Ordinance - 74ORDINANCE NO.
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AI1d ORDINANCE PR-0HIB I T I1,M `i'HE USE OF CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF SUNSET AVE., AZUSA AVE., HOLLENBE H)
AVE. , CITRUS AVENUE AND BARRANCA AVENUE, ,+
BY ANY VEHICLE EXCEEDING A GROSS WEIGHT OF °a
The City Council of the City of West Covina does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That the use by any vehicle exceeding a
maximum gross weight: of 20.,000 pounds of any street or portion
• of any street set forth and described in Section 2 of this
ordinance, is hereby prohibited and no person shall drive a
• vehicle thereon having a total weight of vehicle and load greater
than 20,000 pounds.
2. That the following streets or portions of
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streets within in the corporate limits of the City of West Covina
are, and each of them is, subject to the provisions and limitations
provided for. in this Ordinance:
(a) Sunset Avenue from_ State Highway to Southerly
City Limits;
(b) Azusa Avenue from State Highway to Southerly
City Limits;
(c) Hollenbech Avenue from State Highway to Southerly
City Limits;
(d) Citrus Avenue from State Highway to Southerly
City Limits;
(e) Barranca Ave., from State highway to Southerly City
Limits;
SECTI.ON 3: Any peace officer having reason to believe that
the weight of a vehicle and load on said portions of said streets
is unlawful under the terms of this ordinance is authorized to
require the driverthereof to submit to a. weighing of the same and
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for such purpose may require that such vehicle be driven to the
nearest public scales in the event such scales are within five miles,
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SECTION It is unlawful for the owner, ar any other
person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle
to require the operation of such vehicle in any manner contrary to
the terms of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: The Superintendent of Streets shall erect or
cause to be erected appropriate signs indicating the streets or
portions of streets affected by this ordinance as set forth in Section
2 hereof.
SECTION 6: Any vehicle subject to the provisions of Secticn-
bOl of. the Public Utilities Act is" excepted from the provisions of
this Ordinance.
SECTION 7: Any person violating this ordinance or any of the terms
and provisions thereof' or any person who fails or refuses when
directed by an officer to submit the vehicle and load to a weighing as
herein provided is guilty of" a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not mcr--e than $300.00
or by imprisonment in the city jail or Los Angeles County jail for a
perod not exceeding three months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION- 8. The City Clerk of the City of 177est Covina shall
certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be
posted in three public places in. said City.
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ATTEST: Kayor of theCity of West Covina
city Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELE.S ( ss.
CITY OF WEST C OV"INA )
I, C. C. TOLAND, City C1erTc- of the City of: west Covina,
hereby certify that the f=egoing Ordinance was adopted by the City
Council of the City of ffes Covina at: the regular meetLng of said
Council on the 14 day of September , 1938, and signed by the
Mayor of, said City, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the
following votes:
. AYES: MOWDER, REEG, HEDGES, TACKSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: C OFFTi AN
City Clerk
STATE OF` CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ( ss.
CITY OF , EST COVINA )
I, C. C. TOLAND, being first duly sworn, says: That he
is the City Clerk of the City of West Covina, and is a citizen
of the United States and over the age of twenty-one years; that on
theday of September , 1938, he posted three copies of
• Ordinance No. of the City of West Covina, entitled "An Ordinance
Prohibiting the Use of Certain Portions of Sunset Ave., Azusa Ave.,
Hollenbech, Citrus & Barranca, by any Vehicle Exceeding a Gross Weight
Of 20.000 Pounds", in three pubTi.c places in said City, to -wit: One
at 1841 ?'lest State Highway, West Covina, the_ same being the place
where the regular meetings of the City Council of said City are held,
one on Sunset Avenue in front of Test Covina School House, and one at
the Northwest corner of Puente Street and Lark Ellen Boulevard.
SUBSCRIBEDD SWORN to before me-6 ell!
this ttof ttee r , 1938.
City ClFrk
Notary Public in and for the'County
of Los Angeles., State of California