Ordinance - 380ORDINANCE NO.380
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE.NO.252.OF_THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
A:DOPTING.A BUILDING CODE, BY.ADDING TWO. -NEW SECTIONS THERETO
TO BE.CALLED SECTION I -A AND SECTION.5-A, CREATING FIRE ZONES
IN SAID CITY AND.PROVIJDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No.252 of the City of West
Covina, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUILDING CODE, AN ELECTRICAL
• CODE, AND A PLUMBING CODE", adopted June 8,1953, be and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as and
denominated Section 1-A and to read as follows:
"SECTION 1-A. That the entire incorporated area of
the City of -West Covina shall be and is hereby declared to
be and is hereby established as a Fire"District and said
Fire'District shall be known and designated as Fire Zones
19 2 and 3, and each such zone shall include such territory
or portions of said City as illustrated, outlined and desig-
nated on a certain map on file in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of -West Covina, being marked and designated
as "Fire District Map of the City of West Covina'19 which
map is hereby adopted as the fire zoning map of the City of
• "West Covina for the application of the regulations included
in the "Los Angeles County Building Laws (Official Compilation)
1953 'Edition", as amended. The boundaries of the respective
districts or the territories or portions of said City to
be included in the respective districts shall be as follows:
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FIRE ZONE NO.1
All property in the City of West Covina
which is zoned C-2 and C-3 under the provisions
of the "Comprehensive Zoning Ordinancelf of the
City of 'West Covina and the "Zoning Map of the
City of Vest Covina", as adopted originally by
• Ordinance No.147 on January 21, 1948, and as
subsequently amended and which map was made a
part of said Ordinance No.147.
FIRE ZONE NO.2
All property in the City of West Covina which
is zoned C-1 under the provisions of said Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance and said Zoning Map.
FIRE ZONE NO.3
All the remaining area of land in the City of
West Covina not included in Fire Zone No.l and
Fire Zone No.2 shall constitute Fire Zone No.3.
SECTION 2. That said Ordinance No.252 be and the same is
hereby further amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
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as and denominated Section 5 A and to read as follows:
"SECTION 5-A. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to erect,construct,
enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove,.demolish,
convert, equip, use or occupy or maintain any
building and structure or any portion of any build-
ing or structure in -the City of West Covina contrary
to, or in violation of, any provision of this Code,
or to cause, permit or suffer the same to be done.
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Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Code 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 of the provisions of this
• Code is committed, continued or permitted, and
upon the conviction of any such violation such
persons shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300.00, or.by imprisonment in the County
Jail of the County of Los Angeles, for not more
than three months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment®
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 published
once in the West Covina Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated 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 28th day of February, 1955, by the affirmative vote of
at Least three Councilmen, to wit:
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AYES: Councilmen JAMES W. KAY BERT C. VAN HORN JAY D. BROWN J. CAL
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NOES: f y 0 N E% JOE "URST, MAYpR
ABSENT: a M�
i y Clerk of the City of WestCovina
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 28th day of February, 1955
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