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8.36. 010 Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

"Effluent of industrial waste" means the liquid or solution discharge from a treatment plant which violates any of the standards prescribed by this chapter for "effluent of treated sewage."

"Effluent of treated sewage" means the liquid or solution discharged from a sewage treatment plant which:

1. Contains more than 0.5 E coli per cubic centimeter;
2. Contains paratyphoid A or B bacteria;
3. Contains any sewage plant grease whether noticeable as a gray metallic scum, or as gray pebble or shell-like specks or froth, or in any other form;
4. Contains oil, tar, feces or other substance which alone or in combination when emptied into the waters of the Pacific Ocean discolors the ocean waters or destroys or impairs the transparency of such ocean waters;
5. Has of itself, or causes the waters of the Pacific Ocean or the tidelands or submerged lands of this city to have an odor or sewage smell;
6. Has, or contains, or transports, or empties into the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or on the tidelands or submerged lands, any suspended solid matter produced by sewage treatment processes commonly known and referred to as sewage sludge;
7. Contains chemicals, substances or gases, which, when emptied into the waters of the Pacific Ocean, injuriously affects, destroys, or impairs the reproduction, growth or health of marine life.

"Industrial waste" means any and all liquid or solid waste substance, not sewage, from any producing, manufacturing or processing operation of whatever nature.

"Marine life" includes fish, crustaceans, plankton and all forms of animal and plant life indigenous to the waters of the ocean in Santa Monica Bay.

"Sewage" means any and all waste substance, liquid or solid, associated with human habitation, or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excreta or excrement, offal or any feculent matter. (Prior code § 28-1)

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8.36. 020 Tidelands and submerged lands and waters covered by chapter.

Tidelands and submerged lands and the waters of the Pacific Ocean covered by this chapter are as described in and contemplated by an act of the legislature of the state entitled, "An Act granting to the City of Hermosa Beach the tidelands and submerged lands of the State of California within the boundaries of the said City." (Prior code § 28-2)

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8.36. 030 Prohibited discharges.

It is unlawful for any person to discharge, or to cause or permit sewage or industrial waste or the effluent of treated sewage or industrial waste to be discharged on or upon any tidelands or submerged lands within the city, or to discharge or cause or permit sewage or industrial waste or the effluent of treated sewage or industrial waste to be discharged into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. (Prior code § 28-3)

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8.36. 040 Ocean waters containing sewage or industrial waste.

It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit ocean waters containing sewage or industrial waste or the effluent of treated sewage or industrial waste:

A. To be discharged or to flow on or upon any tidelands or submerged lands within the city; or

B. To mingle, intermix with, or to otherwise pollute the waters of the Pacific Ocean. (Prior code § 28-4)

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8.36. 050 Violations of chapter deemed nuisance--Abatement procedure.

Every violation of this chapter shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be abated as such. Actions for the abatement of such nuisances shall be instituted by or on behalf of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall be maintained and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of this code. (Prior code § 28-5)

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8.36 .060 Removing manhole covers; discharging surface or stormwaters into public sewer--Unlawful connections.

It is unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee, not otherwise specifically authorized by law, to remove or cause to be removed a manhole cover from a public sewer carrying domestic sewage or industrial waste for the purpose of entering the sewer, or to discharge, deposit or cause to be discharged or deposited, surface, drainage or storm waters into a public sewer, unless specific permission is first obtained from the owners and operators of the public sewer or from the officer of the owners and operators of such public sewer authorized to grant such permission. It shall also be unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee, or any person otherwise authorized by law to enter public sewers carrying sanitary sewage or industrial waste, to construct or authorize construction of a connection to a public sewer or to remove a manhole cover, for the purpose of permitting or causing to be discharged into said public sewer, flood, surface or storm waters. (Prior code § 28-6)

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