Ordinance - 259ORDINANCE NO.259
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, DECREASING STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEED UPON A CERTAIN
PUBLIC STREET, TO WIT: GLENDORA AVENUE, WITHIN THE INCORPORATED
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DECREASE OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEED.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation and survey that the speed permitted by State
law outside of business and residence districts as applicable
upon the following public street within the incorporated limits
of the City of West Covina is more than is reasonable or safe under
the conditions found to exist upon such street, and it is hereby
determined and declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be
as herein set forth on that street or part of.street herein desig-
nated, when appropriate signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Name of street or a
Portion ec e
Glendora Avenue, from the
intersection of Garvey -
Boulevard therewith to the
southerly City limits of
the City of West Covina
Declared Prima Facie
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35 miles per hour.
SECTION Z. That any person, firm or corporation violating
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any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a
fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprison-
ment in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, State of
California, for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment. k.
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
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the names of the members voting for and against the same, in
three places within the City, in the manner required by the laws
and ordinances in'the City of West Covina, 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 27th day of July, 1953, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:. Councilmen FRANK DELAY BERT C. VAN HORN C. L. AIOSSBERG
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ABSENT: JOE HURST, MAYOR
City Clerk of the City or WestOvina
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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 sayst
That he is the City Clerk of the City of West Covina, California,
a citizen Of the United States and over the age of 21 years; that on
the �-�TN day of i-� 1953, he posted three notices of
Ordinance No.259 of the City of West Covina, entitled " AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,DECREASING
STATE LAW MAXDR M SPEED UPON A CERTAIN PUBLIC STREET, TO WIT:
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GLENDORA AVENUE, WITHIN THE' INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE' CITY
OF WEST COVINA", in three public places in said City, to wit
One at the Police Office, 2193 West Garvey Boulevard, one in
front of the West Covina School House, and one at the northwest
corner of Puente Street and Lark Ellen B ulevard,
CIty Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this day of gv�'v.rf ,1953
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G
o y'I�ublic in and ror t4e ounfy of
Los Angeles, State of California
My Commission Expires August 12,1956
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