The ordinance codified in Division 2 of Title 11 shall be known as and may be cited as the “general hazards ordinance.” (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 101, 1949.)

The purpose of the ordinance codified in this Division 2 is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, safety and public welfare by requiring protections from hazardous bodies of water, wells and other defined excavations and abandoned chests, not presently covered by statutes of the state of California. (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 102, 1949.)

Whenever, by the provisions of this Division 2, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such 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. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 103, 1949.)

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of the ordinance codified in this Division 2, or of any other ordinance, or to any statute, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made. (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 104, 1949.)

Should any exception to the provisions of this Division 2 be held invalid, or should any provision of this Division 2 be held invalid because of any exception, such exception shall be eliminated from Division 2. The board declares that it intends this Division 2 to apply to every excavation which, by reason of constitutional limitations, cannot be excepted from the provisions of this division, and to every excavation the exception of which would invalidate this Division 2 or any portion thereof. (Ord. 9585 § 1 (part), 1968: Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 106, 1949.)

A. Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses.
B. Genders. Each gender includes the other two genders.
C. Number. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 §§ 107, 108, 109, 1949.)

Violation of this Division 2 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 Division 2 is committed, continued or permitted constitutes such violation a separate offense. (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 110, 1949.)

If any portion of this Division 2 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Division 2, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (Ord. 9415 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 5307 Art. 1 § 105, 1949.)