11-4-1380 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-26-06, p. 81473, § 1, repealed § 11-4-1380, which pertained to public nuisance declaration and abatement thereof.

11-4-1390 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-26-06, p. 81473, § 1, repealed § 11-4-1390, which pertained to unimpaired legal remedy for damage.

ARTICLE VIII. POLLUTION OF WATERS* (11-4-1410 et seq.)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1, amended the title of Art. VIII to read as herein set out and amended, renumbered, and repealed various provisions within this article. Prior to inclusion of this amendment, Art. VIII was entitled, “Harbor Pollution Control”.

11-4-1410 Disposal in waters prohibited.

   No person shall throw, discharge, dump, dispose or deposit, or cause, suffer, allow or procure to be thrown, discharged, disposed or deposited in Lake Michigan within three miles of the corporate limits or in any other waters within the corporate limits any waste or material of any kind unless such person has obtained (a) permits pursuant to the Clean Water Act from all applicable federal or state agencies and (b) all other necessary approvals and permits from federal, state and local regulator bodies or special districts.

(Prior code § 17-5.2; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10978; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)

11-4-1420 Ballast tank, bilge tank or other discharge.

   No operator of any vessel, craft, floats or motorboat shall throw, discharge, dump, dispose or deposit into any waters any fuel, solid or liquid, or the contents of any ballast tank, bilge tank or other container capable of causing pollution of waters.

(Prior code § 17-5.4; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)

Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1430.

11-4-1430 Waste retention tank.

   All vessels, crafts, floats and motorboats equipped with toilets, heads, urinals or capable of discharging galley wastes which have not been discharged through a grease trap or grease interceptor, or solid or liquid waste from shipboard hospital facilities, shall be equipped with a waste retention tank of approved type and capacity to store such waste material for subsequent disposal at a legally operating shoreside facility.

(Prior code § 17-5.5; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)

Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1440.

11-4-1440 Wharfs, docks and similar structures in unsafe condition.

   Every wharf, dock, pier, seawall, riverbank retaining wall, riverbank bulkhead, dolphin, boom, bulkhead, jetty mooring facility, piling, sheeting or other similar structure on or appurtenant to premises abutting on any waters which has disintegrated, rotted, deteriorated or is otherwise out of repair, or is in unsanitary condition, or in an unsafe or dangerous condition, or which in any manner endangers the health or safety of any person or persons or which in any manner endangers navigation is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

(Prior code § 17-5.7; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)

Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1460.