit of any
mink raising operation where he or his duly
authorized representative is refused admission to
visit and inspect a mink raising operation as
authorized herein. (Prior code S 4323: Ord.
1446).
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
416-16.406 Permit - Fees. A fee of
twenty-five dollars is required for permits
hereunder, and is due and payable to the tax
collector at the time of application for the
permit. (Prior code S 4324: Ord. 1446).
Article 416-16.6
Land Use
416-16.602 Land use Requirements.
Subsequent to the effective date of this chapter,
no person shall commence, establish or assume
the operation of any mink raising operation
which does not meet the following
requirements:
(1) Area of Operation Site: No mink raising
operation shall be carried on on any parcel of
land which is less than twenty acres in area; and
(2) Distance from Perimeter: No mink raising
operation or any part thereof shall be carried on
at a distance of less than two hundred feet from
the nearest part of the perimeter of the parcel of
land upon which the operation is located. (Prior
code S 4325: Ord. 1446).
416-16.604 Land use - Nonconforming
use. The following terms and conditions shall
govern uses of land for the purposes of this
chapter:
(1) Any lawful use of any land or building
for or as part of a mink raising operation,
existing at the time this chapter becomes
effective, which does not conform to the
provisions of Section 416-16.602, shall
constitute a nonconforming use, and shall not be
in violation of this chapter until such
nonconforming use is discontinued, or ceases for
any reason.
(2) It is unlawful to extend. or enlarge any
mink raising operation which constitutes an
existing nonconforming use except in a manner
which causes it to conform, or tends to bring it
into conformity with, this chapter; provided,
however, that such mink raising operations
constituting such nonconforming uses may
hereafter increase their land, facilities, buildings,
equipment and number of mink by not more
than ten percent of the present breeding stock
or a maximum of twelve hundred, whichever is
the greater, on the effective date of this chapter
without being in violation of this subdivision.
Existing nonconforming uses may expand
structures and operations within the area
otherwise prohibited by Section 416-16.602(2),
(Contra Costa County 3-25-75)
should the boundaries of the property upon
which such use is conducted prohibit
compliance; provided, however, that in such use
such expansion shall conform as nearly as
possible to such restriction. (Prior code S 4326:
Ord. 1446).
Article 416-16.8
Sanitary Regulations
416-16.802 Sanitation requirements
Generally. Every person engaged in or carrying
on any mink raising operation shall comply with
all of the following requirements with respect to
such operations:
(1) Cage Drainage: All mink cages used for
the raising, keeping or breeding of mink shall be
mounted and maintained in such positions or
manner that no moisture can accumulate or
remain standing under the cages.
(2) Cage Sanitation: All accumulations of
manure, mink food and waste matter shall be
removed or maintained so as to prevent the
breeding of flies.
(3) Food Handling: All mink food, or organic
materials used in the preparation of food, shall
be completely enclosed, except when in transit,
in fly-proof, watertight containers at all times
during which such food or materials are not
actually being processed, minced, chopped or
ground by hand or machinery, or fed to mink.
All such processing, chopping or grinding shall
be conducted or carried on in food preparation
houses which meet the standards and
requirements set forth in this chapter.
(4) Food Preparation Houses
Construction: Food preparation houses shall be
entirely paved with a smooth floor of concrete
or some equally durable and impervious
substance, equipped with adequate and effective
floor drains draining to an underground waste
disposal system, and the doorways, windows,
and all openings or apertures leading therein
shall be completely covered with fly screening.
(5) Food Preparation Houses and Equipment
- Sanitation: All food preparation houses and
all soiled machinery, equipment, utensils and
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implements used in the preparation of mink
food shall be washed, cleaned, and dried daily
immediately after use, and the waste water from
such washing and cleaning shall be disposed of in
an underground waste disposal system.
(6) Garbage and Waste Disposal: All waste or
spoiled organic matter whatsoever, including but
not limited to garbage, spoiled or unused mink
food, dead mink, and manure of any kind shall
be completely disposed of by removal from the
premises in a manner and to a site not
prohibited by law, burial or chemical
destruction at such times and intervals as may be
necessary to prevent the odor thereof from
being perceptible at any point on the perimeter
by federal or state agencies nor to other similar
establishments, for the packing, treatment, and
processing of agricultural products and crops of
all kinds (including, but not limited to
establishments of the premises upon which the
mink raising operation is conducted). (Prior
code ~ 4327: Ord. 1446).
Division 418
REFUSE*
Chapters:
418- 2 Collection
418-4 Disposal Sites
Chapter 418-2
COLLECfION*
Sections:
418-2.002
418-2.004
418-2.006
418-2.008
418-2.010
Refuse- Defmed.
Permit required.
Bond required.
Vehicle requirements.
Chapter exceptions.
418-2.002
Refuse - Defined. As used in
*For other refuse provisions, see Chapter 416-14, this code.
**For the statutory provisions regarding garbage and refuse
disposal, see Health & Saf. C. ~ 4100 ff; for the provisions
regarding collection franchises by counties, see Health & Saf. C.
~ 4200 ff.
COLLECTION
418- 2.002-418- 2.010
this chapter, "refuse" means allgarb;:J.ge,
combustible and noncombustible waste, all
putrescible solid or concentrated liquid wastes,
except sewage, originating from household,
business, commercial, and industrial activity,
and the admixture of sewage effluent or sewage
sludge with any of the above. (Prior code ~
4500: Ord. 1443).
418-2.004 Permit required. No person,
municipality, or governmental agency shall
collect or transport any refuse on the public
streets or highways of this county without fIrst
having obtained a permit from the board of
supervisors. (Prior code ~ 4501: Ord. 1443).
418-2.006 Bond required. Every person,
other than a governmental agency, which shall
apply for a permit to collect or transport refuse,
shall file with the board of supervisors a bond in
the amount of two thousand dollars, or the same
amount in cash, as a guarantee that the privilege
granted in the permit shall be performed in
accordance with the regulations prescribed by
the board of supervisors in the order granting
the permit, as recommended by the county
health department and in accordance with
applicable state laws. (Prior code ~ 4502: Ord.
1443).
418-2.008 Vehicle requirements.* (a) Every
vehicle used in the business of refuse collection
shall have painted on the outside of each side
wall of the hauling body, in letters not less than
four inches high and one inch wide, the
following legible information in a color
contrasting with the body color:
(1) Name of refuse collector;
(2) Permit number issued by the board of
supervisors;
(3) Number of vehicle, if more than one
vehicle is operated by the collector.
(b) A means shall be provided to cover and
contain refuse securely within the hauling body
of every collecting vehicle so that no refuse shall
escape.
(c) Collecting vehicles shall be kept clean,
and no nuisance of odor committed. (Prior code
.~ 4503: Ord. 1443).
41 8- 2.010 Ch a pter exceptions. The
provisions of this chapter, except Section
*For vehicle weight restrictions, see ~ 46-4.010, this code.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
4l8-2.008(b) and (c), shall not apply to persons
collecting:
(1) Dead animals, bones, or meat scraps for
tallow plants; .
(2) Waste material, such as waste paper and
waste paper products, to be used as a raw
material in manufacturing;
(3) Refuse originating on their own premises.
(Prior code ~ 4504: Ord. 1443).
Chapter 418-4
DISPOSAL SITES*
Sections:
418-4.002
418-4.004
418-4.006
418-4.008
418-4.010
418-4.012
418-4.014
418-4.016
418-4.018
Short title.
Policy.
Definitions.
Permit- Required.
Permi t - Existing sites.
Application and fee.
Conditions.
Procedure.
Inspection-Notice of
violation.
Permi t - Revocation.
Nuisance abatement.
418-4.020
418-4.022
418-4.002 Short title. This chapter shall be
known as and may be designated as the "refuse
disposal site ordinance of Contra Costa
County." (Ord. 1459: prior code ~ 4521).
418-4.004 Policy. It is declared by the
board of supervisors that the disposal of refuse is
affected by the public interest. Such activity is a
useful and necessary occupation and essential to
the economic life and welfare of the county. At
the same time, such activity has a tendency to
and often becomes a nuisance. Refuse stored
may be a fire hazard from spontaneous or
accidental combustion; refuse disposal sites may
become habitats for rodents, mosquitoes and
pests; refuse disposal sites may .be unsightly and
offensive to the senses and may interfere with
the comfortable and enjoyable use of land in the
vicinity. The public interest, the protection of
the public health, safety and welfare, the
conservation of property values, and the
encouragement of the orderly development of
the county require that the establishment of
*For the statutory provisions regarding dumping sites, see Health
& Saf. C. ~ 4260.
(Contra Costa County 12-26-72)
sites for the disposal of refuse be regulated.
(Ord. 1459: prior code ~ 4521).
418-4.006 Definitions. For the purposes of
this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(l) "Refuse" means all garbage, combustible
and noncombustible waste, and all putrescible
solid or liquid wastes, except sewage, originating
from normal household, business, commercial,
and industrial activity, and sewage effluent or
sewage sludge when used as an admixture for
disposing of any of the above;
(2) "Refuse disposal site" means any
property in the unincorporated territory of the
county used for disposal of refuse;
(3) "Person" means an individual,
association, partnership, corporation, or public
agency. (Ord. 1459: prior code ~ 4522).
418-4.008 Permit - Required. No person
shall establish or maintain a refuse disposal site
in this county without first obtaining and
holding a valid unrevoked permit therefor, as
provided in this chapter. (Ord. 1459: prior code
~ 4523).
418-4.010 Permit - Existing sites. Any
permit issued under any prior county ordinance
is continued in effect by the operation of this
section for the purposes of Section 418-4.008,
subject to the provisions of this chapter and
subject to such regulations as may be established
from time to time for operation under such
permits. Existing refuse disposal sites not
located in land use districts as herein required
may continue as nonconforming uses as
specified in Title 8. (Ord. 1459: prior code ~
4524).
418-4.012 Application and fee. The owner,
lessee or operator of any premises located in a
heavy industrial (H-'!) land use district, a general
agricultural (A-2) land use district, or a heavy
agricultural (A-3) land use district may apply for
a permit, pursuant to this chapter, to the
planning department. At the time of filing such
application, the applicant shall pay a filing fee of
two hundred fifty dollars. (Ord. 72-89 ~ 1,
1972: Ord. 1459: prior code ~ 4525).
418-4.014 Conditions. (a) In considering an
application for a permit, the planning
commission and the board of supervisors shall
consider the health, safety, and welfare of the
people of the county, the orderly development
of property in the county, the preservation of
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property values, the protection of the tax base,
the effect upon the neighborhood, the
likelihood of a nuisance being created, the effect
upon the master plan of the county, special
conditions or exceptional characteristics of the
property, and its location or surroundings.
(b) The board of supervisors, with the advice
of the health officer, after hearings shall adopt
by resolution regulations for operations of all
refuse disposal sites. When such regulations are
adopted by resolution of the board of
supervisors they shall become requirements of
this chapter as though incorporated herein and
shall control the operation of all sites. Such
regulations after hearings may be modified from
time to time as the public interest may require
and when notice of such modified regulations
has been given they shall constitute conditions
for continued operation under permits.
(c) The planning commission and board of
supervisors shall, before granting any permit,
request the advice of the county health officer
and other appropriate county officers. Such
officers shall investigate the application and the
proposed site and submit a written report of
their findings, recommendations and such
special conditions or proposed regulations
reasonably necessary to assure that operation of
the particular refuse disposal site will not
constitute a public nuisance. The board of
supervisors in finally approving a permit may
presc.ribe special conditions or special
regulations as deemed necessary for the
particular site.
(d) No permit shall be issued until the
applicant furnishes a surety company bond in
the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, the
condition of which shall be that if the permittee
complies with all the provisions of this chapter,
regulations and any conditions which may be
imposed upon the permit, the bond is to be
void; otherwise, the bond is to be in full force
and effect to insure the payment of any fine
which may be imposed upon the permittee, any
costs of suit to obtain the abatement of a public
nuisance, or to pay any judgment rendered
against the permittee in favor of the county, all
within the limits of the bond. Such bond may be
waived by the board of supervisors if the
applicant is a public agency. No additional bond
shall be required on an expanded site. (Ord.
1459: prior code ~ 4526).
418-4.016 Procedure. (a) Upon receiving an
DISPOSAL SITES
418-4.016-418-4.020
application the planning department shall
schedule a public hearing before the planning
commission and shall cause a notice thereof to
be posted and published in accordance with the
requirements of Chapter 26-2.
(b) Such hearing may be continued from
time to time as determined necessary by the
commission but final decision thereon shall be
rendered within sixty days from the date of the
hearing unless the applicant consents to
extension thereof.
(c) The decision of the planning commission
together with findings, reports and special
conditions recommended, if any, shall be
transmitted to the board of supervisors for final
decision.
(d) The board of supervisors in considering
the application may decide the application on
the basis of the record submitted by the
planning commission by adopting the report as
submitted or modify or add conditions. In the
event the board of supervisors determines that
the public interest requires further investigation,
the board of supervisors may order a public
hearing and notice thereof shall be given in the
same manner as for the hearing before the
planning commission. (Ord. 1459: prior code ~
4527).
418-4.018 Inspection - Notice of violation.
(a) The county health officer is designated as the
enforcement officer for assuring compliance
with the permit. Authorized inspectors from the
department shall have the right at all reasonable
times to inspect the premises.
(b) Written notice of the violation of any
condition shall be given the permittee and a
reasonable time specified for correction of the
deficiency. If the violation is not corrected
within the time specified the health officer may
cause the deficiency to be corrected and the cost
thereof shall be charged to the permittee and if
unpaid for a period of ten days after demand it
shall become a lien against the property
collectible in the same form and manner as the
collection of county taxes and shall be
chargeable against the bond and subject to
recovery by civil suit. (Ord. 1459: prior code ~
4528).
418-4.020 Permit - Revocation. A permit
issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked
for any of the following causes:
(1) If the permittee has violated any
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provision of this chapter;
(2) If the permittee has continued a violation
of any of the conditions of his permit after
reasonable notice of such violation;
(3) If the permittee has caused or permitted
any public nuisance in connection with the
permitted premises;
(4) If the permittee violates any law
regulating the operation of the permitted
premises.
A permit may be revoked by the board of
supervisors if it finds that cause exists for such
revocation after a hearing of which notice shall
be given to the permittee by certified mail,
postage prepaid. (Ord. 1459: prior code ~
4529).
418-4.022 Nuisance abatement. After
determination by the board of supervisors that a
public nuisance exists, the district attorney shall
commence such action or proceedings as may be
necessary and convenient to abate the nuisance.
(Ord. 1459: prior code ~ 4531).
Division 420
SEW AGE*
Chapters:
420-2
4204
420-6
General Regulations
Lines and Plants
Subdivisions and Individual Systems
Chapter 420-2
GENERAL REGULATIONS**
Sections:
420-2.002
420-2.004
420-2.006
420-2.008
Person defined.
Permit- Required when.
Permit-Application procedure.
Official inspections.
*For the statutory provisions regarding county sanitation
districts, see Health & Saf. C. ~ 4700 ff; for general provisions
with respect to sewers, see Health & Saf. C. ~ 5400 ff.
**For the statutory general provisions with regard to sewers, see
Health & Saf. C. ~ 5400 ff; for the authority of counties to
impose more stringent regulations, see Health & Saf. C. ~
5415.
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
420-2.002 Person defined. As used in this
division, the following words and phrases have
the meanings set forth in this section.
"Person" includes, in addition to the
definition contained in Section 164.022, a
public or governmental agency. (Ord. 68-16 ~ 1,
1968: prior code ~ 4600: Ord. 829).
420-2.004 Permit - Required when. No
person shall collect, discharge or deposit, or
cause or suffer to be collected, discharged or
deposited, any sewage, sewage effluent or
garbage from more than one building in or upon
unincorporated territory of this county or into
streams or bodies of water where the same is or
may be carried through or upon unincorporated
territory of this county, or make use of county
roads or highways therefor, without first
securing in the manner hereinafter provided a
permit from the board of supervisors so to do,
and at all times having an unrevoked permit
therefor. No person shall collect, discharge or
deposit any such sewage which creates a public
nuisance in the unincorporated portions of this
county. (Prior code ~ 4601: Ord. 1424).
420-2.006 Permit - Application procedure.
Every person seeking a permit to do any of the
acts described in Section 420-2.004 shall file
with the board of supervisors a petition for
permission so to do, together with a complete
and detailed plan, description and history.of the
existing or proposed lines, works, system or
purification plant through which such waste
matter is proposed to be collected and
discharged. Whenever directed by the board of
supervisors, it shall be the duty of the health
officer and the public works director to
investigate the existing or proposed system or
plant and to make a report of their investigation
to the board of supervisors. If the board of
supervisors determines as a fact that the waste
matter being or to be so collected, discharged or
deposited does not or will not constitute a
public nuisance, and does not or will not emit
disagreeable odors or fumes offensive to the
public in the vicinity of such place of collection
or deposit or passing over and along public
highways adjacent thereto, and that under all
circumstances and conditions it is necessary so
to dispose of such waste matter, it shall grant a
permit authorizing the petitioner to collect or
discharge or to continue to collect, deposit or
discharge such substance; provided, however,
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that all permits issued hereunder shall be
revocable by the board of supervisors at any
time or shall be subject to suspension if it is
found as a fact by the board that the substance
collected, discharged or deposited by virtue
thereof constitutes a public nuisance or emits
disagreeable odors or smells offensive to the
public in the vicinity thereof or passing over and
along public highways adjacent thereto. (Prior
code ~ 4602: Ord. 1424).
420- 2.008 Official inspections. Every
person engaged in, or applying for a permit to
engage in, any activity regulated by this division
shall allow the health officer and/or public
works director and/or any of their
therefor-designated subordinates to enter and
inspect the place, facilities and activities, for
compliance with this division, during reasonable
hours upon demand identifying the official and
his purpose hereunder. (Ord. 74-67 ~ 2: prior
code ~ 4603: Ords. 1424 ~ 5, 829 ~ 3, 827 ~ 3).
Chapter 420-4
LINES AND PLANTS*
Sections:
420-4.002
Persons subject-Actions
required.
Approval by director of
public works.
Work commencement-Fee
deposit.
Work suspension-Additional
fees.
Appeals.
420-4.004
420-4.006
420-4.008
420-4.010
420-4.002 Persons subject Actions
required. All persons, firms, corporations and
political subdivisions organized under the laws
of this state and empowered to install sewer
lines or to construct or erect sewage processing
plants, prior to doing any work of sewer line
installation or erection of sewage processing
plants in the unincorporated area of this county,
shall file with the director of public works plans
and specifications of the proposed work. (Prior
code ~ 4621: Ord. 1424).
*For the statutory provisions regarding the permission of a
county for another "local agency to construct sewage facilities in
the county, see Gov. C. ~ 55000 ff.
LINES AND PLANTS
420-2.008-420-4.010
420-4.004 Approval by director of public
works. Within fifteen days after plans and
specifications are filed with him, the director of
public works may approve the plans and specify
the amount of cash deposit required by him to
cover the estimated cost of inspecting the work
during its progress to insure compliance with the
submitted plans and specifications. If additional
time is required by the director of public works
to review the plans and specifications in order to
determine that the proposed work meets
accepted sanitary engineering standards, he shall
notify the applicant of the amount of additional
time required. (Prior code ~ 4622: Ord. 769).
420-4.006 Work commencement - Fee
deposit. On approval of plans and specifications
and deposit of the required fee, work may begin.
The applicant shall carry forward the work
without unreasonable delays and shall keep the
director of public works advised of times when
work is to be performed so that inspection may
be scheduled. (Prior code ~ 4623: Ord. 769).
420-4.008 Work suspension - Additional
fees. If inspection fees deposited are expended
before the work is completed, the director of
public works may order the work suspended
until sufficient additional fees are deposited
with him to cover the cost of inspection. (Prior
code ~ 4624: Ord. 769).
420-4.010 Appeals. Any applicant whose
plans and specifications are disapproved, who
complains of delay in the review of submitted
plans and specifications, who asserts that
inspection fees are excessive, or who contends
that inspection by the director of public works
is unreasonable, may appeal in writing to the
board of supervisors. The appeal shall set forth
in reasonable detail the ruling or action
complained of.
At its first regular meeting which follows by
more than five days the filing of the appeal, the
board of supervisors shall hear and decide the
appeal. The board may continue the hearing
from time to time, but no one extension shall be
longer than two weeks. The decision of the
board shall be final. (Prior code ~ 4625: Ord.
769).
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420-6.1 01-420-6.113
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 420~
SUBDIVISIONS AND INDIVIDUAL
SYSTEMS
Article 420-6.1
Sections:
420-6.101
420-6.103
420-6.105
420-6.107
420-6.109
420-6.111
420-6.113
420-6.115
420-6.117
420-6.119
420-6.121
420-6.123
Article 420-6.3
Sections:
420-6.301
420-6.303
420-6.305
420-6.307
420-6.309
420-6.311
Article 420-6.5
Sections:
420-6.501
420-6.503
420-6.505
420-6.507
Def'mitions
General.
Domestic water supply
reservoir.
Drainage area.
Health officer.
Improper functioning.
Individual system.
Sewage.
Sewer availability.
Subdivision.
Site evaluation.
Community sewer collection
system.
Sanitary sewer.
Enforcement
Sewer connection required,
exception.
Prohibitions.
Building permit restrictions.
Publication of regulations.
Investigations.
Nuisance abatement.
Individual. Permits: Subdivision
Approvals
GeneraL
Permit procedure.
Lot area, variances.
Individual system near a
reservoir, variances.
420-6.509 Alternative individual system.
420-6.511 Subdivision maps.
420-6.513 Appeals.
Article 420-6.7 Fees
Sections:
420-6.701
420-6.703
420-6.705
420-6.707
General.
Subdivisions.
Individual systems.
Penalties.
Article 420-6.1
Def'mitions
420-6.101 General. Unless otherwise
specially provided, or required by the context,
the following terms have these meanings in this
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chapter. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S 420-6.002: Ord.
74-67 ~ 3: prior code S 4640: Ord. 1440 S 1).
420-6.103 Domestic water supply reservoir.
"Domestic water supply reservoir" means an
existing or proposed open uncovered reservoir
used or intended to impound water for human
consumption or domestic purposes, including
a planned reservoir where the water impounder
states in writing to the board his intent to in-
stall or construct it, and satisfies the board that
he has appropriate rights in the land and the
ability to finish and maintain it. (Ord. 81-30 S
1: S 420-6.002(6): Ords. 74-67 S 3, 68-16 S 2:
prior code S 4640(f)).
420-6.105 Drainage area. "Drainage area"
of a domestic water supply reservoir means all
the land that can or may drain into the reservoir,
whether or not the topographical configuration
is artificially or naturally caused. (Ord. 81-30
S 1: S 420-6.002(7): Ords. 74-67 S 3, 68-16
S 2: prior code S 4640(g)).
420-6.107 Health officer. "Health officer"
includes any subordinate(s) that the health of-
ficer designates from time to time to perform
any or all of the health officer's functions here-
under. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S 420-6.002 (8): Ord.
74-67 S 3: prior code S 4640).
420-6.109 Improper functioning. "Im-
proper functioning" individual system means a
system which allows sewage to escape to the sur-
face of the ground or prevents plumbing fixtures
from draining. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S 420-6.002
(4): Ord. 74-67 S 3: prior code S 4640 (d): Ord.
1440 S 1).
420-6.111 Individual system. "Individual
system" means a system which consists of (1)
the drainage pipes of a structure and the septic
tank and subsurface absorption system to which
they are connected; or (2) any alternative
system designed for the disposal of sewage and
acceptable to the health officer. (Ord. 81-30 S
1: S 420-6.002(3): Ord. 74-67 S 3: prior code
S 4640(d): Ord. 1440 S 1).
420-6.113 Sewage. "Sewage" means liquid
or solid waste substance, which is associated
with human habitation or which contains or
may be contaminated with human or animal
excrement or offal. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S
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420-6.002(1): Ord. 74-67 S 3: prior code S
4640(e): Ord. 1440 S 1).
420-6.115 Sewer availability. "Sewer avail-
ability" means a sanitary sewer is available for
connection to a structure requiring sewage dis-
posal because:
(a) The entity operating the sanitary sewer
indicates in writing that the proposed structure
can be connected to the sanitary sewer; and
(b) The cost of providing sanitary sewer
service, exclusive of all annexation fees, connec-
tion fees, and the sewer pipe installation costs
between the structure and the publicly owned
sewer in the street or right-of-way, is less than
five thousand dollars, or ten percent of the full
market value of all existing and proposed
improvements, whichever is greater; and
(1) The area of property to be served is less
than forty thousand square feet and the sanitary
sewer is less than three hundred feet, measured
horizontally, from the nearest property
boundary, or
(2) The area of the property is more than
forty thousand square feet and the structure
requiring the disposal of sewage is located less
than three hundred feet measured horizontally
to the nearest property boundary adjacent to
the sanitary sewer. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S 420-6.002
(5): Ord. 74-67 S 3: prior code S 4640(c): Ord.
1440 S 1).
420-6.117 Subdivision. "Subdivision"
means a division or any use of real property that
does or may reasonably be expected to generate
sewage or require sewage disposal; and, "sub-
divider" means the owner of or applicant for a
subdivision. (Ord. 81-30 S 1: S 420~6.002(2):
Ord. 74-67 S 2: prior code S 4640(b): Ord.
1440 S 1).
420-6.119 Site evaluation. "Site evaluation"
means the investigation of a subdivision or a
lot to determine the feasibility of installing an
individual system. It shall include a determina-
tion of compliance with all applicable sanita-
tion requirements and a sanitary survey of the
area. Should the sanitary survey disclose failing
individual systems in the immediate vicinity of
the site evaluated, this shall be cause for denial
of the feasibility of installing an individual sys-
tem. (Ord. 81-30 S 1).
420-6.115-420-6.303
420-6.121 Community sewer collection sys-
tem. "Community sewer collection system"
means the structures, devices, equipment, and
appurtenances intended for the collection, trans-
portation, and pumping of sewage from two or
more structures to a treatment or disposal
facility. (Ord. 81-30 S 1).
.420-6.123 Sanitary sewer. "Sanitary sewer"
means a system for collecting residential or
municipal wastewater and directing the collected
wastewater to a treatment works prior to
disposal. (Ord. 81-30 S 1).
Article 420-6.3
Enforcement
420-6.301 Sewer connection required,
exception. Every structure in which plumbing
fixtures have been or are proposed to be in-
stalled shall be connected to a sanitary sewer
and all such plumbing fixtures and sanitary
drainage systems or parts thereof shall be
connected to the sanitary sewer except:
(a) Exception. If the health officer deter-
mines that connection to a sanitary sewer is
unavailable under the provisions of Section
420-6.115, an application may be filed for a
permit to install an individual system.
(b) Exception. Upon written application to
the health officer and in only those cases where
an existing individual system is found to be
functioning improperly, the requirement for
connection to the sanitary sewer may be waived
by the health officer if the health officer finds:
(1) That such waiver shall be limited to
minor repair of the "improperly functioning"
existing individual system, provided no nuisance
will be created, continued or maintained by such
waiver, and
(2) That all requirements of this chapter and
regulations can be met. (Ord. 81-30 S 1).
420-6.303 Prohibitions. (a) No person shall
build or alter any structure or build on or im-
prove any land, requiring sewage disposal,
without having a currently valid permit for an
approved individual system or connecting to
an approved sanitary sewer.
(b) No person shall discharge or deposit
sewage to the surface of the ground.
(c) No person shall have or permit an im-
properly functioning individual system.
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(d) No person shall install, construct, re-
pair, reconstruct relocate, destroy, alter, or
abandon any individual system, cesspool, pit
privy, sewage holding tank, or seepage pit with-
out the health officer's advance written approval.
(e) No person shall have or maintain an im-
properly functioning building sewer or lateral
which conducts sewage from the building to a
community sewer collection system.
(f) No person shall engage in the business of
cleaning septic tanks and subsurface leaching
devices, sewage holding tanks, cesspools, or
seepage pits or of providing or cleaning chemical
toilets without having a valid permit, license
and/or registration issued by the health officer.
(g) No person shall change any approved plan
or work without the health officer's advance
written approval. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: ~~
420-6.004, .014, .016: prior code ~~ 4641,
4646: Ords. 1440 ~ 2, 640 ~~ III-I, III-3, V-2).
420-6.305 Building permit restrictions. Ap-
plications for building permits or certificates of
occupancy for structures and/or to build on any
premises requiring disposal of sewage shall, prior
to their issuance, be submitted to the health
officer for his review and written approval of the
proposed sewage disposal system. When the
building inspection director is advised that it has
not been demonstrated that an adequate sewage
disposal system complying with this chapter
exists or is assured that such lack is a danger to
or likely to cause public health problems, he
may withhold the issuance of the requested
permit or certificate. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: ~~
420-6.010, .018, .020: Ord. 1752 ~ 4: prior
code ~~ 4644, 4648,4649: Ords. 1440 ~ 4,9,
640 ~ ~ 11-7,111-6).
420-6.307 Publication of regulations. The
health officer may make and publish regulations
to make more detailed or specific the provisions
of the chapter. These regulations shall become
effective two weeks after filing with the clerk of
the board of supervisors and posting in the
county health department. The health officer
shall be responsible for the enforcement of this
chapter. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4650:
Ord. 640 ~ I).
420-6.309 Investigations. To enforce this
chapter, the health officer may enter and inspect
any premises, operations or work regulated here-
by, at reasonable times and with such notice to
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the owner, occupant, operator, applicant,
licensee, or permittee, as is reasonable and prac-
ticable under the circumstances. In conducting
such inspections the health officer is authorized
to proceed pursuant to the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure Sections 1822.50 and following. (Ord.
81-30 ~ 1: ~~ 420-6.0l6(e), 420-2.008: Ord.
74-67: prior code ~ 4647(e): Ord. 1440 ~ 7).
420-6.311 Nuisance abatement. (a) Notice
- Hearing. Except in instances of necessity or
emergency, when the health officer declares an
individual system to be a public nuisance, he
shall promptly so notify the owner of the prop-
erty by certified mail to the owner's address on
the assessment roll. The notice shall state why
the system is a nuisance, and shall also state that
the owner of the property has thirty days after
mailing of the notice within which to abate the
nuisance, failing which the health officer may
have the nuisance abated and the owner shall be
liable for the cost thereof. The notice shall also
state that if the owner objects to the health
officer's declaration, the owner may request
a hearing before the health officer to determine
whether a public nuisance exists. The notice
shall further indicate that the request for the
hearing must be received by the health officer
prior to the expiration of the time set for
abatement, and the hearing shall be held within
thirty days after the request is received by the
health officer. County abatement is suspended
by the filing of a request for hearing, pending
the fmal decision of the health officer.
(b) Costs. If the health officer has a nuisance
abated, he shall promptly so notify the property
owner, including a statement of costs and of the
owner's rights to a hearing thereon. The notice
mailing and the time periods for hearing request
and hearing shall be those in subsection (a).
Upon fixing the costs (after hearing or in the
absence of request therefor), the health officer
shall proceed according to law to impose the
costs on and collect them from the property
owner and/or the property. These procedures
do not affect the county's right to collect these
costs from any other person responsible therefor
under law. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: ~ 420-6.028).
Article 420-6.5
Individual Permits: Subdivision Approvals
420-6.501 General. Every person shall
obtain a permit as provided for by this chapter
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to repair, relocate, install or construct an in-
dividual system unless connection to a sanitary
sewer is required. When health officer approval
is required, a currently valid permit issued pur-
suant to this article constitutes such approval.
(Ord. 81-30 ~ 1).
420-6.503 Permit procedure. (a) An applica-
tion for a permit shall be made to the health of-
ficer, and it shall expire after one hundred
twenty days.
(b) The health officer shall approve, condi-
tionally approve, or deny the application, and
issue or withhold the permit accordingly, on
the basis of compliance with this chapter and
the health officer's regulations. Permits expire
one hundred eighty days after issuance if the
approved work is not started and diligently
pursued. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: ~ 420-6.016: Ords.
1752 ~ 3, 1468 ~ 1: prior code ~ 4647: Ord.
1440 ~ 7).
420-6.505 Lot area, variances. (a) Lot
Area. The total lot area, exclusive of under-
ground and surface easements, shall be fifteen
thousand square feet or more for a single-family
dwelling or other structure requiring an
individual system. When both an individual
system and private water supply are required,
the total lot area, exclusive of underground and
surface easements, shall be forty thousand
square feet or more. These lot area requirements
are prospective only and do not apply to the
maintenance or repair of an existing system.
(b) Variances. The health officer may grant
variances to the provisions of this section when
the health officer fmds the following conditions
to be met:
(1) The lot in all other respects will comply
with the requirements of this division and the
regulations issued by the health officer;
(2) The variance would not create nor
contribute to the creation of a public health
nuisance. (Ord. 81-30 ~ n.
420-6.507 Individual system near a
reservoir, variances. (a) Location. If the parcel
or lot is located within a drainage area of a
domestic water supply reservoir, any structure
requiring disposal of sewage shall be connected
to a community sewer collection system.
(b ) Variances. If a community sewer collec-
tion system is not available the health officer
may grant a variance subject to the following:
420-6.503-420-6.511
(1) If the parcel or lot is between fifty and
one thousand feet from the reservoir or
tributary stream a watertight sewage holding
tank system, or equal will be required. Such
system must be owned or operated by a
presently existing public agency having statutory
authority to provide such service.
(2) Beyond one thousand feet from a
reservoir or tributary stream an individual
system or other similar acceptable system may
be permitted subject to all the conditions
specified in Section 420-6.505.
(c) Variance Temporary. It is the intent of
this chapter to provide maximum protection to
the water quality of the waters stored in these
reservoirs and any variance granted must be
considered as an interim method of sewage dis-
posal which shall not create situations that may
become a menace to the public health. (Ords.
81-30 ~ 1, 68-16 ~ 3, 1752: prior code ~ 4643:
Ord. 1440).
420-6.509 Alternative individual system.
The health officer may approve, conditionally
approve, or deny an application to use an alter-
native individual system. No alternative system
will be approved for installation in a septic tank
moratorium area, a water quality control board
prohibition zone, or in any incorporated city,
or sanitary or sanitation district without
approval by that city or district. The health
officer shall not consider or approve of a
proposal to use an alternative sewage disposal
system for a subdivision, outside of an existing
incorporated city, or sanitary or sanitation dis-
trict, unless a governmental agency is formed,
which agency shall have the authority and
responsibility to install and maintain such
system.
An alternative system must meet all appli-
cable provisions of this chapter and:
(a) All local, state, and federal laws and
regulations; and
(b) Certification and testing requirements of
an appropriate governmental agency; and
(c) Approval requirements of N.S.F. (Na-
tional Sanitation Foundation) or I.A.P.M.O.
(International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials). (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1).
420-6.511 Subdivision maps. (a) Tentative
Maps. Pursuant to Title 9, a copy of any sub-
mitted tentative subdivision map shall be for-
warded to, and filed with the health officer for
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investigation of the sewage disposal system. The
tentative map shall show proposed provisions for
sewage disposal, source of approved water
supply, number of lots, the size of each lot, and
contour lines at intervals of five feet or less.
(b) Health Officer Approval. The health
officer shall review the filed tentative map for
compliance with this chapter (and any adopted
regulations) and in a timely manner report his
conclusions thereon, together with any condi-
tions recommended to insure such compliance,
to the planning department and advisory agency.
(c) Final Map. Final maps shall not be
recorded unless the conditions recommended by
the health officer and established by the
advisory agency on approval of the tentative
map have been satisfied. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1: ~~
420-6.006,420-6.010,420-6.012: Ord. 1752 ~
1: prior code ~~ 4642,4644,4645: Ords. 1440
~ 4, 640 ~ II-I ff).
420-6.513 Appeals. Except for determina-
tions made pursuant to Section 420-6.311, a
person objecting to or disagreeing with any
decision made pursuant to this chapter, and/or
the pertinent regulations thereto, may appeal
the decision to the health officer, or the health
officer's designated subordinate(s). Any request
for an appeal hearing shall be in writing and
must be received by the health officer within ten
days after notice of the decision was mailed.
Any request for an appeal hearing must be
accompanied by the appropriate fee. A hear-
ing on the appeal shall be held within fifteen
days after the request for appeal is received by
the health officer. (Ord. 81-30 ~ 1).
Article 420-6.7
Fees
420-6.701 General. The following non-
refundable fees shall be paid to the health
officer at the time of filing for or requesting
an investigation, test, inspection or permit re-
quired by this chapter. No fees are required
when the health officer receives from the appli-
cant a written statement by a district or city
governing body indicating that sewers and a
sewage treatment plant are available and
adequate to handle the additional volume of
sewage from the proposed improvement. (Ord.
81-30 ~ 1).
(Contra Costa County 11-81)
420-6.703 Subdivisions. The fees for a sub-
division proposing to use individual sewage dis-
posal systems are:
(1) Subdivision - Site evaulation
2 - 4 lots, per lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 50.00,
5 or more lots, maximum. . . . . . . . . .. 250.00;
(2) Percolation tests, per lot or
building site tested, as required. . . .. . .$100.00;
(3) Appeal (except hearings called
pursuant to Section 420-6.311).... . . .$100.00.
(Ord. 81-30 ~ 1).
420-6.705 Individual systems. The fees
related to individual sewage disposal systems
are:
(1) Site evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 40.00;
(2) Percolation test. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100.00;
Each additional test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100.00;
(3) Permit (except minor
rebuilding). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 60.00;
(4) Review of existing individual
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40.00;
(5) Investigate abandonment or
sealing of septic tank. .............. 25.00;
(6) Reinspection................ 25.00;
(7) Appeal (except hearings
called pursuant to Section
420-6.311) .. . . . ...... . . . . .. . . ... 100.00;
(8) Advice, consultation,
minor repair permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No fee.
(Ord. 81-30 ~ 1).
420-6.707 Penalties. Any person violating
this chapter or regulations issued hereunder,
by failing to submit plans, obtain necessary
inspections and approvals, or pay fees, or by
commencing or continuing construction or
remodeling in violation hereof, shall pay triple
the appropriate fee as a penalty and remain sub-
ject to other applicable penalties and enforce-
ment procedures authorized by the state law
and/or this code. (Ords. 81-30 ~ 1, 78-45,
78-43 ~ 2: ~ 420-6.022(d): Ords. 73-100, 1468:
prior code ~ 4651: Ords. 1440 ~ II, 640 ~ IV).
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the owner by this coupty and shall be collected
in the manner fixed by law for the collection of
taxes, or in the alternative, recovery therefor
may be had throl.lgh civil action. (Prior code ~
4654: Ord. 1440).
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 430-2.002-4304.002
Division 430
ABANDONED VEHICLES
Chapters :
43()"2 General Provisions
4304 Definitions
43()"6 Administration and Enforcement
43()"8 Hearings and Appeals
43()..10 Final Abatement Action
43()"12 Cost Collection
Chapter 43()"2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
43()"2.002 Title.
43()"2.004 Authority, findings, nuisance.
430-2.006 Exemptions.
430-2.008 No nuisances.
430-2.010 Nonexclusive regulation.
43()"2.002 Title. This division shall be
known as the "Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance of
Contra Costa County." (Ord. 77-112).
43()"2.004 Authority, findings, nuisance. (a)
Authority. This division is enacted pursuant to
California Vehicle Code Sections 22660, 22661
and 22665, and Government Code Section
25845. ,
(b) Findings. The board fmds and declares
that the accumulation and storage of
abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative
vehicles or parts thereof on private and public
property not including highways creates a
condition tending to reduce the value of private
property, to promote blight and deterioration,
to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to
constitute an attractive nuisance creating a
hazard to the health and safety of minors, to
create a harborage for rodents and insects, and
to be injurious to the public health, safety and
general welfare.
(c) Nuisance. The presence of an abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or
parts thereof, on private or public property not
including highways, except as expressly
hereinafter permitted, constitutes a public
nuisance which may be abated as such in
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accordance with the provisions of this division
and code. (Ord. 77-112).
430-2.006 Exemptions. This division shall
not apply to:
(1) A vehicle, or parts thereof, which is
completely enclosed within a building in a
lawful manner where it is not visible from the
street or other public or private property; and
(2) A vehicle, or parts thereof, which is
stored or parked in a lawful manner on private
property in connection with the business of a
licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer, or
junkyard, or when such storage or parking is
otherwise necessary to the operation of a
lawfully conducted business or commercial
enterprise. (Ord. 77-112).
430-2.008 No nuisances. The exceptions
provided in Section 430-2.006 do not authorize
the creation or maintenance of a public or
private nuisance as dermed by laws other than
this Division 430 and Chapter 10 of Division II
(commencing with Section 22650) of the
Vehicle Code. (Ord. 77-112).
430-2.010 Nonexclusive regulation. This
division is not the exclusive regulation of
abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative
vehicles within the unincorporated area of the
county. It supplements and is in addition to the
other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances
heretofore or hereafter enacted by the county,
the state, or any other legal entity or agency
having jurisdiction. (Ord. 77-112).
Chapter 4304
DEFINITIONS
St:ctions:
4304.002 Generally.
4304.004 Vehicle Code terms.
4304.006 Abandoned vehicle.
4304.008 Public property.
4304.010 Owner of land.
4304.012 Owner of the vehicle.
4304.002 Generally. Unless otherwise
specifically provided, or required by the
context, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this chapter for the purposes of this
division. (Ord. 77-112).
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4304.004 Vehicle Code terms. Terms, such
as "California Highway Patrol (C.H.P.),"
"highway," "legal owner," "owner," "registered
owner," and "vehicle," which are specially
defined in the Vehicle Code (including future
amendments thereto), have the same meanings
herein. (Ord. 77-112).
430-4.006 Abandoned vehicle. "Abandoned
vehicle" means any vehicle or part constituting a
-nuisance under Section 430-2.004(c) and
Vehicle Code Section 22660. (Ord. 77-122).
430-4.008 Public property. "Public
property" does not include "highway." (Ord.
77-112).
430-4.010 Owner of land. "Owner of land"
and "landowner" mean the owner of the land on
which an abandoned vehicle is located, as shown
on the last equalized assessment roll. (Ord.
77-112).
430-4.012 Owner of the vehicle. "Owner of
the vehicle" and "vehicle owner" include the
last owner, registered owner, and legal owner of
record. (Ord. 77-112).
Chapter 430-6
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections:
430-6.002 California Highway Patrol.
430-6.004 C.H.P. may abate.
430-6.006 Notice of intention.
430-6.002 California Highway Patrol. This
section is a request and authorization that,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
the provisions of this division shall be
administered and enforced by the California
Highway Patrol (C.H.P.) and its officers
pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22665. In the
enforcement of this division such officers and
other persons duly authorized by the C.H.P.
may enter upon private or public property to
examine a vehicle or parts thereof, or obtain
information as to the identity of a vehicle, and
to remove or cause the removal of an abandoned
vehicle. (Ord. 77-112; Veh. C. ~ 22663).
430-6.004 C.H.P. may abate. The California
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Highway Patrol shall have abandoned vehicles
abated and/or removed in accordance with the
procedure prescribed in this division. (Ord.
77-112).
430-6.006 Notice of intention. (a) Notice.
The C.H.P. shall mail a ten-day notice of
intention to abate and remove an abandoned
vehicle as a public nuisance, by registered or
certified mail, to the owner of the land and to
the owner of the vehicle, unless the vehicle is in
such condition that identification numbers are
not available to determine ownership, or unless
the property owner and the vehicle owner have
signed releases authorizing removal and waiving
further interest in the vehicle or parts thereof.
(b) Contents. The notice shall contain an
estimate of the cost of abatement (including
administrative and removal costs) and a
statement that this cost may be levied as a
special assessment on the landowner's land. It
shall contain a statement of the property and
vehicle owner's hearing rights, and notice to the
property owner that he may appear in person at
a hearing or may submit a sworn written
statement denying responsibility for the
presence of the vehicle on his land, with his
reasons for such denial, in lieu of appearing.
(Ord.77-112).
Chapter 430-8
HEARINGS AND APPEALS
Sections:
430-8.002
430-8.004
430-8.006
430-8.008
430-8.010
430-8.012
430-8.014
Hearing requests.
No hearing.
Hearing notice.
Hearings.
Decisions.
Notice of decision.
Appeals.
430-8.002 Hearing requests. (a) Request.
Within ten days after the mailing date of the
notice of intention to abate and remove, the
vehicle owner or landowner may request the
zoning administrator for a public hearing on the
question of abatement and removal and the
estimated cost thereof.
(b) Disclaimer. If, within this ten-day period,
the landowner submits a sworn written
statement denying responsibility for the
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presence of the vehicle on his land, with his
reasons for such denial, said statement shall be
construed as a request for a hearing which does
not require his presence.
(c) C.H.P. Notice. The zoning administrator
shall immediately notify the C.H.P. of any such
request or disclaimer. (Ord. 77-112).
430-8.004 No hearing. If no disclaimer or
request for hearing is received within the ten-day
period, the C.H.P. or any person it authorizes
shall abate and remove the vehicle or parts
thereof. (Ord. 77-112).
430-8.006 Hearing notice. When a hearing is
requested, the zoning administrator shall mail
notice of the hearing at least ten days before the
hearing date, to the C.H.P., the landowner, and
to the vehicle owner unless the vehicle is in such
condition that identification numbers are not
available to determine ownership. (Ord. 77-112).
430-8.008 Hearings. All hearings under this
division shall be held before the zoning
administrator who shall receive all evidence he
deems material, including the condition of the
vehicle or parts thereof, the circumstances of its
abandonment and location and the estimated
cost of the abatement. The zoning ~dministrator
shall not be limited by the technical rules of
evidence. The landowner may appear in person
or present a sworn written statement, in time for
consideration at the hearing, denying
responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on
his land with his reasons for such denial. (Ord.
77-112).
430-8.010 Decisions. (a) The zoning
administrator may impose such conditions and
take such other action as he deems appropriate
under the circumstances to carry out the
purpose of this division. He may delay the time
for removal of the vehicle or parts thereof if, in
his opinion, the circumstances justify it. At the
conclusion of the public hearing, the zoning
administrator may find that there is an
abandoned vehicle and order it abated and/or
removed as a public nuisance and disposed of as
hereinafter provided and determine the cost of
abatement to be charged against the landowner.
The order requiring removal shall include a
description of the abandoned vehicle and the
correct identification number and license
number of the vehicle, if available.
430-8.004-430.10.002
(b) If it is determined at the hearing that the
vehicle was placed on the land without the
consent of the landowner and that he has not
subsequently acquiesced in its presence, the
zoning administrator shall not assess the cost of
abatement (administration and removal) against
the property upon which the vehicle is located
or otherwise attempt to collect such costs from
such landowner. (Ord. 77-112).
430-8.012 Notice of decision. If an
interested party makes a written presentation to
the zoning administrator but does not appear, he
shall be notified in writing of the decision. (Ord.
77-112).
430-8.014 Appeals. (a) The California
Highway Patrol, the landowner, or the vehicle
owner may appeal the zoning administrator's
decision by filing with him a written notice of
appeal within five calendar days after his
decision. He shall promptly transmit the
proceedings to the board of supervisors.
(b) The board's clerk shall promptly give
written notice of the time and place of the
hearing to the appellant and those persons
specified in Section 430-6.006(a).
(c) The board shall promptly hear such
appeal, and may affirm, amend, or reverse the
order, or take other action it deems appropriate.
I t shall not be limited by the technical rules of
evidence. (Ord. 77-112).
Chapter 430-10
FINAL ABATEMENT ACTION
Sections:
430-10.002 Removal and disposal.
430-10.004 Notify D.M.V.
430-10.006 Cost record.
430-10.002 Removal
Abandoned vehicles may be
removal to a scrapyard
dismantler's yard when:
(l) releaSes authorizing removal and waiving
further interest in said vehicle have been signed
by its owner(s); or
(2) there is no reply to the notice of intent to
abate by the end of the ten-day waiting period;
or
(3) the zoning administrator decides the
and disposal.
disposed of by
or automobile
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
vehicle is to be removed and no appeal is made;
or
(4) after an appeal has been decided in favor
of removal.
After a vehicle has been removed it shall not
thereafter be reconstructed or made operable,
unless it is a vehicle which qualifies for either
horseless carriage or historical vehicle license
plates. (Ord. 77-112).
430-10.004 Notify D.M.V. Within five days
after removal of an abandoned vehicle, the
C.H.P. shall so notify the Department of Motor
Vehicles, identifying the vehicle or parts, and
send it any evidence of registration available,
including registration certificates, certificates of
title and license plates. (Ord. 77-112).
430-10.006 Cost record. The California
Highway Patrol shall provide the county with an
itemized written account of its expenses
incurred to abate the nuisance where it is
proposed to collect costs pursuant to Chapter
430-12. Until such report is provided to the
county, no abatement costs will be placed as a
special assessment against the parcel of land.
(Ord. 77-112).
Chapter 430-12
COST COLLECTION
Sections:
430-12.002 Collection.
430-12.004 Special assessment notice.
430-12.006 State reimbursement.
430-12.002 Collection. If the abatement
cost (administrative and removal costs) which is
charged against the owner of a parcel of land
pursuant to Sections 430-8.010 and 430-8.014 is
not paid within thirty days after the date of the
order or the final disposition of an appeal
therefrom, such cost shall be assessed as a special
assessment against the parcel of land pursuant to
Government Code Section 25845, which shall be
transmitted to the county tax collector for
collection with the same priority as other
county taxes. (Ord. 77-112).
430-12.004 Special assess men t notice. The
director of planning shall file with the tax
Collector a certificate substantially in the
following form:
(Contra Costa County 3-15-78) 134-4
"NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
(Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Cost)
Pursuant to Vehicle Code S 22660,
Government Code S 25845, and Ordinance Code
S 430-12.002, Contra Costa County abated an
abandoned vehicle nuisance on the parcel of real
property described below, of which the named
person(s) is the owner shown on the last
equalized assessment roll, and fixed the
below-shown amount as the cost thereof and
hereby claims a special assessment against said
parcel for this amount.
AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT: $..........
OWNER(S): ...........................
PARCEL: Real property in Contra Costa
County, California: County
Assessor's parcel #: ............
[other description where needed]: . .
Dated: . . . . . . . . . . . . Contra Costa County
By: ..................
(Director of Planning)"
(Ord.77-112).
430-12.006 State reimbursement. Any
funds collected under this chapter for the cost
of abatement upon a parcel of land shall be first
used to reimburse the California Highway Patrol
for its cost as itemized in its account filed with
the county for that parcel. (Ord. 77-112).
