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Title 7
HEALTH AND SAFETY1Chapters:
7.05 Health and Sanitation
7.10 Litter Control
7.15 Property Maintenance
7.20 Boating, Moorage and Anchorage Regulations
7.25 Junk Vehicles – Vehicle Storage
7.30 Burning Regulations
7.35 Graffiti Removal
Chapter 7.05
HEALTH AND SANITATIONSections:
7.05.010 Appointment of health and sanitation authority.
7.05.020 Definitions.
7.05.030 Air pollution standards.
7.05.040 Water pollution standards.
7.05.050 Garbage disposal standards.
7.05.060 Public toilet standards.
7.05.070 Boarding homes and schools for children standards.
7.05.080 Rodent control standards.
7.05.090 Unsafe dwelling standards.
7.05.100 Food service establishment standards.
7.05.110 Meat standards and licensing.
7.05.120 Milk standards.
7.05.130 Frozen dairy food products standards.
7.05.140 Public and semipublic swimming pools standards.
7.05.150 Consumer protection for purchases of real property.
7.05.160 Enforcement.
7.05.010 Appointment of health and sanitation authority.
Pursuant to Interlocal Agreement, King County and the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health are hereby designed as agent for the City with full authority to make inspections and to enforce all licenses, permits and standards adopted by this chapter, and to collect such filing fees, user fees and other fees, including handling fees, as are normally imposed by King County. (Ord. 90-1026 § 1)
7.05.020 Definitions.
The following sections of Chapter 8.04 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.04.010 Application in interpretation.
8.04.020 Bakery.
8.04.030 Restaurant or kitchen.
8.04.040 Confectionery.
8.04.050 Candy – Kitchen.
8.04.060 Basement.
8.04.070 Cellar.
8.04.080 Person – Singular words – Masculine words.
8.04.090 County health officer.
8.04.100 Standard disinfectal solution and standard disinfectant.
8.04.110 Garbage.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 2)
7.05.030 Air pollution standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.08 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.08.010 Definition
8.08.060 Smoke.
8.08.070 Opacity of smoke emissions.
8.08.080 Dust from fuel burning equipment.
8.08.090 Dust from heat processing equipment or other sources.
8.08.100 Traceable dust generally.
8.08.110 Enforcement.
8.08.120 Notice.
8.08.130 Hearing.
8.08.140 After hearing.
8.08.150 Posting and sealing.
8.08.160 Unlawful use.
8.08.170 Outdoor fire control.
8.08.180 Regulations on prior permits.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 3)
7.05.040 Water pollution standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.12 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.12.010 Deposit of matter in Lake Washington – Purification of sewage.
8.12.020 Enforcement.
8.12.030 Pollution of fresh water prohibited – Permit required for making deposits in bodies of water – Application, hearing on application and investigation for permit.
8.12.040 Certain uses of contaminated and impure water prohibited.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 4)
7.05.050 Garbage disposal standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.16 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.16.010 Type of container required and method of disposal – Type of treatment required before feeding to animals.
8.16.020 Leaving manure in certain places prohibited – Limited period given for disposal.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 5)
7.05.060 Public toilet standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.20 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.20.010 Permit required.
8.20.020 Renewal of permit – Suspension or revocation.
8.20.030 Sanitation and construction requirements.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 6)
7.05.070 Boarding homes and schools for children standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.24 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.24.010 Conditions required – Permit – Maintenance requirements – Quality of food and sleeping quarters.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 7)
7.05.080 Rodent control standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.38 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.38.010 Right of entry for inspection.
8.38.020 Adequate protection required.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 8)
7.05.090 Unsafe dwelling standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.36 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.36.010 Use of certain dwellings prohibited – Authority of health officer.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 9)
7.05.100 Food service establishment standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.40 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.40.010 Definitions
8.40.020 Food supplies.
8.40.030 Food protection.
8.40.040 Personnel health and disease control.
8.40.050 Cleanliness.
8.40.060 Equipment and utensils.
8.40.070 Cleanliness of equipment and utensils.
8.40.080 Water supply.
8.40.090 Sewage disposal.
8.40.100 Plumbing.
8.40.110 Toilet facilities.
8.40.120 Hand-washing facilities.
8.40.130 Garbage and rubbish disposal.
8.40.140 Vermin control.
8.40.150 Floors, walls and ceilings.
8.40.160 Lighting.
8.40.170 Ventilation.
8.40.180 Dressing rooms and lockers.
8.40.190 Housekeeping.
8.40.200 Compliance.
8.40.210 Plan review of future construction.
8.40.220 Permit required.
8.40.230 Issuance of permits.
8.40.240 Inspection of good service establishments – Access.
8.40.250 Inspection report form.
8.40.260 Notice to permit holder.
8.40.270 Examination and condemnation of food.
8.40.280 Imported foods.
8.40.290 Procedure when inspection is suspended.
8.40.310 Severability.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 11)
7.05.110 Meat standards and licensing.
The following sections of Chapter 8.44 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.44.010 Statute authority.
8.44.020 Validity.
8.44.030 Definitions.
8.44.040 Licenses required.
8.44.050 Fees.
8.44.060 Expiration – Transfer.
8.44.070 Display.
8.44.080 Issuance of wrapper and cutter licenses.
8.44.090 Application.
8.44.100 Application for meat distribution facilities license outside county.
8.44.110 Application when slaughterhouse outside county.
8.44.120 Distribution facilities inspection.
8.44.130 Food and beverage service worker’s permit required.
8.44.140 Sale to consumer from licensed shop only.
8.44.150 Retail meat shop operation authorization.
8.44.160 Retail processed meat shop operation authorization.
8.44.170 Wholesale meat shop operation authorization.
8.44.180 Wholesale meat dealer operation authorization.
8.44.190 Wholesale commission meat dealer operation authorization.
8.44.200 Meat warehouse operation authorization.
8.44.210 Meat cutter operation authorization.
8.44.220 Apprentice meat cutter operation authorization.
8.44.230 Meat wrapper operation authorization.
8.44.240 Meat wrapper salesman operation authorization.
8.44.250 Granting license after revocation.
8.44.260 Employing unlicensed person.
8.44.270 Examination – Meat cutter – Meat wrapper salesman.
8.44.280 Meat worker’s health permits.
8.44.290 Fraudulent and unlawful use or removal of licenses, certificates, inspection marks, and numbers.
8.44.300 Compliance required.
8.44.310 Walls and ceilings.
8.44.320 Doors and windows.
8.44.330 Floors.
8.44.340 Lighting.
8.44.350 Ventilation.
8.44.360 Plumbing.
8.44.370 Refrigeration.
8.44.380 Toilets, lavatories and dressing rooms.
8.44.390 Cleaning of equipment and premises.
8.44.400 Equipment.
8.44.410 Water and ice supply.
8.44.420 Personnel.
8.44.430 Special inspection services.
8.44.440 Availability of records.
8.44.450 Examination of distribution facilities.
8.44.460 Application to state for inspection permit.
8.44.470 Inspector qualifications.
8.44.480 Meat inspection fund.
8.44.490 Conditions generally – Fresh meat.
8.44.500 Meat cutter or apprentice responsibility.
8.44.510 Meat case temperature.
8.44.520 Cutting and packaging responsibility.
8.44.530 Packaging and labeling requirements.
8.44.540 Conditions generally – Frozen meat.
8.44.550 Enclosure requirements.
8.44.560 Storage temperature.
8.44.570 Inspection.
8.44.580 Self-service frozen meat cabinet temperature.
8.44.590 Pet food.
8.44.600 Refreezing.
8.44.610 Labeling.
8.44.620 Grading required.
8.44.630 Labeling required.
8.44.640 Approval – Misbranding.
8.44.650 Possession of ungraded meat.
8.44.660 Deception or false assertion prohibited.
8.44.670 Statement of true portion required.
8.44.680 Grade designation.
8.44.690 Artificial lights.
8.44.700 Weight and portion of pork.
8.44.710 Picture advertising.
8.44.720 Ground beef.
8.44.730 Advertising frozen meat.
8.44.740 Wrapping materials.
8.44.750 Transportation.
8.44.760 Peddling prohibited.
8.44.770 Sale prohibited.
8.44.780 Sale of adulterated sausage or ground beef.
8.44.790 Contents of adulterated sausage or ground beef.
8.44.800 Sale or disposition of horse meat.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 12)
7.05.120 Milk standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.48 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.48.010 Definitions.
8.48.030 Milk and milk products which may be sold.
8.48.040 Adulterated or misbranded milk or milk products.
8.48.050 Labeling.
8.48.060 Handling of raw milk.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 13)
7.05.130 Frozen dairy food products standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.52 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.52.010 Definitions.
8.52.020 Pasteurization of mix.
8.52.030 Permits.
8.52.040 Examination of frozen dairy foods.
8.52.050 Sanitation standards.
8.52.060 Transferring and dispensing frozen dairy foods.
8.52.070 Inspection of dairy food establishments.
8.52.080 Personnel health and disease control.
8.52.100 Dairy food plants.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 14)
7.05.140 Public and semipublic swimming pools standards.
The following sections of Chapter 8.56 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.56.010 Definitions.
8.56.020 Swimming pool advisory committee.
8.56.040 Retroactivity.
8.56.050 Permit to operate required – Application – Issuance.
8.56.060 Plans and specifications for construction, alteration or renovation.
8.56.070 Maintenance required.
8.56.080 Operation, maintenance and use responsibility.
8.56.090 Water quality.
8.56.100 Disinfection.
8.56.110 Recirculation and filtration.
8.56.120 Waste.
8.56.130 Cross-connections.
8.56.140 Operating records.
8.56.150 Alternate materials, equipment or procedures.
8.56.160 Severability.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 15)
7.05.150 Consumer protection for purchases of real property.
The following sections of Chapter 8.60 King County Code as now in effect, and as may be subsequently amended, are hereby adopted by reference:
8.60.010 Vendor – Disclosure form required.
8.60.020 Vendor – Disclosure form – Contents.
8.60.030 Vendor – Disclosure and alternative waiver forms – Filing.
(Ord. 90-1026 § 16)
7.05.160 Enforcement.
The Director of the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, the Director of the King County Department of Public Health, and City personnel occupying similar positions and authorities are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, and any applicable United States statutes, and any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of violating a City ordinance, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or both, and each day during which such violation continues shall be considered an additional violation. (Ord. 90-1026 § 17)
Chapter 7.10
LITTER CONTROLSections:
7.10.010 Declaration of purpose.
7.10.020 Definitions.
7.10.030 Enforcement.
7.10.040 Littering prohibited – Penalties.
7.10.050 Notice to public – Contents of chapter – Required.
7.10.060 Litter receptacles – Use of anti-litter symbol – Distribution – Placement – Violations – Penalties.
7.10.070 Litter bags – Design and distribution by department authorized – Violations – Penalties.
7.10.080 Removal of litter – Responsibility.
7.10.090 Coordination with the Department of Ecology.
7.10.900 Violations – Penalties.
7.10.010 Declaration of purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to accomplish litter control throughout the City and to provide additional impetus to state-wide efforts to reduce waste and promote recycling. The intent of this chapter is to add to and to coordinate existing litter control and waste reduction and to promote recycling in coordination with the Department of Ecology. (Ord. 96-1028 § 1: Ord. 90-1058 § 1)
7.10.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below:
A. “Litter” means all waste material including but not limited to disposable packages or containers thrown or deposited as herein prohibited but not including the waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming, or manufacturing;
B. “Litter bag” means a bag, sack, or other container made of any material which is large enough to serve as a receptacle for litter inside the vehicle or watercraft of any person. It is not necessarily limited to the State approved litter bag but must be similar in size and capacity;
C. “Litter receptacle” means those containers adopted by the Department of Ecology and which may be standardized as to size, shape, capacity, and color and which shall bear the state anti-litter symbol, as well as any other receptacles suitable for the depositing of litter;
D. “Person” means any political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, copartnership, association, firm, individual or other entity whatsoever;
E. “Public place” means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests;
F. “Recycling” means transforming or remanufacturing waste materials into a finished product for use other than landfill disposal or incineration;
G. “Recycling center” means a central collection point for recycling materials;
H. “Vehicle” includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
I. “Watercraft” means any boat, ship, vessel, barge, or other floating craft. (Ord. 96-1028 § 2: Ord. 90-1058 § 2)
7.10.030 Enforcement.
City police officers, code enforcement officers, and those employees otherwise vested with police powers all shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations adopted hereunder and are hereby empowered to issue notices of civil infraction to persons violating any provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations adopted hereunder and to arrest without warrant any person who refuses to sign a notice of civil infraction. In addition, mailing by certified mail of such notice or other process to the last known place of residence of a person charged shall be deemed as personal service upon that person. The City shall also have the authority to contract with the Department of Ecology for purposes of providing to that Department law enforcement services and personnel reasonably necessary to carry out the enforcement provisions of the state Act. (Ord. 96-1028 § 3: Ord. 90-1058 § 3)
7.10.040 Littering prohibited – Penalties.
A. No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter upon any public property in the City or upon private property in the City not owned by him or her or in the waters of this City whether from a vehicle or otherwise including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forest land, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, alley, or recycling center or recycling bin, except:
1. When such property is designated by the City for the disposal of garbage and refuse, and such person is authorized to use such property for such purpose;
2. Into a litter receptacle in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried away or deposited by the elements upon any part of said private or public property or waters;
3. At a recycling center or into a recycling bin; provided, that the litter is of a type specifically approved for recycling and is properly placed in a recycling bin.
B. It is a class 3 civil infraction as refined in RCW 7.80.120 for a person to litter in an amount less than or equal to one cubic foot. It is a class 1 civil infraction as defined in RCW 7.80.120 for a person to litter in an mount greater than one cubic foot. Unless suspended or modified by a court, the person shall also pay a liter cleanup fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per cubic foot of litter. The court may, in addition to or in lieu of part or all of the cleanup fee, order the person to pick up and remove litter from the property, with prior permission of the legal owner or, in the case of public property, of the agency managing the property. (Ord. 96-1028 § 4: Ord. 90-1058 § 4)
7.10.050 Notice to public – Contents of chapter – Required.
Pertinent portions of this chapter, or pertinent notices, may be posted along the public streets and highways of the City and at all entrances to City parks, recreational areas, at all public beaches, at all recycling centers and recycling bins, and at all other public places in the City where persons are likely to be informed of the existence and content of this chapter and the penalties for violating its provisions. (Ord. 96-1028 § 5: Ord. 90-1058 § 5)
7.10.060 Litter receptacles – Use of anti-litter symbol – Distribution – Placement – Violations – Penalties.
A. Litter receptacles shall be of the design and bear an anti-litter symbol as designed and adopted by the State Department of Ecology.
B. Litter receptacles of the said uniform design shall be placed along the public streets and highways of this City and at all parks, drive-in restaurants, gasoline service stations, tavern parking lots, shopping centers, grocery store parking lots, parking lots of major industrial firms, boat launching areas, beaches and bathing areas, and such other public places within the City as may be specified by rule or regulation adopted by the City Manager, or designee.
C. It shall be the responsibility of any person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles of the uniform design are required by this section to procure and place such receptacles at their own expense on the premises.
D. Any person who fails to place such litter receptacles on the premises in the numbers required by rule or regulation of the Department of Public Works, violating the provisions of this section or rules or regulations adopted thereunder shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day of violation. (Ord. 95-1012 § 1: Ord. 90-1058 § 6)
7.10.070 Litter bags – Design and distribution by department authorized – Violations – Penalties.
The owner of any vehicle or watercraft who fails to keep and use a litter bag in his or her vehicle or watercraft shall be guilty of a violation of this Section and shall be subject to penalties as provided in this chapter. The City encourages use of the standard litter bag designed and distributed by the State Department of Ecology. (Ord. 90-1058 § 7)
7.10.080 Removal of litter – Responsibility.
Responsibility for the removal of litter from receptacles placed by the City at parks, beaches and other public places shall be with the Department of Public Works. Removal of litter from litter receptacles placed on private property which is used by the public shall remain the responsibility of the owner of such private property. (Ord. 90-1058 § 8)
7.10.090 Coordination with the Department of Ecology.
The City shall coordinate with and shall support the efforts of the State Department of Ecology in accomplishing local anti-litter and recycling efforts; shall, together with the Department of Ecology, encourage, organize and coordinate all voluntary local anti-litter and recycling campaigns seeking to focus the attention of the public on the programs of the State and City to control and remove litter and foster recycling; and to investigate the availability of, and to apply for funds available from any private or public source to be used in programs to control and remove litter; and, together with the Department of Ecology, to develop programs to increase public awareness of and participation in recycling and to stimulate and encourage local private recycling centers, public participation in recycling and research and development in the field of litter control and recycling, removal, and disposal of litter-related recycling materials. (Ord. 96-1028 § 6: Ord. 90-1058 § 9)
7.10.900 Violations – Penalties.
Every person convicted of a violation of this chapter for which no penalty is specially provided for shall be punished by a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each violation. (Ord. 96-1028 § 7: Ord. 90-1058 § 10)
Chapter 7.15
PROPERTY MAINTENANCESections:
7.15.010 Definitions.
7.15.020 Duty to maintain property.
7.15.030 Declaration of public nuisance.
7.15.040 Enforcement.
7.15.050 Third party liability.
7.15.010 Definitions.
The definitions set forth in Chapter 15.10 SMC, as presently existing or as may subsequently be amended, shall apply to this chapter and, in addition, the following definitions shall apply:
A. “Junk” means discarded, broken or disabled material including, but not limited to, furniture, appliances, discarded lumber, toys, or other items that are not in functioning condition.
B. “Owner” means any person owning property, as shown on the real property records of King County or on the last assessment roll for taxes, and shall also mean any lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having control or possession of the property.
C. “Property” means land and any buildings or structures located thereon.
D. “Trash” means waste food products and other household garbage. (Ord. 02-1005 § 1: Ord. 91-1014 § 1)
7.15.020 Duty to maintain property.
No person owning, leasing, renting, occupying, being in possession or having charge of any property in the City, including vacant lots, shall maintain or allow to be maintained on such property, except as may be permitted by any other City ordinance, any of the following conditions visible from any public street or alley, or from any other private property:
A. Junk, trash, discarded items or salvage materials;
B. Any accumulation of material including, but not limited to, bottles, cans, glass, plastic, ashes, scrap metal, broken stone or cement, rags, boxes, crates, packing cases, tools, equipment, and packing material;
C. Household items, furniture and appliances intended for indoor use that are stored or used outdoors. For the purposes of this section, decks, carports and open garages are considered outdoors;
D. Shopping or baggage carts;
E. Indoor personal items stored outdoors for more than twenty-four (24) hours including, but not limited to, clothing, bedding, toys, cooking and eating utensils, newspapers and magazines;
F. Building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical materials unless neatly stacked and intended to be used for improvements to the premises on which it is stored, within six months;
G. Firewood unless neatly stacked and intended to be used on the premises on which it is stored;
H. Dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, which are dangerous to public health, safety and welfare;
I. Berry vines which exceed an average height of three (3) feet, except on vacant lots provided the berry vines do not encroach on adjacent properties;
J. Any accumulation of weeds or grass which exceeds twelve (12) inches in height;
K. Regardless if visible from adjacent property, any attractive nuisances dangerous to children, including but not limited to, equipment, machinery, unused refrigerators and freezers, excavations, wells or shafts. (Ord. 02-1005 § 2: Ord. 95-1024 § 1; Ord. 91-1014 § 2)
7.15.030 Declaration of public nuisance.
Any property found to be maintained in violation of Section 7.15.020 is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be
abated by rehabilitation, removal, trimming, demolition or repair. (Ord. 91-1014 § 3)
7.15.040 Enforcement.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced pursuant to Ordinance No. 90-1048, codified in Chapter 1.15, as amended by Ordinance No. 90-1075, as both presently exist or as may subsequently be amended. (Ord. 91-1014 § 4)
7.15.050 Third party liability.
A. It is expressly the purpose of this chapter to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefitted by the terms of this chapter.
B. It is the specific intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the property owner or owners and no provisions nor term used in this chapter is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers and employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this chapter shall be discretionary and not mandatory.
C. Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall be, construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a property owner to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this chapter by its officers, employees or agents. (Ord. 91-1014 § 5)
Chapter 7.20
BOATING, MOORAGE AND ANCHORAGE REGULATIONSSections:
7.20.010 Authority over waters.
7.20.020 Boating regulations.
7.20.030 Moorage and anchorage regulations.
7.20.040 Right of entry.
7.20.050 Impoundment and sale of watercraft in violation of moorage and anchorage regulations.
7.20.010 Authority over waters.
The City, in the exercise of its police power, assumes control and jurisdiction over all lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water within the area of its geographical boundaries. (Ord. 90-1044 § 1)
7.20.020 Boating regulations.
The following sections of the King County Code as now in effect, and as may subsequently be amended, are hereby adopted by reference to establish boating regulations, except that the reference therein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, references to King County shall refer to the City and references to the Sheriff or the King County Department of Public Safety shall refer to the City Police Department, whether contracted or employed:
12.44.020 Definitions.
12.44.040 Negligent operation. But, in addition, it is hereby declared that such reckless operation shall be a violation of City ordinance equivalent to a misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in jail not to exceed 90 days, a fine in amount not to exceed $1,000.00, or both.
12.44.050 Reckless operation. But, in addition, it is hereby declared that such negligent operation shall be a violation of City ordinance equivalent to a gross misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in jail not to exceed 1 year, a fine in amount not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.
12.44.060 Required distance from power craft to swimmers and rowboats. Except that this section shall also apply to watercraft powered by jets, water pumps, or any form of water jet propulsion.
12.44.070 Speed limit specified – Lakes – Exception.
12.44.080 Speed limit specified – Rivers – Exception.
12.44.110 Sunken vessels.
12.44.120 Floating objects.
12.44.130 Intoxication. Except that it is hereby declared that such intoxication shall be a violation of City ordinance equivalent to a gross misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in jail not to exceed 1 year, a fine in amount not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.
12.44.140 Incapacity of operator. Except that it is hereby declared that such incapacity of operator shall be a violation of City ordinance equivalent to a gross misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in jail not to exceed 1 year, a fine in amount not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.
12.44.150 Accidents.
12.44.160 Accident reports.
12.44.170 Accident reports confidential and inadmissible as evidence.
12.44.180 Overloading. But, in addition, it is hereby declared that such overloading shall be a violation of City ordinance equivalent to a misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in jail not to exceed 90 days, a fine in amount not to exceed $1,000.00, or both.
12.44.200 Restricted areas.
12.44.210 Swimming.
12.44.220 Skin-diving.
12.44.230 Water skiing.
12.44.350 Whistles and lights.
12.44.360 Equipment and numbering.
12.44.370 Life preservers and running lights.