Ordinance - 237ORDINANCE NO.237
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF -•THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, REQUIRING FIRE PROTECTION FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
IN SAID CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. New buildings and structures hereafter erected
in this City, and buildings and structures moved into or within the
• City, in Zones C-1 Neighborhood Commercial Zone, C-2 General
Commercial Zone, C-3 Heavy Commercial Zone, M-1 Light Manufacturing
Zone and M-2 Heavy Manufacturing Zone, as defined in Ordinance
No.147 of the City of West Covina, shall conform to all of the
requirements of the Building Code of the City of West Covina, and
no permit shall be issued for the erection, construction, enlarge-
ment, alteration, repair, moving or conversion of any such building
upon property within any -of said zones unless there be, or be made,
available a water system including conduits, pipes, hydrants, or
other appurtenances for supplying and distributing a domestic water
,supply and with mains of sufficient size to furnish and provide
adequate fire protection to such property and to meet local neigh-
borhood needs.
• SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during
which any violation of any such provisions is committed,continued
or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars
.($300.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be posted
with the names of the members voting for or against the same
in three places within the City of West Covina, in the manner
required by law, and thirty (30) days from and after the final
passage thereof said ordinance shall take effect and be in force.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West
Covina, held on the llth day of February, 1953, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen PRANK DELAY BERT C. VAN HORN I CAL SPERLINE JOE HURST, MAYOR
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ABSENT: C. L. MOSSBERG
City Clerk of the City of WestCovina
SIGNED AND APPROVED this llth day of Febrmary, 1953.
ATTEST -
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
ROBERT FLOTTEN, being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
he is the City Clerk for the City of West Covina, California, and a citizen
•- of the United States, over the age of 21 years; that on the 13th day of
February, 1953, he posted three copies of ORDINANCE NO. 237 of the City of
West Covina, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, REQUIRING FIRE PROTECTION FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN
SAID CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF," in three public
places in said City, to wit: One at the Police Office, 1444 West Garvey
Boulevard, one in front of the West Covina School House, and one at the north-
west corner of Puente Street and Lark Ellen Bo , vard.
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City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to befdre me this day of 1953.
Not ublic �inan�d.rt e County
of Los Angeles, State of California
my commission Expires August 12, 1956
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