This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "general hazards ordinance."
(Ord. 379 § 101, 1980)
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, safety, and public welfare by requiring protection from hazardous bodies of water, wells and other defined excavations and abandoned chests not presently covered by statutes of the state.
(Ord. 379 § 102, 1980)
Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon the officer, the power may be exercised or duty performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized pursuant to law by the officer, unless it is expressly otherwise provided.
(Ord. 379 § 103, 1980)
Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this chapter, or of any other ordinance, or to any statute, the reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.
(Ord. 379 § 104, 1980)
Should any exception to the provisions of this chapter be held invalid or should any provisions of this chapter be held invalid because of any exception, the exception shall be eliminated from the chapter. The Board declares that it intends this chapter to apply to every excavation which by reason of constitutional limitations cannot be excepted from the provisions of this chapter and to every excavation the exception of which would invalidate this chapter or any portion thereof.
(Ord. 379 § 106, 1980)
Violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted constitutes the violation a separate offense.
(Ord. 379 § 110, 1980)