As used in this chapter, “groundwater recharge basin” means a basin or ponding area owned by a public agency and designed or modified to store water for purposes of percolation and consequent recharge of the supply of groundwater and designated as such by the city’s director of the department of water resources. Upon designating a basin or ponding area as a groundwater recharge basin, the director of the department of water resources shall cause such basin or ponding area to be posted along any perimeter accessible to the public with signs not more than three hundred feet apart giving notice of the conduct prescribed by this chapter. (Ord. 3024 § 1, 1986)