ORDINANCE NO. 629

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PROHIBITING BATHING, SWIMMING, BOATING, WATERSKIING, OR OTHERWISE ENTERING ANY IRRIGATION CANAL, LATERAL, DITCH, OR DRAIN IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside Ordains as Follows:

Section 1. Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to bathe, swim, boat, water‑ski, or otherwise enter into or upon the surface of the water in any irrigation canal, lateral, ditch, or drain in the unincorporated area of the Palo Verde Valley, County of Riverside, State of California, coterminous with the Palo Verde Irrigation District.

Section 2. Penalty. A violation of this ordinance is an infraction and shall be punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one (1) year; or (3) a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one (1) year.

ADOPTED: 05/06/1986 (Effective: 6/5/1986)