Ordinance - 286ORDINANCE NO.286.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, XIE2v'DING ORDINANCE N0.237 OF TffE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
REQUIRING FIRE PROTECTION FOR COT,31ERCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN SAID
CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY HEREWITH TO TAKE EFFECT I)I MED IATELY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No.237 of the City Council
. of the City of West Covina, California, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY COU14CIL Ole' THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, REQUIRING
FIRE PROTECTION FOR C01NRCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN SAID CITY, AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF", adopted February 11,
1953, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new
section to be known as and numbered Section 1-A, and to read as follows:
"SECTION 1-A. The Building Inspector may issue
the permit referred to in SECTION 1 hereof, provided
the applicant for such permit shall first enter into
an agreement with the City to furnish adequate
distribution lines for domestic water supply and to
provide adequate fire protection for his property
and shall furnish either a surety bond or cash bond
guaranteeing the installation of the necessary
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,conduits, pipes, hydrants and other appurtenances
as aforesaid. The amount of such bond shall be
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determined by the City Engineer."
SECTION 2. It is hereby declared that this ordinance
is an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and.safety and shall take effect upon its adoption.
The facts constituting such urgency are as follows: that there are now
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being planned and developed in the City of West Covina buildings
and structures for commercial and manufacturing uses which are
proposed to be maintained and used in such a manner as to create
an immediate hazard to the public peace, health and safety, which
requires the immediate action of the City relating thereto, the
same constituting a distinct present menace to the public peace,
health and safety in said City, and this Ordinance shall therefore
take effect at the earliest possible moment in order to effectively
prevent evils herein sought to be corrected.
SECTION 3, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted with 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 thereupon and thereafter said
Ordinance shall take effect and be in force.
0 o h 1 y of Wbst Covina
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• City Clerk
I 1- p.EBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina,
held on the 23rd day of November, 1953:_,,by the affirmative vote cf
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen FRANK DELAY BERT C. VAN HORN C. L. MOSSBERG
J07 HURT, MAYOR
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ABSENT: J CAL SPERLINE -'-'
City Clerk o e City o; West Covinii
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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 of the City of West Covina,
• California; a citizen of the United States, and over the age of
21 years; that on the day of1953, he
posted three copies of Ordinance No.286 of the City of West Covina,
entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA,.AXENDING ORDINANCE N0.237 OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVIN.A, REQUIRING FIP.E PROTECTION FOR COMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
IN SAID CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY HEREWITH TO TAIM EFFECT I)MD LATELY" , 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 northwest corner Puente Street and Lark
Ellen Boulevard. Of
—city Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this �� day of 1953.
o ar Pub11c Zn an th Coun y
of Los Angeles, State of California.
my Commission Fcpires August 12, 1956.
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