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Jam., Yew
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 117 OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, KNOWN AS "
THE "SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA" BY ADDING
THERETO A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS AND NUMBERED SECTION 7A,
PROVIDING FOR SERVICE ROADWAYS AND ALLEYS, -AND DECLARING THAT
THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS URGENTLY REQUIRED.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA DOES OR-
DAIN AS FOLLOWS i
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 117 of the City of West
Covina, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ESTAB-
LISHING IN SAID CITY REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE SUBDIVISION
OF LAND AND FOR THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF SUBDIVISION
MAPS THEREOF", adopted January 23, 1946, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as and num-
bered Section 7A and to read as follows:
"SECTION 7A. Along major highways, limited access high-
ways, or freeways, a service roadway separated from the
main traffic roadway by an appropriate and accessible
separation strip shall be required, which will provide for
access to abutting private or other properties and to
other public streets. In lieu of service roads along
major highways, an alley or alleys may be required at the
rear of properties fronting directly upon any major high-
way. Alleys shall be required at the rear of all prop-
erties fronting directly upon any secondary highway."
SECTION 2. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency
measure and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The
following is a statement of the facts showing its urgency: a
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large number of subdivisions have been submitted to the City of
West Covina for approval and in some instances are awaiting
approval and numerous other subdivisions are being planned by
subdividers in said City which subdivisions involve the laying
out of streets and other improvements therein, and the creation
of subdivisions in the City of West Covina and the laying out of
streets and alleys thereon, contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance, would adversely affect or defeat the ultimate plans
for a public street system before the same can be prepared and
approved in specific and final detail; the City Council of said
City therefore hereby finds and determines that for the immediate
preservation of the public health, peace, safety, comfort, con-
venience, interest and welfare, an emergency exists and this or-
dinance,is enacted as an emergency measure and ordinance, and
that the same shall take effect immediately upon its passage and
adoption and upon the same being posted by the City Clerk in
the manner required by law and by the ordinances of the City of
West Covina.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause the same to be posted in three (3)
public places in the City of West Covina.
PV61� of the City of WestCovina
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular
meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place
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thereof on the 14th day of tray, 1952, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen DELL-i- VAj-1 loci -Moss►3�R� SQER����E '�- u�ST
NOES: HC, %'4 G
ABSENT : Ho r1 E
City Clerk of the Gity,of West-ov na
ATTEST:
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