HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937 (#1037-1060)ORDINANCE NO. 103V
AN 0RDiN~NCE DEFINING AND REGULATING PATROL SYSTEMS AND
PATROL SERVICES: MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR PERSONS ENGAGED
IN THE BUSINESS OF CONDUCTING OR MAINTAINING ANY PATROL
SERVICE OR PATROL SYSTEM, OR PATROLLING ANY DISTRICT IN
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO CONDUCT OR MAINTAIN SUCH
BUSINESS WITHOUT A PERMIT THEREFOR FROM THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA: PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UPON WHICH SUCH
PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED, REVOKED AND SUSPEND~): FIXING
A FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PER~TS, PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION, AND HEPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANADO ORBAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: For the purpose of this ordinance the words "Patrol System" and
"Patrol Service" shall be deemed to be any service or system which furnishes to members
subscribers or private individuals or residents, for a consideration, any patrolman,
guard, or watct~nan, either uniformed or otherwise, to patrol or guard any district or t
act to salvage, guard or protect any property from theft, ds~nage, fire or other hazard.
The term "Persons" in this ordinance shall be deemed to include persons,
firms and corporations.
SECTION 2: Before any person shall engage in the business of conducting or
maintaining any patrol service or patrol system, or patrolling any district in the City
of Santa Ana, he shall make an application in writing to the City Council for permissiol
to act or engage in such business, and des6rtbe therein the district in which he or it
shall desire to operate; provided, that an individual watchman or caretaker, working fol
a single employer in a line of business other thsn that defined by Section I hereof,
shall not be subject to the terms of this ordinance.
Said application shall be made to the City Council who shall cause an invest-
igation to be made concerning the conditions prevailing within the district designated
in any such application, whether already supplied with sufficient patrol service, patrol
system, guard or watchman, and shall see that the applicant has complied with all of
the following requirements:
Said application shall be signed and verified by the applicant, and shall
specify his name, business address, residence address, and the numbers of any telephones
maintained by him, the length of his residence in Santa Ana, the location of his last
place of business, and the name and character of said business, and the length of time
he was engaged therein, and the names and addresses of three persons residing within
said City of Santa Aha as references.
Said application must be accompanied by a surety bond, the form of which shall
be approved by the City Attorney, and the penal sum of which must be One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00).
The condition of each bond must be substantially such that the principal
therein ns~ned will faithfully conform to each and all ~rdinances of the City of Santa
An$, and to each and all laws of the State of California, whether ~en in force, or whic
may thereafter be adopted, relating to the business of applicant.
The principal and sureties named in said bond, and their successors and assign
shall be Jointly and severally bound unto the City of Santa Aha, and unto any and every
person, firm or corporation aggrieved or damaged by the breach of the conditions of said
bond; and said bond shall not be void upon the said recovery, but may be sued and
· recovered upon, from time to time, by any person, firm or corporation aggrieved or
damaged, until the whole penalty is exhausted.
In the event that the total liability of the sureties upon such bond
falls below One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), applicant shall furnish an additiona
bond to keep the liability at .a mininmun of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
If the applicant intends to, or does operate any ~o~or vehicles in the
conduct of his business, he shall file with the City Clerk mn insurance policy or
policies covering such motor vehicle or motor vehicles, which said insurance
shall include public liability to the extent of Tin Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)
for the death or injury of one persc~, Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for
the death o2 injury of two or more persons, and property damage in the sUm of Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
If satisfied that the statementa and references contained in said appl-
ication are true, and that applicant is a fit and proper person to carry on such
business, and if this application has been approved as hereinafter provided, and
upon applicant's compliance with all the requirements of this ordinance, the City
Council shall cause to be issued to applicant a permit hereunder.
No permit granted hereunder shall be construed to obviate the necessity
for obtaining a license to conduct such business from the State of California or
any department, division or board or commission thereof, but any person holding a
permit and license from the Board of Prison Directors of the State of California,
to conduct such business, shall not be required to furnish such bond or insurance
policy upon furnishing satisfactory proof to the City Council that he is the
holder of such a state DernLtt and license, during .the time he is the holder of su~
a permit, and license, from said Board of Prison Directors.
SECTION 3: Said permit holder shall file with the Chief of Police,
prior to the employment of any person or persons, the description, photograph, and
finEer prints of such propo~sed employee, accompanied by at least two letters of
recommendation.
Any person or persons employed by a license holder shall be approved by
the Chief of Police before being regularly employed; said employee to be removed
for any reasonable cause offered by the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police shall prescribe the style of uniforms, if any, to be
used by said patrol system, patrol service, guards or watchmen.
SECTION 4: All perEits shall be issued only after being approved and
countersigned by the Chief of Police.
In the event the applicant desires to maintain a fire patrol, his app-
lication shall not be granted until approved by the Chie£ of the Fire Department.
Each of said officers shall approve such permit only after he has
determined that the applicant therefor has complied with the city ordinances and
state Laws, subject to enforcement by him and applicable to the business of
applicant.
SECTION 5: Every person, firm or corporation as herein provided, conduct.
ing or operating any patrol service or patrol system, or patrolling any district
in the City of Santa Aha, shall pay a permit fee to the City of Santa Ana of Twenty
Dollars ($20.00), payable in advance. Such permit shsll be in effect, as long as
permittee pays his city license fees as required by the City License Ordinance or
until revoked by the City Council or until the permittee fails to comply with the
terms of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6: It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm or corp-
oration, either as principal, owner or agent, to engage in the business of conducting or
maintaining any patrol service or patrol system, or to patrol any district in the City
of Santa Ana without first obtaining a permit from the City of Santa Ana. The City
Council shall not ~sue more than one permit hereunder to cover any particular district
in the City of Santa Ana. The holder of any permit hereunder may establish additional
pa~ols in any district not covered by another permit, or application for permit, on
file with the Chief of Police or City Clerk for presentation to the City Council, upon
filing with the Chief of Police a report showing establishment of such patrol in such
district.
SECTION V: In the event that any person holding a permit under this ordinance
shall, in the Judgment of the City Council, violate, or cause or permit to be violated,
any of the provisions of this ordinance, or fail To comply with any ordinance or state
law applicable to his business, the Council may suspend or revoke his permit.
No permit under this ordinance shall be suspended until twenty-four hours afte~
written notice to the holder thereof, which notice may be left at his place of business,
or at his residence. Such notice shall state the grounds of the suspension.
No permit shall be revoked until a hearing shall have been had by the Council,
in the matter of. the revocation of such permit, notice of which hearing shall be given
in writing and served at least five (5) days p~ior to the date of the hearing, upon the
holder of such permit, his manager or agent, which notice shall state the ground of
complaint against the holder of such permit, and shall also state the time and place whe~
such hearing will be had. Such notice shall be served upon the holder of such permit,
or agent, by delivering the s~ne to such person, or to his manager or agent, or by
leaving such notice at the place of business or residence of such holder, with some adult
person. If the holder of such permit cannot be found and service of such notice cannot
be made upon~him in the manner herein provided, then a copy of such notice shall ce
mailed, postage fully prepaid, addressed to such holder of such permit at such place of
business, at least five (5) days p riot to ~he date of such hearing. The time of such
notice may be shortened by the Council with the written consent of the holder of the
permit.
SECTION 8: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of ~he provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than Ninety (90) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
SECTION 9: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
~.ECTION lC: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision or decisions shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence~
clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
S~ECTION ll~ The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the
0EANGE COUNTYREPORTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the
City of Santa Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose. The City Council
hereby declares that au emergency exists for the immediate passage and adoption of
this ordinance in that the present operators of merchant's police patrols in the
City of Santa Ana have been unable to agree as to the method, management snd
districting of this City for such purposes, and as a result thereof there is at
the present time a failure to properly maintain such patrol systems and to protect
business houses in this City, and it is the desire of this Council to provide for
licensed and bonded patrol service of the kind herein contemplated, therefore, the
City Council declares that this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after the first publication ~hereof. It is provided, however, that in the
event the provisions declaring an emergency, should be declared invalid for any
reason whatsoever, then and in that event this ordinance shall nevertheless take
effect thirty (30) days after the first publication ~hereof as hereinabove pro-
vided and thereafter shall be ~u full force end effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regula~
.meeting held on the 4th day of January, 193V.
ATTEST:
E.L.Vesely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS . ·
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Aha, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced end read to the aaid Council
at its regular meeting held on the 21st day of December, 1938, and was again read
to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 4th day of January, 193V, and
was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following
vote, to-wit:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
TRUSTEES: None
(SEAL)
E.L.Ve6el~
City Clerk and Ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Santa Ana.
ORDINANCE NO. 10~8
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A TRAFFIC SAFETY C0~ISSION AND
A TRAFFIC SAFETY PATROL IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANAANI~
PRESCRIBING RD-LES AND REGULATIONS THEREFOR.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: There is hereby created a commission in the City of Santa Ana to
be known as the "Traffic Safety Commission". Said Commission shall consist of seven
members. One of said members shall be a member of the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana, to be appointed by the Nayor of said City, and to serve during his incumbency
as a member of such City Council, and during the pleasure of the City Council. The
other six members shall be appointed by the City Council for a term of three (3) years
each, to expire on the 1st day of January o£ each respective year. The first members
of such commission shall be appointed for terms as follows:
The terms of two of such members shall expire on the 1st day of January, 1938,
-the terms of'two of such members shall expire on the 1st day of January, 19~9, and the
terms of the other two of such members shall expire on the 1st day of January, 1940.
All subsequent appointments shall be for the term of three years each. The City
Council shall have the right however, to remove any member of such commission at their
pleasure and discretion.
SECTION 2: The said Traffic Safety Commission shall investigate any and all
matters relative or appertaining to traffic safety measures or improvements which may
come to their notice. They may.make recommendations to the City Council concerning the
same, and upon ~equest of the City Council shall report concerning any traffic safety
question presented or referred to them. They shall appoint one of their members as
'Chairman and one of their members as Secretary at their first meeting following the
first of each year, and they shall keep t~ue and correct records of all meetings, con-
cerning traffic safety matters coming before them.
SECTION 3: The Traffic Safety Commission shall from time to time at their own
pleasure, recommend to the City Council that sald City Council appoint "Traffic Safety
Patrolmen". Said City Council is hereby authorized to appoint such Traffic Safety
Patrolmen, and when so appbinted by the City Council, such Traffic Safety Patrolmen shall
be and they are hereby authorized to observe and report to the Commission any and all
violations of the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State of California and ordinance
of the City of Santa Ana, enacted pursuant and supplementary thereto, relative or
appertaining to violations affecting traffic safety. No person shall be appointed as
Traffic Safety Patrolman without the approval of the Chief of Police. Such Traffic
Safety Patrolmen shall be and they are hereby authorized to arrest and detain any and all
persons they may observe violating such Vehicle Code or Ordinances when it will be a
further violation of the
detained is permitted to
Patrolman and the members
as generally required for
members of the Commission
shall serve for a period
appointment for a period
appointed as a temporary
provisions of such Vehicle Code or Ordinance if such person so
proceed unrestrained. Any person appointed as a Traffic Safety
of such Traffic Safety Commission shall take an oath of office
public officers before commencing upon their duties as such
or Patrolmen. Each Patrolman appointed by the City Council
of one year from the date of such appointment, provided that no
of one year shall be made until after said person has been
patrolman for a thirty day probationary period. There shall be
no Obligation upon the Council or Commission to make any temporary probationary
aPPointee a reg,!ar Traffic Safety Patrolman. The Council Or Commission
shall receive no applications for appointments as such Patrolmen, but such Comm-
ission shall from time to time invite any person over the age of 21 years to
accept such appointment. There shall not at any one time be more than fifty (50)
Traffic Safety Patrolmen under appointment.
SECTION 4: The Traffic Safety Commission shall meet at least once each
month at such time as they shall by resolution decide, and shall make monthly
reports to the City Council concerning any'and all recommendations for traffic
safety and reports of the number of traffic safety violations which have come to
their notice and upon which they have taken any action, and shall also furnish a
copy of the minutes of all meetings.
SECTION 5: The Traffic Safety Patrolmen shall each report to the Traffic
Safety Commission any and all violations of traffic safety laws which may come
under their observance, and the said Commission shall thereupon take such action
concerning the same as may in their discretion appear advisable.
SECTION 6: The Traffic Safety Connnission shall prepare or cause to be
prepared rules and regulations governing their own conduct end governing the
conduct of the Traffic Safety Patrolmen; they shall cause rules and regulations
for the Traffic Safety Patrolmen to be printed and copies thereof to be presented
to each of such Patrolmen. All such rules and regulations governing the Traffic
Safety Commission and the Traffic Safety Patrolmen shall first receive the
approval of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana. Such rules and regulatio~
for the Traffic Safety Patrolmen shall include a provision that no information
concerning the activities or personnel of the Traffic Safety Patrol shall be
given out or released by any member of such patrol, but that all such information
if any, shall be released or given out by the Traffic Safety Commission as such,
to the effect that the Commission shall operate as a unit and not as individual
members thereof. All Commissioners and Patrolmen shall serve without pay.
S~CTION V: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issue
of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose. The City
Council hereby declares that an emergency exists for the immediate passage and
adoption of this ordinance in that traffic fatalities and accidents have become
a menace to the public health and safety and this ordinance is intended to assist
in curbing and preventing such traffic hazards, therefore, the City Council
declares that this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
adoption. It is provided, however, that in the event the provision declaring
an emergency, should be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, then and in
that event this ordinance shall nevertheless take effect thirty (30) days after
the first publication thereof as hereinabove provided and thereafter shall be in
full force and effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
~egular meeting held on the 15th day of February, 193V.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
by: Erma Keeler, Deputy
Pl~w,ner W. Bruns
Mayor Pro-Tem
( SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its
regular meeting held on the ist day of February, 1937, and was again read to said
Council at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of February, 1937, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
W.H.Penn, Ernest H. Layton, Plummet W. Bruns
Joseph P. Smith
Fred C. Rowlaud.
( SEAL).
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
By: El-ma Keeler,
Deputy
ORDINANCE NO. 1039
AN O~DINANCE AMENDING ZONING 0~DINANCE NO. 809
AND CHANGING THE ZONE UPON THAT CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY FRONTING ON BROADWAY BETWEEN FIFTEENTH
STREET AND TWENTIETH STRh~'I' FROM "SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENCE ZONE" TO APARTMENT HOUSE ZONE".
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO OP~AIN AS FO~LOW~:
SECTION 1: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Ana is
hereby amended, and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Single
Family Residence District", fronting upon Broadway between the north line of
Fifteenth Street and the South line of Twentieth Street, projected easterly and
westerly, is hereby changed from "Single Family Residence District", to "Apartment
House District" as defined by said Zoning Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION ~: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of
the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 1st day of March, 1937.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST~
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk (SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
~COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council
at its regular meeting, held on the lSth day of February, 1937, and was again
read to said council at its regular meeting, held on the 1st day of March, 1937,
and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said council by the
following vote,
AYES,
to-wit:
TRUSTEES:
Plummer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
W.H.Penn,
( SEAL).
E. L. Ve~ely
City C~er~
ORDINANCE NO. 1040
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1036 ENTITLED "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REGULATING THE
ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, ~LARGE~.~ENT, ALTERATION,
RE~0VAL, D~0LITION AND OCCUPANCY OF ALL BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES IN SAID CITY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR, AND REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCE NO. 1010 OF SAID CITY."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: That subdivision (a) of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1036, entitled
"An Ordinance of the City of Santa Aha Regulating the Erection, Construction, Repair,
Enlargement, Alteration, Removal, D~nolition and Occupancy of all Buildings and Structur.
in said City, and Providing for the Issuance of Permits and Collection of Fees Therefor,
and Repealing Ordinance No. 1010 of Said City", be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
"(a) That Section 203 of said Code is hereby amended by striking out therefro~
the following words:
'For a total valuation of $50.00 or less, no fee.' and there is hereby inserte~
therein in lieu thereof the following:
'for a total valuation from $20.00 to $50.00 the fee shall
be $1.00.'
"That there is hereby added to Section 203 the following:
'In sddition to the foregoing fees, the applicant shall pay
the following fees for plastering:
'For the first 1000 sq. yards, one (1) cent per sq. yard.
'For all plastering over 1000 sq. yards up to 3000 sq. yards,
one-half cent per sq. yard.
'For all plastering over 3000 sq. yards one-quarter cent per
sq. yard.
'There shall be, however, a mininmun fee for plastering of.
$1.00'".
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Aha,
and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall take effect
~nd be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the
meeting held on the 1st day of March, 1937.
City of San~a Ana at its regular
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vege!y
CitY Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF 0HANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
( SEAL).
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the fo~
going ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the 15th day of February, 1937, and w~s again read to said Council at
its regular meeting, held on the 1st day of March, 1937, ~ud was at said meeting regularl
passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AMES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns,
Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
Joseph P.
Smith, W.H.Penn, Ernest H.Layton
( SEAL).
E.L.Vegely
City Clerk
S
ORDINANCE NO. 1041
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 12 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT
OF CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST THE PEACE, GOOD
0RD~R AND HEALTH OF THE TOV~J OF SANTA ANA", AND
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
DRUNKENNESS.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: That a new section is hereby added to Ordinance No. 12
entitled "An 0rdinance for the Prevention and Punishment of certain offenses
against the Peace, Good Order and Health of the Town of Santa Aha", which section
shall be numbered Section I and shall be in lieu and in place of the original
Section I of said Ordinance, which was repealed by Ordinance No. 219, which said
Section I shall read as follows:
"Section l: (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to be or to appea~
in any public place or in any place open to public view or public admission, or
on any street, alley, highway, court, park, railway depot, place or public square
or in any automobile, in the City of Santa Aha, in a state of drunkenness or
intoxication.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to be on any
private premises or in any private house in a state of drunkenness or intoxicatio~
to the annoyance of any other person.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to drink any
on auy street, alley, highway, court, park, railway depot, plac,
or in any automobile in any public place in the City of Santa
alcoholic liquor,
or public square,
Anao"
SECTION
2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinan~
and shall' cause the same to be published in three conseeutive issues of the
ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in
the City of Santa Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its
regular meeting held on the 15th day of March, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
( SEA ).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council
at its regular meeting, held on the 1st day of March, 193V, and was again read
to said council at its regT.~lar meeting held on the 15th day of March, 193V, and
at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council by the following
TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. L~yton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
( SEAL ).
E. L. Ve~ely
City Clerk.
ORDINANCE N0. 1042
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 962 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING THE BUSINESS
OF CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VE~UiCLES
IN THE CITY OF SANTA AMA."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AMA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 962 entitled "An Ordinance Regulating
and Licensing the Business of Carrying Passengers for Hire in Motor Vehicles in
the City or. Santa Ana", is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new
section, to be number Section 25~ which said new section shall be in words and
figures as follows, to-wit:
"Section 25~:
(a) It shall be unlawful for any driver to drive or operate any
taxicab or motor bus upon any highway in the City of Santa Ana for more than
twelve consecutive hours, or for more than twelve hours spread over a total of
sixteen (18) consecutive hours, or to operate or drive any taxicab or motor bus
upon any public highway in the City of Santa Ana after having been on duty,
either operating or driving a taxicab or motor bus, or in any office of the
holder of any taxicab or motor bus permit hereUnder, or at any taxicab or bus
stand, or any combination of such acts, for more than twelve consecutive hours~
or for more than twelve hours spread over a total of sixteen (16) consecutive
hours. No driver shall operate or drive upon any highway in the City of Santa
Ana any taxicab or motor bus unless he shall have had at least eight (8)
consecutive hours rest, while not on duty, within the last preceding 24 hours~
during which eight consecutive hours he shall have performed no acts or duties in
connection with such taxicab or motor bus business.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the holder of any owner's permit
under this ordinance to cause or permit any driver to violate any of the provisio~
of subdivision (a) hereof while in his or its employ."
SECTI0~ 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinanc~
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the
ORANGE COUNTY R~PORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in
the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular adjourned meeting held on the 29th day of March, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Joseph P. Smith
Mayor Pro Tem
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA AMA )
I, E. L. Vegely, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council
at its regular meeting, held on the 15th day of March, 1937, and was again read to
said Council at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 29th day of March, 1937,
and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council by the
following vote, to-wit:
AMES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns~ Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton.
None
Fred C. Rowland.
E. L. VeEely
City Clerk.
(SEAL .
ORDINANCE NO. 1043
AN ORDINANCE A~ENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 809
CH~d~GING THE ZONE UPON THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED AT T~rE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FIRST STREET
AND VAN NESS STREET, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
ZONE TO APART.'.~NT HOUSE ZONE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF S~TA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SEOTION l: That ~Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Aha is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in single
family residence district at the Southeast corner of First Street and Van Ness
Street and extending 75 feet Easterly on First Street and 150 feet Southerly on
Van Ness Street from the said intersection is hereby changed from "Sidgle Family
Residence District" to "Apartment House District" as defined by said zoning
Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this 0rdinanc
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the
ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in
the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 5th day of April, 1037.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST:
E~ L. Vegely
City Clerk
( SEAL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha,
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular adjourned meeting, held on the 29th day of ~arch, 1937,
and was again read to said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 5th day of
April, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council
by the following vote, to-wit:
AMES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Pltuamer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.tl. Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
(SEAL).
E. L. VeEely
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1044
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROHIBITINO CEETAIN
ATTt~PTS TO INFLUENCEPOLICE OFFICERS IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR DUTIES.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF sANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: It shall be unlawful for any person to request, attempt to
influence, or solicit any police officer or the Chief of Police of the City of Santa Ana
to withdraw, drop, dismiss, cancel or discontinue any prosecution for violation of any
Statute of the State of California, or any ordinance of the said City of Santa Ana,
against any person who has signed a promise in writing to appear in court upon a written
notice to so appear, issued by a Police Officer of said City. This section shall not
be deemed to apply to any person who has made such promise to appear, who may be
discussing such prosecution with the officer or officers issuing such notice, nor to any
member of the State Bar of California, representing such person so promising, as an
attorney at law.
SECTION 2: Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be
Euilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding five (5) days, oI
by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the Orange
County Reporter, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall
t.ake effect and be in force.
PASSED A~$ ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
meeting held on the 19th day of April, 1937.
Fred C. Rowland
~.Iayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk. (SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF S~ITA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana and ex-officio Cle~[ of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the 15th day of March, 1937, and was again read to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 19th day of April, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by the said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plurmmer W. Bruns,
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: Ernest ti. Layton
Joseph P.
Smith, VI.ti. Penn, Fred C. Rowlan
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
69
ORDINANCE NO. 1045
AN ORDINANCE ~gENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 809
CHANGING THE ZONE UPON THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED AT THE' SOUT~EST CORNER OF FIRST STREET
AND ROSS STREET, FROM SINGLE FA~LY RESID~JCE
DISTRICT TO BUSINESS NISTRICT.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AHA DO ORDAIN AS FOLL~JS:
SECTION l: That Zoning Ordinance Ho. 809 of the City of Santa Ama is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in single
family residence district at the Southwest corner of First Street ~nd Ross Street
and extending 85 feet ~esterly on First Street and 150 feet Southerly on Ross
Street from the said intersection, is hereby changed from "Single Family Residenc
District" to "Business District" as defined by said zoning ordinance No. 809.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
Ordinance and shall cause the s~e to be published in three consecutive issues
of the 0R~GE COUNTYREPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circula
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty
(30) days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 1Vth day of May, 193V.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST.
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk.
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF 0R~:GE )SS
CITY OF S~TA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana, that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular meeting, held on the 3rd day of May, 1937, and was again
read to said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 17t~ day of Nay, 1937,
and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the
following vote, to-wit:
AMES, TRUSTEES:
Pltunmer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.I!.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Frod C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSEJT, TRUSTEES: None
E. L. Vsgely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
~d
ORDINANCE NO. 1046
AN 0PJDINANCE A~.~-~DING ORDINANCE NO. 949 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AL~ENDING
SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 641 AND ADDING NEW
~IATERIAL RELATING TO TtIE KEEPING OF DOL~STIC
ANI~[ALS AND FOV~LS''.
THE COUNCIL OF Tt~ CITY OF SA/~ITA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: WHEREAS, all of the provisions of Ordinance No. 9~9 entitled "An
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA A~.~NDING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 641 AND ADDING
NEW ~IATERIAL RELATING TO THE KEEPING OF DO~ESTIC ANINALS AND FOWLS", relate to the
subject matter of Ordinance No. ~2 of the City of Santa Aha, entitled "An ORDINANCE
DEFINING NUISANCES AND PROVIDING FOR TEE PL~NISttS~NT AND FOR THE R~J0VAL AND ABATE~PENT
OF THE SA~.~E",
NOW, THEREFORE, Section I of Ordinance No. 949, as the same purports to
amend Section 4 of Ordinance No. 841, is hereby declared to amend Section 4 of said
Ordinance No. 52, and that Sections 2 and S of Ordinance ~to. 949 shall be and constitut
sections 4-a and 4-b of said ordinance No. $~, and shall be inserted in said 0rdinsnce
No. 5~ at the end of Section 4 thereof.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (~0) days thereafter
shall take effect and be in force.
PASSF/) AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
meeting held on the 17th day of Nay, 1957.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayo r
ATTEST:
E. L. Veg~ely
City Clerk (SEAL).
STATE OF CALI]~O~NIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the CitY of
Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the Zrd day of ~ay, 19~7, and was again read to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 1Vth day of Nay, 1957, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
AYES, TRUSTEES:
Ernest H.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SFAL).
ORDINANCE NO. 1047
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CERTAIN OTHER ORDINANCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF Tt~ CITY OF
SANTA ANAo
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: WHEREAS, during the last fifty (50) years there have been
enacted many ordinances of the City of Santa Ana, the provisions of which have
become obsolete or have been superseded by State law, or have been repealed by
implication by other ordinances of the City of Santa Aha, but which ordinances
have not been
those certain
expressly repealed, the City Council does hereby expressly repeal
o'rdinances and parts of ordinances hereinafter entuner~ted, to-wit:
(1) Sections 2, 3 and 4 of 0rdinauce No. 5 relating to the establish-
ment of "Town Police"
(2) All of
(3) All of
(4) All of
cartridges.
(5) All of
(6) All of
(V)' All of
the use thereof.
(S) All of
(9) All of
steam and horse cars.
(lO)
9 P.M.
(13)
brooders.
Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance
No. 6, relating to fire prevention.
No. 8, relating to adoption of ordinances.
No. ll, relating to keeping of gun powders and
Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance
No. 16, relating to dogs running at large.
No. t9, relating to Recorder's Court.
No. 20 relating to streets and sidewalks and
Ordinance No. 22, relating to fire protection·
Ordinance No. 76, r elating to minors Jumping on or off
Section 1~ of Ordinance No. 79, relating to curfew whistle at ~
All of Ordinance No. 83, relating to health and vital statistics.
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 91, relating to bill posting.
Section I of Ordinance No. 98, relating to incubators and
(14) All of Ordinance No. 110,
Main and Fourth Streets in Santa Ana.
(15) All of Ordinance No.
Health.
(16) All of Ordinance
water system.
(17) All of Ordinance
(18) All of Ordinance
sidewalk.
(19) All of Ordinance
City of Santa Ana.
(20) All of Ordinance
(21) All of Ordinance
(22) All of Ordinance
(23) All of Ordinance
(24) All of 0rdinmuce
(25) All of Ordinance
(26) All of Ordinance
City Electrician.
~rohibiting driving of sheep on First,
relating to and establishing a Board of
No. 149, relating to use of water from City
No. 199, relating to public pound.
No. al1, relating to gutter pipes discharging on
No. 241, relating to locomotive engines in the
No. 270, regulating plumbing construction.
No. 293, relating to plumbing.
No. 295, relating to sewers.
322, relating to quaranties and pest houses.
No. 342, relating to construction of ~ildings.
No. 377, creating a Board of Fire Commissioners.
No. 388, ~elating to electrical inspections and
(27) All of Ordinance
electric railway cars,.
(28) All of Ordinance
(29) All of Ordinance
(30) All of Ordinance
(31) All of Ordinance
(32) All of Ordinance
between 8 and 12 o'clock P.M.
(33) All of Ordinance
and for collection of garbage.
(34) All of Ordinance
fights, murders and burglary.
(35) All of
of gas distributed in
(36) An of
for hire·
(37) All of Ordinance
motion pictures.
(38) All of Ordinance
(39) All of Ordinance
(40) All of Ordinance
of gas.
No. 413, relating to speed of motor vehicles and
No. 417, relating to wooden awnings.
No. 430, relating to signs over sidewalks.
No. 436, relating to itinerant vendors.
No. 454, relating to construction of gas plumbing.
No. 461, relating, to automobile buggy wagons
No. 480, appointing an official garbage collector,
No. 499, relating to motion pictures of prize
Ordinance No. 513, relating to quality and illuminating power
the City of Santa Ana.
Ordinance No. 553-a, relating th automobile transportation
(41) All of Ordinance
(42) All of Ordinance
of San. ta Ana.
No. 561,' creating a censor commission to censor
No. 568, fixing gas rates in the City of Santa/Ana.
No. 575, regulating the size of berry boxes.
No. 576, relating to quality of and distribution
No. 581, regulating traffic on public streets.
No. 597, regulating vehicles for hire in the City
(43) All of Ordinance No. 611, relating to carrying concealed weapons·
(44) All of Ordinance No. 619, establishing and re~lating a rrunicioal
market and creating the ~f~ice 6f market master.
(45) All of Ordinance No. 625, relating to building construction and
regulations.
L
¸73
(46) All of Ordinance No. 626, relating to inspection and construction of
electrical appliances.
(47) All of Ordinance No. 629, regulating the standard weight of 16aves of
bread.
(48) All of Ordinance No. 640, relating
City into two districts, and providing for use of
(49) All of Ordinance No. 645, relating
(5O)
All of Ordinance No. 655, relating
(51) All of Ordinance No. 803, creating
($2) All of Ordinance No. 805, relating
(53) All of Ordinance No. 825, relating
(54) All of Ordinance No.
(55) All of Ordinance No.
(56) All of Ordinance No.
to~the use of water and dividing the
water on alternate days.
to fumigation of mattresses.
to advertising medicine shows.
and adopting an electrical code.
to the construction of buildings.
to city Pound and Pound Easter.
833, relating to merchant police.
980, re o~lation liquor licenses.
990, relating to public dance halls.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in tP~ee consecutive issues of the Orange Count
Reporter, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa
Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall take
effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTE~ by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular
meeting held on the 1Vth day of Nay, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Eayor
( SEA ).
STATE OF CALIF0Y~IA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA AlIA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read lo the said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the 3rd day of May, 195V, and was again read to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 17th day of Nay, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by the said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Plummer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W. H. Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
AloES, TRUST~ES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
None
None
E. ,L. Vegely
City Clerk
( SEAL ).
ORDI ANCS NO.
AN ORDINANCE A~ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10~0,
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
WITHIN SAID CITY".
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN A~ FOLLOWS:
SECTION ~: That Ordinance No. 1030, entitled "An Ordinance of the City
of Santa Aha Regulating the use of Public Highways Within said City", be and the
same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of new subdivisions to Section 9
of said Ordinance, to be numbered Subdivisions "J", "k" and "l".
SECTION 2.: That said Subdivision "J" of Section 9 shall read as follows
.(j) ..P.mSFic CONTROL SIGNALS.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibitin
the words, 'Go', 'Caution', or 'Stop~ or exhibiting d~fferent colored lights
successively, one at a time, the following colors only shall be used, and said
terms and lights shall indicate as follows:
(a) Green alone or 'Go'.
1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall proceed either
straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits
either such turn, except that:
2. Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other
vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent cross-
walks at the time such signal is exhibited.
5. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the
roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(b) Yellow alone or with green or 'Caution' when shown following
the green or 'Go' signal.
1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before
entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection, bUt if such stop cannot be
made in safety a vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection.
2. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway
until green or 'Go' is shown alone.
(c) Red alone or 'Stop'.
1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before
entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may
be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall remain standing until green or
tgo' is shown alone, e~ept as provided in the next succeeding paragraph.
2. At any intersection outside of the Central Traffic Dis-
trict the driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close as practicable to the
right hand curb and at the entrance to the nearest crosswalk may make a right turn
but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as
directed by the signal at said intersection.
5. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway
until green or 'go' is shown alone.
(d) The ringing of a bell in connection with any official traffic
signal shall indicate preparation for a change in the direction of traffic move-
ment. When such bell is sounded no traffic shall enter an intersection until a
green or 'go' slgual is shown.
(e) The motorman of any street car shall obey the above signals as
applicable to vehicles except that a street car shall be stopped in obedience to
a red or stop signal and shall remain standing until green or 'go' is shown alone.
(f) No person shall disobey the directions of this section except
when it is necessary to stop for the purpose of avoiding an accident or in case
of other emergency or when otherwise directed by a police officer.
(g) When a yellow light is illuminated with rapid intermittent
flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such
signal only with caution.
(h) When a red light Is llluminated with rapid, intermittent
flashes~ drivers or vehicles shall stop before entering the intersection and then
may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution."
SECTION 5: That said subdivision "k" of Section 9 shall read as follows
"(k) No vehicle shall be turned at an intersection so as to proceed in
the opposite direction at any intersection where there is displ~d a sign indicat-
ing that such movement is prohibited, which sign may read as follows: 'No U turn'
and no vehicle shall be turned to the left at any intersection when there is any
sign or marker indicating that a left turn is prohibited. Said signs may be
posted at or near the entrance to or in the center of any intersection."
SECTION 4: That Bection 10 of said Ordinance is hereby amended so at
to read as follows:
"Section 10. TURNING AT .IN~$RSECTIONS.
The City Council shall b$ resolution designate what curb or curbing of
public highways within the City of Santa Ana shall be painted the colors provided
for in Section 9 hereof, and when said council shall so designate, then such
locations shall be so painted. The City Council shall also designate by resolu-
tion any and all intersections at which limited movements of traffic will be
permitted, and upon such designation signs in conformity with such resolutions
shall be erected at or near such intersections. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prohibit the use of temporary restrictions upon traffic by the
Chief of Police or Police Department."
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of
the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in
the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its
regular meeting held on the 21st day of June, 1937.
ATTEST:
E.
L. Vegely
City Clerk. (SEAL)
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk
of the City of Santa Ana, and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana, and that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to
the sa~i 6ouncil at its regular meeting held on the 7th day of June, 1937, and was
again read to said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 21st day of June,
1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the
following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES:.
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
~lummer W. Brunst W.
Ernest H.
Non~.
Joseph P. Smith
H. Pennt
La~ton~ Fred C. Rowland.
(SE,,.)
E. L. Vegely
.... City Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. 1049
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF DEVICES AND/OR
APPARATUS WHICH INTERh'EHES WITH RADIO BROADCASTING
RECEPTION, IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH AND PROVIDING PE?~ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA 2~A DO ORDAIN AS FOLL~S:
SECTION l: The word "person" shall mean and inchde both the singular
and plural and shall also mean and include person, individual, firm, corporation,
co-partnership, association, club, society or any other organization.
SECTION 2: It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any device,
appliance, equipment, and/or apparatus, in the City of Santa Ana, generating and/¢
causing high frequency oscillations and/or radiations which interfere with radio
broadcast receiving apparatus or wireless receiving apparatus, except that a
person duly licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic or dentistry
by the State of California, or duly licensed by the City of Santa Ana to carry on
or conduct the business of a massage parlor or X-ray laboratory may operate or
cause to be operated any machine necessary to give treatment, providing, however,
that all reasonable methods of preventing interference with radio broadcast
receiving apparatus or wireless receiving apparatus has been applied.
SECTION 3: It is expressly ~derstood and provided, however, that this
ordinance shall not apply to radio stations, either broadcast, commercial or
amateur, licensed by the Federal Government and/or which are engaged in interstat~
communication or public utilities under the supervision of the State Railroad
Commission.
SECTION 4: The City Electrician of the City of Santa Aha, or his duly
authorized deputies shall have the right to enter upon any premises at all reason-
able hours for the purpose of inspecting the installation and working of all
apparatus coming within the terms of this ordinance, and it shall be unlawful
for any person to interfere with said City Electrician, or his duly authorized
deputy and/or deputies in making such inspection or to refuse to permit the said
City Electrician, or his duly authorized deputy and/or deputies to enter the
premises for such purposes.
SECTION 5: ~Then an inspection and test shall have been made by the Cit
Electrician of the City of Santa Aua, or his duly authorized deputy, and/or
deputies, and it is found that equipment or apparatus coming within the terms of
this ordinance is being operated in violation of the terms of this ordinance, the
person responsible for the operation of such equipment shall be notified in
writing to discontinue the use of such machine or to make additions, repairs or
modifications thereof, in order that the same may be operated in a manner which
complies with the provisions of this ordinance. The mailing of a registered
letter addressed to the ov~er or operator of the machine at the premises where
the machine is located shall constitute a sufficient notice for the purpose of
this ordinance. In the event that the owner or operator of such machine or
apparatus does not, within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of notice to
repair or discontinue the use of such machine, either entirely discontinue the us~
of such machine or repair the same so that it complies with the provisions of thi
~rdinance, such owner Shall be deemed to be operating such machine or apparatus in
violation of the provisions of this ordinance and such person shall be subject to the
penalties hereafter provided for such violation.
SECTION 6: Every person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to
comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three
Hundred ($300.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation of or failure,
neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance is commnitted,
continued or permitted.
SECTION 7: That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall
take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aua at its regular
meeting held on the 19th day of July, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
by: Erma Keeler, Deputy
Fred C. Rowland
ZIayqr
( SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I sm the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Aha and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing orStnan~e was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the 8th day of July, 1937, and was again read to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 19th day of July, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly
passed aud adopted by the said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plummer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.tI.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
. E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
by: Erma Keeler, Deputy
(SEAL).
ORDINANCE NO. 1050
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE CIE
OF SANTA ANA, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 821 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINT~ENT OF A
PLUMBING INSPECTOR, DEFINING HIS DUTIES AI~D FIXING
HIS COMPENSATION; REGULATING THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCT-
ING PLUMBING WORK, HOUSE DRAINAGE, AND GAS FITTING,
PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION THEREOF A~D THE ISSUANCE
0F PER}.~iTS THEREFOR; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: That the plumbing code as adopted by Ordinance No. 821
entitled "~--~CE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PLUMBING INSPECTOR,
DEFINING HIS DUTIES AND FIXING HIS C0~,~NSATION; REGULATING THE METHOD OF CONSTRUC~'-
ING PLUMBING WORK, HOUSE DRAINAGE, AND GAS FITTING, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION
THEREOF A~D THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS THEREFOH; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE", as heretofore amended, be and the same ie hereby further
amended in the following particulars, to-wit:
SECTION 2: That Section 29 of said plumbing code is hereby amended so
as to read'"'as follows:
"Sec. 29. REGISTRATIO. N. All Master Plumbers, Journeymen Plumbers and
Apprentice Plumbers, shall register their names and addresses in a book kept for
that purpose in the office of the Plumbing Inspector, and the Plumbing Inspector sl
not issue a permit to any person, firm or eorpSration to do any plumbing, drainage.~
or gas fitting work, unless such person, firm or corporation is registered in the
office of the Plumbing Inspector, in such book provided by him, as a Master
Plumber, provided however, that the owner of the property upon which any such
wor$ is proposed to be done under any application or permit, may obtain such
permit if the application for such permit sets forth the name and address of the
registered master plumber under whose direction and in whose presence the work
to be done under such application or permit will be carried out. Any such permit
issued to an owner who is not a registered master or Journeyman plumber shall be
valid only if the work is actually done under the immediate supervision and in
the presence of the master plumber epecified in such application or permit. If
such owner is a registered Journeyman plumber the work may be done by the owner
personally. If such application by the owner specifies that the work shall be
done in the presence and under the supervision of a master plumber, it shall also
contain a statement that such master plumber is an employee of the owner and not
a contractor."
SECTION 3: That Section V4 of said plumbing code is hereby amended so
as to read as "follOWs:
"Sec. 74. F~xtra Heavy Soil and Vent Pipes. Ail soil or waste pipes and
soil vents shall be of ~ grade known as ~Extra Heav~'exCept that in buildings
other than Class One {1) as defined by the Uniform Building Code, where the height
of the coil or waste stack or vent does not exceed thirty (30) feet measurdd from
the flow line at the foot of the stack, such soll or waste pipes'and soil vents
may be of a grade known as 'Standard~. Provided, however, that in Buildings of
Class One (l~all vents shall be of Extra Heavy Cast Iron".
SECTION 4: That Section VV of said plumbing code is hereby amended so
as to read as follOWs:
"Sec. VV. Four inch Soil Vent. Except as othe~vise provided in thie
ordinance every buildin~ in which there'"'is a plumbing or drainage system ehall be
provided with a ventilating stack at least four inches in diameter for each
separate weste connection to the main sewer".
SECTION ~: That Section 128 of the said plumbing code is hereby amended
by the addiction thereto at the end of the present Section 128 and as a part of
said secti6n, the following:
"No ventilation pipe or stack, however, shall terminate at a height of
less than fourteen (14) feet from the natural grade of the highest surrounding
ground within a radius or,twenty-five (25) feet of the place where such ventilatin~
pipe or stack is erected, nor shall such ventilating pipe or stack terminate within
a distance of five (5) feet in any direction (measured horizontally) of any eaves
or outside walls unless such eaves or outside walls are not less than fourteen
(14) fe~t in height from the natural grade of the highest surrounding ground within
a radius of twenty-five (25) feet. Provided, however, that a ventilating pipe
er stack shall not terminate lower than the highest point of the wall against
which it is erected".
SECTION 6: That Section 139 of said plumbing code be and the same is
hereby repealed.
~EC~ION ?: That Section 154 ef said plumbing code is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
"Sec. 154: Water softeners and ot~er s~milaE, fixtures. A plumbing
permit ehall be requir~"for all water ~ofteners, water operated, ~uual, or
automatic water pumps or lifts, gas operated water cooled refrigerators, hydraulic
elevators (whose waste waters are;discharged into the sewe~), and all other similar
fixtures installed in the City of Santa Aha, and a notice of inspection filed in the
Plumbing Inspector's office. No water softener, water operated manual or automatic
pump or lift, gas operated water cooled refrigerators, hydraulic elevator lift (whose
waste waters are discharged into the sewer), or any other similar fixture or appliance
now in use or hereafter installed, shall have any outlet, inlet, supply or waste pipes,
or any part or parts thereof, connected directly with the sewer system, but shall, when
wasted indirectly into the sewer or cesspool, discharge its waters over and above the
highest water line, and into an open approved plumbing fixture, properly trapped,
vented, and supplied with water. No plumbing fixture, constr%~ction, device, valve,
fitting, apparatus or connection shall be installed which will provide a cross
connection between a distributing system of water used for drinking and domestic
purposes and a drainage system, so as to permit or make possible the back flow of
sewage or waste into the water supply system. Ail water supply pipes, faucets, valves
or fittings to any fixture or appliance which is connected to a sewer or cesspool,
shall be installed to terminate at a point not less than one (1) inch above the highest
possible water line of such fixtures, appliance or pool, unless said water supply is
equipped with a siphon breaker. No Flushometer valve shall be installed to operate
the water supply to any toilet, bidet or similar fixtures, unless such Flushometer
valve is equipped with a siphon breaker".
That Ordinance No. 959 entitled "An Ordinance Amending Section 154 of
Ordinance No. 821 of the City of Santa Ana", be and the same is hereby repealed.
SECTION 8: That a new section is hereb~ added to said plumbing code at the
end of Sec. 208 thereof, to be known as Sec. 208~, which said new section shall read
as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 208~. No piping, supplying gas, gasoline, kerosene, or oil fuel shall
be placed in a fireplace, unless such piping is equipped with a regulation tapered plug
stop cock, or needle valve installed in an easily accessible position outside the range
of any fire which may be built in such fireplace".
SECTION 9: That a new section is hereby added to said plumbing code at the
end of Section 209 thereof, to be known as Sec. 209~, which said new section shall
read as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 209~. A stop cock (no valves permitted) shall be installed on all gas
services at a point immediately before they enter each individual building and must be
placed above the ground in an exposed and easily accessible position".
SECTION 19: That a new ~ection is hereby~added to said plumbing code at the
end of Section 210 thereof, to be ~nown as Sec. 210~, which said new section shall read
as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 210~. No gas or water pipes or piping shall be installed in the
ground (in contact with the soil or earth) under any building or structure unless such
pipes or piping be constructed of brass, or copper, with brass or copper fittings, and
such brass or copper pipe shall not be less in weight than the following table.
Inside. Diameter of Pipe
Gause Wall Thickness
Inches'
One half (~) inch Eighteen (18) .049
Three-quarter (3/4) inch Sixteen (16) .065
One (1) inch Sixteen (16) .065
One and one-quarter (1~) inch Sixteen (16) .065
One and one-half (1~) inch Fifteen (15) .072
Two (2) inch Fourteen (14) .083
Two and one-half (2~) inch Thirteen (13) .095
Three (3) inch Twelve (12) .109
"All copper and brass pipe tubing, and fittings shall be assembled together
by means of brazing with an alloy consisting of 80% copper, 15% silver, 5% phosphorus
or by soldering with an alloy consisting of 95% tin and 5% antimony."
SECTION 11: That Section 215 of said plumbing code is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
"Sec. 215. Gas Water Heaters. Every gas water heater now in use or hereafter
installed for use (including replacements) for the purpose of heating water in any
building or upon any premises in the City of Santa Ana shall be equipped with valves
controlling the water and gas supply to the said gas water heater, and shall be pro-
vided with a vent pipe of not less than four (4) inches in diameter, and not less than
the smoke or fume outlet from the said gas water heater. Every such vent shall be
constructed of either:
(a) Brick set in mortar or concrete, and plastered smooth on the inside.
(b) Rectangular or cylindrical cement or terra cotta pip~ of the hub and
spigot pattern which when placed in partition walls shall be held securely in place by
dimension lumber which shall extend the full height of the wall in which the vent is
installed. In attics and open places there shall be placed dimension lumber supports
on at least two sides of the vent pipe, and these supports shall extend unbroken the
full height of the vent, and be securely fastened in place and shall have wood braces or
facing strips installed across the face of the vent on each separate Joint on both sides,
and be nailed to the supports. The hub of each section of the vent shall be entirely
filled with fire clay in plastic form or a mixture made in the proportion of two parts
of sand to one part of cement.
"All vents extending into cellars or basements shall be supported by a
~concrete foundation.
"All vents terTmlnating in walls or partitions shall be supported by a
suitable header.
"All vents shall be carried undiminished in size at least four inches
through the roof, and be of copper of not less weight than what is known to the
trade as fourteen ounce, or galvanized sheet metal of not less weight than
twenty-six guage. No turns or changes of direction shall be made in any vent
pipe unless such turns or changes of direction be made with the proper fittings
manufactured for that purpose.
"Straight flashings shall not be used on pitched roofs.
"Pitched or angle flashings shall not be used on flat roofs.
"All galvanized pipes and fittings connecting the gas water heater vent
opening to the vent flue shall be riveted or bolted together. All vent pipes
which are erected closer than 6" to any wood or combustible material shall be
constructed of fire proof material approved by the Plumbing Inspector. The
total length of any horizontal vent pipe shall not exceed four (4) feet, and
must have a grade dropping towards the gas water heater of not less than one (1)
inch per foot.
"All gas water heaters vent flues, and the installation thereof shall
meet the requirements of Section 58 of the State Housing Act of California, and
shall be separately and independently vented to the outer air, provided, however,
that a gas water heater may be vented with other £txtures (each having a separate
connection at a different point) into a brick smoke flue, the dimensions of which
shall be at least fifty (50) per cent in excess of the combined area of all
appliance vents connected thereto. Gas water heaters installed in cellars and
basements shall be erected or installed upon a concrete foundation not less than
three (3) inches in thickness. No gas water heater shall be erected or installed
upon a dirt, soil or earth base.
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect,
install, alter, repair, replace or cs~se to be erected, installed, altered,
repaired or replaced any gas water heater or the vent pipe or vent flue in
connection therewith without first obtaining from the Plumbing Inspector a permit
in writing to d~ so.
"No stairway in any residence, apartment, apartment house, hotel, or
any building shall be located over a steam boiler, gas water heater, gas furnace,
gas heater, gas meter, coal, wood, gasoline, kerosene, or oil fired appliance
or any portion of the vent serving the aforenamed appliances, nor shall any such
steam boiler, gas water heater, gas furnace, gas heater, gsa meter, coal, wood,
gasoline, kerosene, or oil fired appliance or any portion of the vent serving
the aforesaid appliances be placed or located under a stairway unless such
appliances and vents are located in a room the walls, floors, and ceilings of
which are constructed as required for a boiler room as defined by the Uniform
Building Code as now or hereafter adopted as the Building Code of the City of
Santa Aha, as a special fire separation, provided, however, exception is made to
stairways leading to or from unoccupied basements.
"No gas water heater, gas furnace or gas fired heater shall be installed
in any room, closet or compartment which has direct or indirect communication by
door, window, shaft, or ventilator with any bedroom, sleeping room, or bathroom.
"No gas burning appliance shall have its vent connected or vented into
any chimney or flue in which is burned, or is connected directly or indirectly
with any apparatus burning wood, coal, rubbish, oil, or other substance".
SECTION 12: That a new section is hereby added to said Plumbing Code
at the end of Sec'tion 218 thereof, to be known as Sec. 21B~, which said new
section shall read as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 2154. Second hand or used water ~ea~ers. No used gas water
heater shall be allowed to be installed in the City of Santa Aha until such used
gas w~ter heater has been tested by or in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector.
"Such tests shall consist of subjecting the gas water heater water
container to a water or hydrostatic pressure test of 250 lbs. per square inch.
All used gas water heater water containers shall be stripped of all insulation
to the bare shell when undergoing such tests, upon demand by Plumbing Inspector.
"The the~'mostat of all automatic used gas water heaters shall be
tested by having a temperature shut-off test applied by or in the presence of
the Plumbing Inspector. A fee of $1.00 for each water container test, and a
fee of $1.00 for each thermostat test shall be paid to the Plumbing Inspector
upo~ application for such test. If such tests prove satisfactory to the
Plumbing Inspector, he may issue a permit to install such used gas water heaters
under the same regulations as required by Ordinance No. 821 for the installation
of gas water heaters".
SECTION 13: That Section 218 of s sdd Plumbing Code is hereby amended by
the addition thereto at the end of said Section 218 the following:
"Application for permission to use any type of vent flue except those
specified by ordinance shall be made in ~iting to a board consisting of the
Plumbing Inspector, Building Inspector, and a Fire Chief.
"This Board shall make or have made any tests they may desire to prove the
'adaptability, safety, and desirability of the use of such vent or vent flue. The
cost of such tests shall in all cases be paid by the applicant desiring to use such
vents or vent flues in the City of Santa Ana, and no vent or vent flue shall be used
until approved by said board".
SECTION 14: That a new section is hereby added to said Plumbing Code at the
end of Section 219 thereof, to be known as Sec. 219~, which said new sectiOn shall
read as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 219~. The Plumbing Inspector is hereby authorized to approve generally
or specificslly the types of gas water heaters, and gas heating appliances that may be
installed in any building or structure in the City of Santa Aha, and said Plumbing
Inspector shall adopt rules, regulations, and specifications for their installation,
and for the construction of vents therefor as may become necessary from time to time.
Such rules, regulations, and specifications when made shall be in writing and kept on
file in the office of the Plumbing Inspector, and be opened for public inspection.
The installation of gas water heaters and gas heating appliances, and the construction
of vents therefor shall c~nform to said rules, regulations and specifications adopted
by and on file in the office of the Plumbing Inspector". Any gas water heaters or
gas heating appliances having an American Gas Association (AGA) satisfactory rating
shall be acceptable to the Plumbing Inspector for installation.
SECTION 15: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Aua, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter
shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED A~D ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 9th day of August, 19~V.
ATTEST:
E. L. VeMely
City Clerk
Joseph P. Smith
Mayor Pro-Tem
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA A~A )
I, E. L. VEGELY, dO hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Aha and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its
regular meeting, held on the 6th day of July, 1957, and was again read to said Council
at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 9th day of August, 19~7, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plunmuer W. Bruns, Joseph P.
~o H. Penne
None
Fred C. Rowland.
Smith, Ernest H. Layton,
E. L. VeEely
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1051.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA~
FIXING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ASCERTAINED TO CARRY ON
THE VARIOUS DEPART~ENTS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,
AND TO PAY THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FALLING DUE FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR 19~V-1938, AND FIXING THE RATE OF
TAXATION FOR THE CURRENT TEAR 193V-1~8, DESIGNATING
THE NUMBER OF CENTS ON EACH $100.00 FOR THE VARIOUS
FUNDS OF SAID CITY, ON THE WHOLE OF THE TAXABLE
PROPERTY OF SAID CITY AS SET BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOH
OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND
EQUALIze3 BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAID COUNTY,
AND HER~Y LEVIED ON THE WHOLE OF THE TAXABLE
PROPEHTY OF SAID CITY.
THE COU~CIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLL0'~S:
THAT, VETEREAS, the City of Sauta Ana, California, did on the 28th day
of December, 1914, by Ordinance, elect and determine to avail itself of the pro-
visions of the Act of the 27th day of March, 1895, and subsequent amendments
thereto relative to the assessment and collection of taxes for the municipal
corporation of the City of Santa Aha, California, and did in accordance therewith
on or about said date, file with the Auditor of Orange County, California, a
verified copy of said Ordinance pertaining thereto as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the County Auditor of the County of Orange, State of California
on the 23rd day of August, 193V, filed his statement in writing with the City
Council of the City of Santa Aha, California, showing the total value of all
property within the corporate limits for the year 193V-1938, and equalized and
collected by the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California, and fixed
the sum as shown by the assessment rolls for said year at $24,309,100.00,
exclusive of operative property, and showing the total value of all property
belonging to public utilities and used as operative property of such public
utilities within the corporate limits of said City for the year 1937-1938, as
determined and equalized by the Board of Equalization of the State of California,
amounting to the sum of $24,309,100.O0, which said amounts make a total assessed ~
valuation for tax purposes within the City of Santa Ana of the sum of $24,309~100.~0~
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council elects to levy a total tax for the sum of
$1.59 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City as provided by law,
the amount of money ascertained and fixed to carry on the various departments
of the City of Santa Aha, and to pay the bonded indebtedness falling due for the
current year 1937-38, is the fixed sum of $386,514.69; and
V~EHEAS, said stun is to be apportioned among the various departments
of the said City of Santa Ana, and placed in the general and special funds to pay
current municipal expens6s on the assessed value of all the real and personal
property within such municipality, over and above the several sums to be raised
as provided by law.
SECTION l: That the total valuation of the taxable property of the City
of Santa Ana of $24,309,100.00, shall be used as a basis for the levy of the
taxes of the City of Santa Ana, at the same time and in the same manner in which
County levies are made and collected.
SECTION 2: That the rate of taxation for municipal purposes and to pay
the bonded' indebtedness and interest of the City of Santa Ana, California, for
the current year 1937-38 is heFeby fixed at $1.59 on the taxable property of said
City, and that said amount of $386,514.69 in the aggregate, and the rate sum of
$1.59 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City is hereby levied upon
all the tax~ble property as ascertained by the County Assessor and equalized by
the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California, and as ascertained and
equalized by the Board of Equalization of the State of California, as aforesaid,
and which said rate so fixed shall be apportioned among special funds to pay the
current expenses, bonded indebtedness and interest and other indebtedness of
said City, falling due for the current fiscal year 1937-38 and other several sums
to be raised as fixed and provided by law, as follows, to-wit:
For the General Fund, $0.85 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the Street Fund, $0.23 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the Sewer Fund,
~0.02 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the Fire Fund, $0.28 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For Parks, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;~
For the Library Fund, $0.13 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the North Flower Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.002 on
each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the Sewer Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 Fund, $0.007 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For the Fire Department Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 Fund, $0.01 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 2 Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.003 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Apparatus Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.004 on each $100.00
of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, North Main Street Bonded Indebtedness Fund,
$0.009 on each $100.00 of the tax. able property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, East First Street, Bonded Indebtedness Fund,
$0.003 on each ~lO0.O0 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Bristol Street, Bonded Indebtedness
$0.002 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For School Street Improvement Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Ptund, $0.01 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Culverts, 3rd and 4th Streets, Bonded Indebted-
ness Fund, $0.001 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Santa Ana Main Sewer Line Bonds, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Joint Outfall Sewer Bonds, $0.035 on each $100.00 of the taxable property
of said City;
For Electric Fire Alarm System Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For East Fire Engine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Joint Outfall Sewer Maintenance Fund, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For West Fire Engine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Fire Apparatus Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the taxable property
of said City;
For West Fifth Street Improvement Bond Fund, $0.008 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For Joint Outfall Sewer Bond Extension, $0.05 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For the purpose of paying for the lands purchased or to be purchased at tax
sales for delinquent assessments and taxes under Street Improvement Bond Act of 1915,
SO.10 on each ~lO0.O0 of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 3 Bonded Indebtedness ~md, $0.02 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the North Main Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.008 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is hereby instructed to subrmlt a certified copy
of this Or~iR'ance to the County Auditor of Orange County, California, on or before
the 1st day of September, 193V.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose. This ordinance shall take effect
from and after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the ~rd day of August, 1937.
(SEAL).
Fred C. Rowland
M
ayor
E. L. Vegely
ATTEST:city Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Santa Aha.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Aha, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana, that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to
the said Council at its regular meeting held on the 2nd day of August, 1957~
and was again read to said Council at its regular adjourned meeting held on
the 23rd day of August, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and
adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn~
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
E. L. Ve~ely
" City
( SEAL).
ORDINanCE NO. 1052
Ait ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER RATES IN THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA, PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGUIATIONS
GOVERNING CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND FIXING A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICTHEREWITH.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AI1A DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
SECTION l: The City of Santa Ama shall charge and collect, in advance,
each tap and attachment made with its system of water works as follows, to-wit:
For each
For each
For each
For each
for
SERVICE CHARGES
5/8 in. service, complete $ 10.00
1-inch service, complete 20.00
l~ in. service, complete 35.00
2-inch service, complete 50.00
For all larger sizes of service and all fire lines, actual cost of labor and
materials used for service complete, plus l0 per cent (10%) shall be charged.
SECTION 2: The following rates and compensation are hereby fixed and
established as the rates and compensation to be charged and collected by the Santa Ana
Water Department, for water furnished by said department.
MINIMUM ~TER RATES
For each 5/8" or 3/4" service $ 1.00
For each 1" service 1.25
For each 1~" service 2.25
For each 2" service 3.25
For each 3" service 4.75
For each 4" service V.25
For each 6" service 9.75
METER RATES
1. For the first 1000 cu.ft, or less
in any one month $ 1.00
2. For the next 3,000 cu.ft, or less
at the rate of $.10 per 100 cu.ft.
3.For the next 21,000 cu.ft, at the
rate of $.08 per 100 cu.fto
4. For all over 25,000 cu.ft, used in
any one month at the rate of $.07
per 100 cu. ft.
FLAT RATE
Ail water services where no meter is installed shall pay a monthly rate of
$1.25, payable in advance.
For construction purposes where meters
1. For each 100 lin.ft, of curb $ .25
2. For each 100 sq. ft. of cement sidewalks .15
3. For each 100 sq.ft, of concrete pavement .15
4. For each 100 sq. ft. of pavement subgrade .05
5. For each 100 lin.ft, of sewer, water or
gas ditch settled 1.00
6. For each 100 yards of plaster .25
7. For each 1000 brick laid including
wetting .10
8. For each bbl. of cement or lime used other
than pavement .05
are not installed or used:
SECTION 3: That any person, firm or corporation outside of the
corporate limits of the City of Santa Ana, and desiring to become a consumer of
water supplied by the City of Santa Ana shall first make application to the Wate~
Superintendent for such service, who shall submit the same for approval or reject
ion to the City Council. If said application is approved, such applicant shall
provide, at his own expense, all necessary piping and installation, except meter~
and taps, which shall be furnished and set by the City Water Department, and
shall pay for the water furnished to him or them by the City of Santa Ana, at
double the rates specified in Section 2 for services inside the City Limits.
The charge for the installation of meters shall be the same as for
services inside City Limits.
Ell other rules, regulations, service charges, etc., shall apply to
these consumers."
APPLICATIONS
SECTI0~ 4: All applications for water must be made out on the forms
provided by the Water Department and must be signed by the applicant.
All applicants other than real property owners holding deed to the
property and not merely an agreement of sale, or their authorized agents, must
deposit with the Water Department, the sum of $5.00 as a guarantee that all
water bills, fines and penalties shall be paid by the applicant, unless the owne~
of the property signs a written guarantee for the payment of all water bills.
The said deposit will not be returned to the applicant until such time as the
applicant ceases to be a water user in the City of Santa Aha, or becomes a
bona fide owner of the property served, and then only in the event that all wate~
bills, fines and penalties of said consumer have been paid in Ik~ll. This
deposit less the amount of any unpaid bills will be refunded upon discontinuance
Of services.
PAYMENT OF WATEr. R~TES
SECTION 5: Ail water rates are due a nd payable at the office of the
Water Department in the City Hall, on the date they are rendered and become
delinquent fifteen (15) days after rendered, and if not paid before becoming
delinquent a penalty of ten (10) cents will be added. If the bill is still un-
paid twenty (20) days after being rendered the water will be shut off from the
premises and shall remain off until all rates, fines and penalties have been
paid.
When the supply of water has been turned off for a violation of any
ordinance, or of any rule, regulation or requirement of s aid City, governing
consumers of water, it will not be turned on again except upon payment of the
amount due, together with the additional sum of one dollar, which is hereby
made a penalty for a failure to pay the said rate, and to pay said City for the
turning on of water again.
CIRCUSES~ SHOWS, ETC.
SECTION 6: All circuses, shows, or exhibitions, using water from the
mains of the City of Santa Ana, shall make application for such water at the
office of the Water Department, a nd shall pay in advance therefor the sum of
$10.00 per day
CHANGE 0F LOCATION
SECTION 7: Any person desiring to change the location of domestic service
that has already been installed, shall make application to the City Water Department,~
and upon payment of ~5.00 to cover cost of same, the Water Department will cause
change to be made. Where it is necessary to protect meters from damage by heavy
trucking in driveways where meters are located, a charge of ~15.00 will be made to
cover cost of heavy cast iron meter box.
FIRE SERVICES
SECTION 8~ No fire line shall be used for any purpose other than for the
extinguishment of fire. Under no circumstances shall any meter be installed on fire
lines. All necessary maintenance and repairs on fire lines from water main to City
curb cocks shall be paid for by owner. Upon failure to pay said charges, water will
be shut off until such charge is paid.
Fire hydrantm are provided for the sole purpose of extinguishing fire, and
shall be opened and used only by the Water and Fire Departments, or such persons as
may be authorized to do so by the Water Department.
AI~ persons using water through fire hydrants, or other hydrant owned or ~
controlled by the City of Santa Ana, shall be required to obtain a permit so to do from
the Water Department, which shall issue no such permit to any person who has violated
any of the provisions of these rules, or whose indebtedness to the City of Santa Ana
for water used, or damage to hydrants, is delinquent.
All persons permitted to open fire hydrants, will be required to replace caps
on the outlets when the same are not in use. Failure to do so will be sufficient
cause to prohibit further use of the hydrants, and the refusal to grant subsequent
permits for the use of such fire hydrants.
~.~.TERS TO REMAIN PROPH~TY OF. THE CITY
SECTION 9: All water meters and meter boxes installed by the Water Depart-
ment shall remain at all times the property of the Water Department, and where
replacements, repairs or adjustments of any meter are rendered necessary by the act,
negligence or carelessness of the consumer, any expense caused the department thereby~~
shall be charged against, and collected from the consumer. If consumer or owner fails!
to pay such charges, water may be shut off until such charges are paid. Each separatei
pipe connection in any meter box shall be separately metered.
FAILURE OF, M~TE~
SECTION 10: If a meter fails to register du~ing any period or is known to
register inaccurately, the consumer shall be charged with an average daily consumption
at same season, as shown by the meter when in use and registering accurately.
INSTALLING METERS
SECTION ll: The City of Santa Aha shall have the right at any time, and at
any point, to put in a water meter, and may force the collection for the amount of
water that shall be used, in accordance with all the ordinances, rules and regulations ~
of s aid City, governing the consumption of water,and for that purpose, and at any time, i
go upon the premises of the consumer of water.
STOP COCKS
SECTION 12: There shall be a stop cock in every attachment on the sidewalks,
Just inside the curb, at a point to be designated by said City, which said stop cock
· and its box shall be supplied by the City, and shall be for its exclusive use,
and under its exclusive control.
DAM~AGES
SECTION 13: The City will not be responsible for d~nages to buildings
or their contents, from any break beyond the street service box; the water
consumers are hereby required, for their own protection, to provide at their own
expense, another stop-cock to be placed at the first suitable point beyond the
stop or service of the City
APPLICATION FOR WATRR MAINS 0N NEW SUBDIVISIONS
SECTION 14: Applicants who are owners of a new subdivision or tract
of land, s_nd who desire water service and fire protection therein, where there
are no water mains or fire hydrants in the street in front of such subdivision
or tract of land, may make application to have water mains and Dire hydrants
laid in same. Such mains and fire hydrants shall be of such size and kind as
the Superintendent of the Water Department shall determine will properly supply
said tract, having due regard to the requirements of adjacent lands, and the
growth of the City. The applicants sha~l be required to pay cash in advance
into the Water Department for the total estimated cost of such mains, and for
such fire hydrants, valves and gate boxes as may be required by the proper City
authority, such cost to be determined by the Superintendent of the Water Depart-
ment, who shall thereupon install such mains, fire hydrants and gate boxes,
provided, however, that said applicant or applicants have complied wits all
other requirements of the said Water Department.
It is understood that all mains installed become at once, and remain
the sole property of the City of Santa Aha. If, upon completion of the
installation of said water mains, fire hydrants, valves and gate b6xes, the
actual cost of installation is found to be materially more than said estimate,
the said applicant shall pay to the Water Department the difference betw~en the
estimate and the actual cost, before the water is turned into said mains. If
the actual cost is materially less than the estimate the Water Department shall
refund to the applicant the difference between the estimate and the actual cost.
More than one applicant may Join in an application, and the water
mains, fire hydrants, valves ~nd gate boxes will be extended in a similar manner~
as above.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 15: In all cases where water is supplied to several tenants
from one connection or tap, the City contracts only with the owner of the
property or his authorized agent, and on failure to comply with these regulation~
and pay the rate, the services will be discontinued until regulations are
complied with and rate paid.
C6nsumers must prevent all waste of water, and keep their service pipe~,
fixtures, stop-cocks~ and other apparatus (but not the service put in and ov~ed
by the City) in good repair~ and free from leakage, at their own expense, and
they will be liable for all d~uages which may result from their failure to
comply with this rule.
Water rates will be charged for premises vacated, in every instance,
until the City shall have been notified in writing of the discontinuance of the use
of water, and to turn the water off.
Any authorized employee of the City Water Department shall be admitted at
all reasonable hours, to all parts of the premises supplied with water, to see that
the regulations are observed.
No one except an authorized employee of the Water Depa~tment shall turn the
water on or off from any building or premises at City curb cock~ or connect or
disconnect or in any way tamper with any pipes in the meter boxes or with any other
part of the water system in the City of Santa Aha.
No user of water supplied by the Santa Ana Water Department shall supply
water to users on a piece of property held by another owner; nor shall water be
supplied through one meter to a group of users occupying a parcel of ground under one
ownership exceeding one-half acre in area.
All faucets, sprinklers, hose nozzles or other continuous streams must be
shut off prcmptly upon the alarm of f ire, the water not to be turned on again until
the fire is known to be extinguished.
No person shall place on or about any hydrant or curb-cock connected with
the pipes of the Santa Ana Water Department, any building material or other obstruct-
ions, so as to prevent free access to the same, or leave any vehicle standing within
l0 ft. of same.
The City reserves the right at any time to shut off the water in their mains
for the purpose of m~ktng extensions or repairs, or for other purposes, and all
persons having boilers within their premises not supplied with tanks or cisterns, but
depending upon the pipes of the City Water Department to keep them supplied, are
hereby cautioned against danger of collapse.
That whenever a water consumer shall allow the payment of the water bills,
fines or penalties for water used upon any property in the City of Santa Ana to become
due and delinquent the same shall be a lien against said real property and said lien ~
shall not be affected by a change in the ownership of said real property.
SECTIO~ 16: Any person~ firm or corporation, violating any of the provision~
of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in a
court of competent Jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or be i
imprisoned in the County Jail of the County of Orange not exceeding twenty-five days, ~
or by both such fine and imprisonment, i
SECTION~IT: That Ordinance No. 839 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing Wate~
Eates in the City of Santa Aha and Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing Con-
sumption of Water, and Fixing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof" and all ordinances
or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 18: That in the event any section, subsection or part of this
Ordinance shall be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of other portions of this Ordinance, and the said City Council
hereby declares that it is their intention to enact and pass each section of this
Ordinance independently of the constitutionality or validity of any other portion hereof.
SECTION 19: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance
and shall csnse the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
· Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days there-
after shall take effect and be in force.
pASSE~ AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 20th day of September, 1937o
Fred C. Howland
Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL) ,
STATE OF CALIF0~2~IA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Aha and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana, that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to
the said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 7th day of September, 1937,
and was again read to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 20th day
of September, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the
said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plmmner W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Howland.
NOES, TRUSTEIES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
E. L. Vesely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
ORDINANCE NO. 1053
AN ORDINANCE 0F Em CITY OF SAI/TA AlIA PROHIBITING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF HA~DBILLS, DODGERS, CIRCULARS,
NEWSPAPERS, BOOKLETS, A~D OTHER PRINTED NATTER 0R
ADVERTISemENT IN CERTAIN PLACES: REPEALING ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREV/I~!, AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF.
WHEREAS~, it has come to the attention of the City Council of the City of
Santa Aha, that the profuse aild promiscuous circulation of handbills, circulars,
.~ewspaper~,dodgers, and other forms of advertising matter, without regulation, in the
streets of said City, on the premises, porches, driVes, sidewalks, and in the yards of
the residents of the City of Santa Ana, and in vehicles standing in the public streets,
results in the blowing of such matter in the streets, alleys, and other public places
in said City, and has become a public nuisance by the littering of the streets, alleys,
and other public places, thereby causing an unsightly condition, as well as a menace,
to the public peace, hoalth and safety by the risk of fires, of clogging storm drains,
and of apprising prowlers and criminals of the absence of residents from their homes,
and generally annoying and disturbing the general public; and
WHEREAS, the safety, comfort and welfare of the citizens and residents of the
City of Santa Ana, and of the public in general, demand that this condition be remedied;
N~J, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Santa Ana do ordain as follows:
SECTI0~ 1: It sh~ll be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association, either as principal, agent, employer or employee, to throw, cast, deposit,
distribute, pass out, give away, scatter, circulate, or deliver, any handbill, dodger,
circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, or other printed matter or advertisement in the
or grounds of any house, building, structure, or on any porch or doorstep, or vestibule,
or in any public hallway thereof, when said house, building or structure is not in the
possession or under the control of the party so distributing the same, or in any public
street, highway¥ alley, court or other public place, or in any vehicle thereon, or upon
any vacant real property, in the City of Santa Ana.
This ordinance shall not be deemed to prohibit the distribution of United
States mail, nor the delivery of any newspaper to any subscriber who has ordered the
same to be so delivered to such subscriber, for which newspaper the Said subscriber has
paid or agreed to pay a consideration to the publisher or distributor of such newspaper,
nor to the sale of separate copies of such newspapers on the streets of said City.
The term "newspaper" as herein used, shall be construed to mean a publication
which complies with the requirements of Sections 4460 and 4463 of the Political Code of
the State of California.
S~ECTI0N 2: Any person, firm, corporation, or association, violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail of Orange County, California, for a
period not exceeding Thirty ~30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3: That Ordinance No. 669, a s amended by Ordinance No. 92~ and No.
providing for the distribution of advertising matter upon the public streets and in
public places in the City of Santa Aha, California, and all other ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
EECTION 4: If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have
passed this ordinance, and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections,
sub-sections, sentences, clausOs or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitution~
SECTION 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinanc~
and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANG
COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City
of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days there-
after shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its
regular meeting held on the 1st day of November, 1937.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk (SEAL).
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
I, E. L. VEGEL¥, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana;
that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council
at its regular meeting, held on the 4th day of October, 1937, and was again read
to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of Novenber, 193V, and
was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council by the
following vote,
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
to-wit:
TRUSTENS:
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
Ernest H. Layton, Joseph P. Smith, Fred C. Rowland.
W. H. Penn, Plu~m~ r W. Bruns
None
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL) .
ORDINANCE N0. 1054
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION,
REPAIR, ENLARGEg~ENT, ALTERATION, RE-
MOVAL, D~,{OLITION, S~JITATION AND
OCCUPANCY OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STEUC-
TUHES IN SAID CITY, PROVIDING FOR
PERMITS AND PENALTIES THEREUNDER AND
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1036.
THE COU~CIL OF THE CITY OF SA~TAA~A DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: That a certain printed document, three copies of which are on file
in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Ana, being marked and designated
as "Uniform Building Code, 1937 Edition", which was published in April, 1937, by
Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference, including the appendix thereof, being
sections numbered 101 to 4903 both inclusive, excepting sections 4603 and 4604, be and
the same is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Santa Aha, for the
regulation and erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal,
demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance, of all
buildings and structures in the City of Santa Ana, providing for the issuance of permits
and collection of fees therefor, providing penalties for violation of such Code, and
each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such
Uniform Building Code, 1937 Edition, published in April, 193V, by Pacific Coast Building
Officials Conference, on file in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby referred to,
adopted and made a part hereof to the same 6fleet as if fully set forth in this
ordinance.
SECTION 2: That said Uniform Building Code, 1937 Edition, published April,
1937, by Pacific Coast Building Conference, as adopted by this ordinance, is hereby
amended in the following particulars, to-wit:
(a) That Section 203 of said Code is hereby amended by striking out therefrom
the following words:
"For a total valuation of $50.00 or less, no fee".
and there is hereby inserted therein in lieu thereof the following:
"For a total v~luation from $20.00 to $50.00, both
inclusive, the fee shall be $1.00".
That there is hereby added to Section 203 the following:
"In addition to the foregoing fees, the applicant
shall pay the following fees for plastering:
"For the first 1000 sq. yards, one (1) cent per
sq. yard.
"For all plsstering oveD 1000 sq. yards up to
3000 sq. yards, one-half cent per sq. yard.
"For all plastering over 3000 sq. yards one-
quarter cent per sq. yard.
"There shall be~ however, a minimum fee for
plastering of $1.00".
(b) That the second paragraph, or last two lines, of Section 2527, is hereby
~nended so as to read as follows:
"Minimum clearance between bottom of floor
Joists snd the ground beneath shall be
twenty-four inches (24"). The ground under-
neath floor joists shall be leveled or
smoothed off so as to maintain a reasonably
even surface under the entire area covered
by the floor joists.
"That .there shall be at least one opening
through the exterior foundation walls not
less th~n 16 inches by ~4 inches with
movable door or screened vent. If a screened
vent is constrUcted, such opening may be
computed as a part of the required foundation
space".
(c) That Section ~05 of said Code is hereby amended in the following
particulars; that there is hereby added at the end of Subdivision numbered "c" of
said Section ~05, the following:
"That all wood frame buildings to be plastered
or stuccoed on the exterior, shall be sheathed
with solid wood sheathing not less
than 3/41
inches in thickness."
(d) That Section ~524 is hereby s~nended by the addition at the end of
Subdivision ?g")of Section ~524 smd as a part of said Subdivision ~g~ the followin
"Provided however, that no w~ste or vent pipes
for a sink or sinks shall be installed in any
stud wall or partition which is not constructed
with at least two inch by six inch (9" x 6")
studs or the equivalent thereof."
(e) That the fifth paragraph of Section 3105 is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
"Minimum clearance between bottom of floor
Joists and the ground beneath shall be twenty-
four inches (24"). The ground underneath floor
Joists shall be leveled or smoothed off so as
to maintain a reasonably even surface under the
entire area covered by the floor Joists."
(f) That Section 3104 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:
"Notwithstanding the provisions in the foregoing
'Table No. l, Allowable Spans for Floor Joists',
all provisions for spacing of Joists, center to
center in excess of 16 inches are hereby elimin-
ated, and 16 inches is hereby declared to be the
maximum allowable spacing of floor joists."
That Section 3V01 of said Code is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following:
"The foundations.for all chimneys shall extend
at least 12 inches below the natural grade line
and shall be not less than 12 inches in thickness."
(h) That there is hereby added to said Code a new section to be
numbered ~217, which shall re~d as follows:
"Section 2217. As an additional and alternative
plan for Type V buildings within the following
requirements the following construction shall
be permissible:
"Single wall and flat stud constructLon for one-
story buildings, 401 sq. ft. or more, and not
exceeding 1200 sq. ft.
"All studs shall be 2" x 4" or equivalent thereto
in cross-sectional a~ea, and shall not be more
than 13" between edges, and not more than 8' long
between plates, and grooved not less than 1/2" to
receive boards; all single wall or partition
boRrds shall be not less than 3/4" thick.
"~ere siding or other facing is applied over
board walls there shall be applied one layer of
water-proof paper not less than 14 lb. felt or
equal between such siding or facing on all
exteriorwalls as required in Sec. ~08,
Paragraph 'A,.
"All plates shall be 2" x 4" or equivalent thereto,
and shall be lapped or tied with metal ties at
least 1/4" by l" by 12" long with two nails on each
side of joint at all splices; all joints or inter-
sections shall be mitered, and butt joints are pro-
hibited unless tied with metal straps at least 6"
on each side ~ joint.
"All outside wall boarding shal~ bo carried
dov~n at least five inches on the Joist ~and
nailed with five 5d Cormnon galvanized nails to
each board, and floor joists shall have a con-
tinuous 2 inch timber, at least the same width
as Joist, spiked to the ends of each J~ist with
two 20d common spikes to receive said boards and
required nailing.
"Foundations shall be required as in SectiOn 2~04.
"Floor construction shs!l be required as in
Section 2204 and amendments thereto.
"Roof and ceiling shall be required as in Section
3203, and Amendments thereto.
"Roof covering shall be required as in Section 2211.
"No wall 8r partition shall have a total length of
more th~n twenty feet without a lateral support by
a partition or buttress at least six feet wide at right
angles to wall, or partition or other approved bracing
acceptable to the Building Inspector.
"No board and flat stud construction shall be erected
on lots, tracts, or plots of land where such lots,
tracts, or plots of land are restricted to type or
value of building unless such building meets all
requirements of such lots, tracts, or plots, or a one
hundred percent of the siCatures of property owners
in such lots, tracts, or plots of laud, giving their
consent to build such type of construction.'"
SECTION 3: That Ordinance No. 1036, entitled: "AN 0RDIH~JCE 0E THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, Y~PAIR, ENLAEGE~,~NT, ALTERATION,
RE~OVAL, DENOLITION A~D OCCUPANCY OF ALL BUILD!NCS A~D STRUCTURES IN SAID CITY, A~ID
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE 0F PER~TS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR, AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 1010 OF SAID CITY", is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the s~ne to be published ~n three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa
Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall
take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 8th day of November, 1937.
ATTEST:
Fred C. Rowland
Nayor
..E.L. Ve~ely
City Clerk (SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ~A )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk and Ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the foregoing ordinance was
regularly introduced and read to t~he said Council at its regular meeting, held on the
1st day of November, 1937, and was ~gain read to said Council at its regular adjourned
meeting, held on the 8th day of November, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed
and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTE~:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Pltuu~ner W. Brutus,
Ernest ti. Layton,
None
Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Fred C. Rowland.
None
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
( sEAL
ORDINANCE NO. 105,5
AN ORDINANCE A}.~E~DING ORDINANCE NO. 1053
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OP SANTA
ANA PROHIBITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HA~DBILLS,
DODGERS, CIRCULARS, ~,~SPAPERS, BOOKLETS, AND
OTHER PRINTED NATTER OR ADVERTIS~..~T IN CERTAIN
pLACES: REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT IIERE~
WITH, AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIgLATION
THEREOF."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF S~ITA ~A DO ORDAI~ AS FOLL~fS:
SECTION 1: That Section I of Ordinance No. 1053 entitled "AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF SANTA A~IA PROHIBITING ~tE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS, DODGERS,
CIRC~JLARS, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKLETS, ~D OTHPd~ PRINTED ~J~TTER OR ADVERTISE~.~NT IN
CERTAIN PLACES: REPE~ING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ItEREWITH, AND PROVIDING FOR
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF''1, be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
"SECTION I: It shall be unlawful for any person, finn, corporation, or
association, either as principal, agent, employer or employee, to throw, cast,
deposit, distribute, pass out, give away, scatter, circulate, or deliver, any
handbill, dodger, circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, or other printed matter
or advertisement in the yard or grounds of ~ny house, building, structure, or on
any porch or doorstep, or vestlbulc, or in any public hallway thereof, when said
house, building or structure .is not in the possession or under the control of
the party so distributing the same, ~or in any public street, highway, alley,
cour2 or other public place, or in Shy vehiclo thereon, or upon any vacant real
property, in the City of Santa Ana.
This ordinance shall not be deemed to prohibit the distribution of
United States mail, nor the delivery of any newspaper, nor to the sale of separat
copies of such newspapers on the streets of said City.
The tenu "newspaper" as herein used, shall be construed to mean a
publication which complies with tho requirements of Sections 4460 and 4463 of the
Political Code of the State of California".
SECTION 2: The City Cle~ shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues
of the ORANGE CO~TTREPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulate
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 15th day of November, 193V.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. ~ow!and
Mayor
( SEAL).
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
!, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha;
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'ATTEST
E. L. VEGELY
City Clerk
CITY 0F SANTA ANA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
STATE OF CAYi~FORNIA)
(SEAL~
I, E. L. VEGELY, CITY CLERK AND EX~0~FICI0 Clerk of the City Council of
City of Santa Ana da hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was drily and
regularly declared adopted by the City Council after canvassing the returns of the
special municipal election at which the foregoing Ordinance was submitted to the people
on the 16th day of November, 1937, at the regular adjourned meeting of said Council
by the foregoing vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTE~S:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest N. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
N0E S, TRUSTEES: None
ABS~T, TRUSTEES: None
E. L. VeEety
City Clerk
(SEAL).
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ORDINANCE NO. 1057
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1049
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE RE~JLATING THE USE
OF DEVICES AND/OR APPARATUS WHICH INTER-
FERES WITH RADIO BROADCASTING RECEPTION,
IN ~rE CITY OF SANTA ANA, REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HERA~flITH AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATTON E~EREOF"
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0F SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOL,,OWS.
SECTION 1: That Sections 4 and 5 of an Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING THE USE OF DEVICES AND/OR APPARATUS WHICH INTERFERES WITH~ RADIO BROAD-
CASTING RECEPTION, IN TIrE CITY OF SANTA ANA, REPEALIYG ALL ORDINANCES A)~D PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HER~flITH AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF", be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 4: The Police Department of the City of
Santa Aha, or any member thereof, shall have the right to
enter upon any premises at all reasonable hours for the
purpose of inspecting the installation and working of all
apparatus coming within the terms of this ordinance, and it
shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with any member
of said Police Department in making such inspection or to refuse
to permit such member or officer to enter the premises for such
purposes.
"Section 5: V~en an inspection and test shall have been
made by the Police Department or member thereof, and it is found
that equipment or apparatus coming within the terms of this
ordinance is being operated in violation of the terms of this
ordinance, the person responsible for the operation of such
equipment shall be notified in writin? to discontinue the use of
such machine or to make additions, repairs or modifications
thereof, in order that the same may be operated in a manner which
complies with the provisions of this ordinauce. The mailing of a
registered letter addressed to the o~vner or operator of the machine
at the premises where the machine is located shall constitute a
sufficient notice for the purpose of this ordinance. In the event
that the ovmer or operator of such machine or apparatus does not,
within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of notice to repair or
discontinue the use of such machine either entirely discontinue the
use of such machine or repair the same so that it complies with the
provisions of this ordinance, such m~er shall be deemed to be
operating such machine or apparatus in violation of the provisions
of this ordinance and such person shall be subject to the penalties
hereafter provided for such violation."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance aud shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues
of the ORANGE COUNT~ REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulate
in the City of Santa Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASShD AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 6th day of December, 1937.
ATTEST:
Fred C. Rowland
Nayor
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk (SEAL).
STATE OF CAI,-FOR,~IA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA AlIA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Aha, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha,
that the foregoing ordinance was reD~larly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 22nd day of November, 193V,
~section, shall have the privilege of being reinstated before any newappo~ntments to
said department shall be made.
SE~TION 14: PRESENT INCUmbENTS TO BE QUALIFIED AND TO REMAIN ON PRESENT
POSITIONS
To the end that there be no disruption in the present service of the Fire
Department and the Police Department, and that no undue hardship may be worked upon
~ny member of said departments who shall have attained at the time of adoption of this
ordinance a certain grade or rank in said department; each present member of such
departments shall be deemed to be in Classified Service and credited by the Civil Servic
Board with qualifications, both mental and physical, for entrance to the Classified
Service of the Fire Department and the rank, grade or position held by such members at
the time of the adoption of this ordinance.
Any member holding rank of Sergeant or any higher rank, shall, at the
discretion of the Chief of the Police Department, without examination, be eligible for
the position of Assistant Chief. The Assistant Chief shall not be demoted to a lower
rank than that held by him at the time of his promotion, without cause.
SECTION 15: ORGANIZATION OF A FIRE DEPART~ENT
There is hereby created a Fire Department which shall consist oS a Chief of
the Fire Department, Assistant Chief, Fire Marshal, Captains, Master-mechanics,
Engineers, Auto-firemen, Mechanics, Fire Alarm Operators, Inspectors, Hosemen and
Laddermen, and other employees as the City Council may from time to time prescribe, as
provided under Section 2 of Chapter 48, Statutes of 1935.
SECTION 16: QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPART~NT
Every appointee of the Fire Department at the time of appointment shall not
be less than twenty-one (21) nor over thirty-on.e (31) years of age. Every appointee
however, must possess the physical qualifications prescribed by the Civil Service Board
(which shall not be inferior to those required for the recruits of the United States
Army) and before his appointment must pass satisfactory examinations as may be
prescribed by the Civil Service Board. Every appointee must be a bonafide resident
and elector of the City of Santa Ana, and must have a high school education or its
equivalent.
SECTION 17: CRIEF OF THE DEPART~NT
The Chief of the Fire Department shall be appointed by the City Council from
among the membership of the Santa Aha Fire Department, and after appointment shall be
removed or reduced in rank only as provided for other members of the Classified Service
The dismissal of the Chief of the Fire Department from office, except for cause, shall
not accomplish his dismissal from the department, and, upon.such dismissal he shall be
restored to the rank and grade held by him prior to his appointment as Chief of the
Fire Department, however, the present Chief shall be reduced to the next lower rank.
SECTION 18: POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPART~i~UNT
The Chief of the Fire Department shall, subject to the approval of the City
Council, have control, management and direction of all members of %he Fire Department
and all buildings, apparatus and equipment of such department as may be necessary in
the lawful eXercise of the functions of his office. He shall have full power to
detail any officer or member of the Fire Department to such public service as may be
necessary. He shall recommend to the Civil Service Board, members of the Fire Depart-
ment for demotion, or dismissal, in accordance with Section 13 hereof, and also
recommend to the City Council, applicants for appointment or promotion from the list
of eligibles furnished by the Civil Service Board in accordance with Section V hereof.
SECTION 19: VACANCIES IN FIRE DEPART~T
When a vacancy arises in the Fire Department above the grade of hoseman or
ladderman, the Chief of the Fire Department may assign a member of the Department from
the next lower rank to fill the vacancy until such time as the absent member shall ret%
to duty or the vacancy may be filled ~ by appointment from the eligible list furnished
by the Civil Service Board. The member so assigned shall, during his incumbency, recei
the salary attached to the grade or position thus temporarily fiIled.
SECTION 20: ORGANIZATION OF A POLICE DEPART~NT
There is hereby created a Police Department which shall consist of members
holding rank in the following order, to-wit: Chief of the Police Departments, Assistant
Ch%el, Captains, Lieutenants, Lieutenants of Detectives, Detectives, Sergeants,
Pafrol~en , Motorcycle officers, Secretary, Matron, and other employees as the City
Council may, from time to time prescribe, as provided under Section 2 of Chapter 48,
Statutes of 1935.
SECTION 21: QUALIFICATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPART~,~q~IT
Every appointee of the Police Department must have the s~me qualifications as
set out in Seotion 16 of this Ordinance for appointees of the Fire Department.
SECTION 22: CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPART}~T
The Chief of the Police Department shall be the person elected by vote of the
people as Chief of Police, and after election sh~l be removed only as provided by law.
The defeat of the Chief of the Police Department for office of Chief of Police shall
not accomplish his dismissal from the Department, provided that he had been a member
thereof prior to his election, in which case, he shall be restored to the highest rank
and grade held by him prior to his election as Chief of Police. The present Chief of
Police shall~be deemed qualified to hold auy rank in the department, end shall
not be reduced below the rank of Sergeant without cause. ~
SECTION 23: POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEP;~TMENT
The Chief of the Police Department shall, subject to the approval of
the City Council, have control, management, and direction of all members of the
Police Department, and all buildings, apparatus, and equipment of such Department,
as may be necessary in the lawful exercise of the functions of his office.
He shall have full power to detail any officer or member of the Police Department
to such public service as may be necessary. He shall reconnnend to the Civil
Service Board, members of the Police Department for demotion or dismissal, in
accordance with Section 13 hereof; mud also reco~end to the City Council,
applicants for appointment or p~omotion from the list of eligibles furnished by
the Civil Service Board in accordance with Section 7 hereof.
SECTION ~: VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPART~TENT
Whenever a vacancy in the Police bepartment, above the grade of
Patr~olman and motorcycle officer, ~ccurs, the C~ief of the P~lice Department
may assign a member of the Department from the next lower rank to fill the
vacancy until such time as the absent member shall return to duty, or the
vacancy may be filled ' by appointment from the eligible list furnished by .the
Civil Service Board. The member so assi~ned shall, during his incumbency,
receive the salary attached to the grade or position thus temporarily filled.
SECTION .25: '
No officer or member of the Fire Department or Police Department shall,
without the consent of th~Ir~Tespective Chief or the City Council, accept any
money, gratuity or c ompenaatfon for any service he may render in line of d~ty as
a member~ of that department. ~
SECTION 26: , ~
If any section, subsection,~ clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections of this ordin~ce.
SECTION 27:
Any provisions or clauses of the several ordinances of the City of
Santa Aha in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 28:
Whenever in this ordinance the masculine gender is used it ~hall be
deemed to include the feminine gender.
SECTION 29: FALSE MARKING, GRADING, ETC. PROHIBITED
No jperson shall, by h~nuself or in cooperation with one or more persons,
cheat, dec~ive, or obstruct any person in respect of his right of examination
or registration according to the rules and regulations of this ordinance, for
falsely mark~'grade, estimate or report upon the examination of proper standing
of any person examined, registered or certified pursuant to the provisions of
this ordinance, or aid in so doing, or make any false representation concerning
the same, or cdncerning the person e~amined.
SECTION ~0: AMPiND~Q~NTS OF THIS ORDINANCE
The City Council may from time to time, by ordinance, add additional
departments, appointive officers or employees of the City to the list originally
designated in this ordinance cre~ting a system of Civil Service. The City
~ouncil however, shall not have the authority or power to withdraw any department
or departments, appointive officers or employees from the operation of the system
created by this ordinance, unless and until the withdrawal thereof shall have
been submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Santa Ana at a special
or regular municipal election held in said City, and shall have been approved by
not less than a two-thirds vote of the electors voting on such proposition.
SECTION 51: VIOLATION OF ~tIS 0EDINANCE A ~,~ISD~EANOR
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100) Dollars or more than
Three Hundred ($~00) Dollars; or by i~prisonment in the County Jail for not
longer than three (~) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
It appearing that a majority of the qualified electors voting at a
special ~lection held on the l~th day of November, 19~7, in the City of Santa Ana~
voting upon the foregoing Ordinance voted in favor thereof, therefore, the
foregoing Ordinance be and the same is hereby adopted this 22nd day of November,
1957, at the meeting of the City Council of said City held on said date at which
time the vote on said election is canvassed and declared by the said City Council
and s aid Ordinance shall go into effect at the expiration of ten (10) days from .
the date hereof~
This ordinance declared ado~ ed by the City Council of the City 0f
Santa Ana at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 22nd day of .November,
1937,
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
The Civil Service Board shall immediately upon receipt of such application,
proceed to examine the papers and grades. Any error or injustice that may appear
shall be corrected, and any change in the order of standing of applicants as a result
thereof shall be made by the Civil Service Board within fourteen (14) days, after
application is made to them for such review. Their decision shall be final.
SECTION 8: NOTICE OF ~XA~.~INATIONS
Notice of time, place and general scope of every examination shall be posted
by the Civil Service Board in a conspicuous place, in its office, at the City Hall;
at the office of the Chief of the Fire Department; and of the Police Department, not
less than two weeks prior to such exsminatlon.
SECTION 7: SELECTION A2JD PR0~,~0TION
The Civil Service Board shall formulate rules and regulations governing the
selection and promotion of members of the Fire Department and Police Department.
All officers and members of the Fire Department and Police Department shall belong to
the Classified Service and shall be appointed and promoted from those who are fit for
the position to be filled.
All authorized and needed officers or members shall be recommended to be
chosen or promoted by the Chief of the Fire Department or the Police Department as the
case may be, from the three (3) highest standing candidates on the eligible list
furnished by the Civil Service Bo~d.
The cost of conducting the examinations and other duties of the Civil Service
and Trial Board shall be a charge against the general funds of the City. These costs
shall be certified by the Civil Service Board and when so certified shall be paid by
the City Council in the s~ne manner as other charges against the City.
SECTION 8: CREATION AND ESTABLIS~ENT OF A TRIAL BOARD
There is hereby created, for the purpose of hearing and determining charges
made against an officer or member of the Fire Department or Police Department, a board
to be known as the Trial Board, which shall be composed of the members of the Civil
Service Board. The verdict and Judgment of the majority of the trial board shall be
final. If the accused be found ~ilty, said board shall report their findings and
recommendations to the City Council. The City Council may dismiss such officer or
member from the service of the City or inflict such other punis~hment upon him as in
the judgment of the City Council may be adequate; provided, however, that should an
officer or member of the Fire Department or Police Department be found guilty of a
charge of drunkenness on duty, the City Council must dismiss him from the service of
the City. If an officer or member of the Fire Department or Police Department be
convicted of a felony or malfeasance in office or be adJudge~insane, or absent himself
from the City for more than Thirty (30) days without leave granted by the Chief of his
Department, the City Council shall, upon the recommendation of the Chief of the
Department, declare his position or office vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as
heretofore provided.
SECTION 9: POLITICAL OPINIONS OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
No person in the Classified Service or seeking admission thereto shall be
appointed, promoted, demoted or discharg,d or in any way favored or discriminated
against because of political opinions or affiliations, or because of religious belief.
No person holding an office or place in auy department placed under a merit
system or civil service system, pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance or of
Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 1935, of the State of California, shall sees or accept
election, nomination or a-~ointment as an officer of a political club or organizstlon,
or take an active part in any Co~mty or ~unicipal political campaign, or serve as a
member of a committee of such club or organization or ctrcl~,~ or seek signatures to
any petition provided for by any law, or act as a worker a~ the polls, or distribute
badges or pamphlets, dodgers or handbills of any kind favoring or opposing any candidate
fo~ election, or for nomination to a public office, whether co~ty or municipal;
provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance shall be con~trued to prevent any
such officer or emplSyee from becoming or continuing to be a member of a political club
or organization, or from attendance at a political m~ing, or from enjoying entire
freedom from all interference in casting his vote or from seeking or accepting election
or appointment to public office.
Any wilful violation hereof or violation through culpable negligence, shall be
sufficient grounds to authorize the discharge of any officer or employee.
SECTION 10: PROBATION PERIOD
Appointments or promotions to employment c~ rank shall be deemed temporary
until a period of probation not to exc6~d six (6) months has elapsed, and during said
time such member shall be considered as acting, or temporarily appointed or promoted.
Successive temporal- appointments shall not be allowed. In event of pr~notion to
higher rank, and at any time within six (6) months thereafter the appointee may be
reduced by the Chief of the Department, to the next lower rank in the classified service
of the said department, and in the event that such appointee may be recommended for
discharge by the Chief of the Department. Each Chief Bhall have power over his own
department members.
SECTION 11: RIGHT OF TRIAL
The Chief of any~department in Classified Service may file charges of mis-
conduct, insubordination or inefficiency against any member of his respective dep~t-
ment, with the Civil Service Ro~d. Such charges shall be accompanied by his
recommendation for discharge or disciplinary action. If recommended for discharge or
.reductlon after expiration of the period of temporary employment in any position,
the employee so recommended for discharge or reduction may demand a trial,
whereupon he shall be tried as provided in Section 13 on Reduction, Suspension
and Discharge.
SECTION 12: LEAVE oF ABSENCE
Any member who is called or volunteers to serve in auy branch of the
service of the United States shall, upon his return~ and with an honorable
discharge, maint~ n his priority rights within this ordinance, provided, however,
that he shall make application for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after
discharge free the service of the United States.
Leave of absence for any purpose maybe taken by,written consent of
the Civil Service Board, and temporary appointments may be made to fill such
vacancies in the manner herein provided for permanent appointments.
SECTION 13: REDUCTION, SUSP~SION AND DISCHARGE
(a) No person in the Classified Civil Service shall be removed or
discharged from his position or reduced in rank except for inefficiency, mis-
conduct or insubordination. Whenever the Chief of any department under Civil
Service shall determine that discharge, reduction in rank or disciplinary action
should be taken against any member of his department, and if he determines
that such member should be discharged, he may suspend such member from active
duty, and shall, upon so determining or upon so suspending any member, i~ediatel
file charges with the Civil Service Board, setting forth in detail the grounds
for such suspension, disciplinary action or reduction in rank or posit~on,~
together with his reconnmendation thereon. Such charges shall be in writing
and a copy thereof served upon the member so charged. Such member so charged
shall have the right to file an answer to such charges within five (5) days
from the date of service upon him of a copy thereof, which answer shall be filed
with the Civil Service Board, and with the Chief who filed such charges. The
Civil Service Board shall thereupon set said matter for hearing not less than
five nor more thau ten days after the filing of the answer to the charge. If
the member who is charged by the Chief of his department fails to file an answer
within five days to the charges filed by the Chief of the Department, the
charges shall be deemed to be admitted, and the recommendation of the Chief
accompanying such charges shall take effect, and the suspension of such member
shall become a permanent discharge as of the date of the original suspension.
If the member so charged files an answer within the five dayE, then the Civil
Service Board shall convene as a "Trial Board" as provided in Section 8 thereof,
and shall inquire into the charges made by the Chief of the department, and may
make such inquiry in such a manner as it deems best by ex parte investigation by
the Board or any committee thereof, but said Board shall hold a meeting as herein
above provided, at which tim. e such member so charged and the Chief of the
Department shall be permitted to mace such showing as they may desire before said
trial board.
The member so charged and th~ Chief of the Department, may, at the
hearing of such charges, be represented by counsel, and shall have the right to
produce such witnesses as he may desire to testify in his behalf. The Chairman
of the Board shall have the right to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance
of witnesses.
After such hearing the trial board shall determine whether or not such
charges or any part thereof are true, and if they deter~.ine that none of the
charges are true, the said member shall be ~Binstated and restored to duty, and
shall be entitled to receive compensation during the period of his suspension,
and pending such hearing and reinstatement. If the Trial Board shall determine
that such charges or any of them are true, they Shall make their findings in
accordance therewith, and shall recommend such disciplinary action as they may
deem proper under the circumstances and findings. If such recomr~endations do
not consist of a recommendation for discharge, the person charged and found
guilty as herein provided, shall be privileged to accept such disciplinary
action as recommended by the Trial Board, but if such recommendation shall be
presented to the City Council of the City of Santa Aua, and the City Council
shall~take such action in the matter as in the Judgment of such City Council
shall\be proper and adequate under the findings of the Trial Bo~d.
If such recommendation of the trial board is for disciplinary action,
and the person charged and found guilty does not acquiese or consent thereto, them
such recommendation shall be presented to the City Council for their action as
provided in Section 8 hereof.
Verified written charges may be filed by any qualified elector of the
City of Santa Ana with the Chief of any department, under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the Civil Service Boa~d, and the truth of
such charges shall be determined by the Chief of the department, an~ if he deems
it proper he may file charges with the Civil Service Board.
(b) No member shall be dismissed because of the discontinuance of the
particular office or position held by him, but employees dismissed because of
curtailment of expendlturem, reduction in force, and for like causes, shall be
the last employee or employees, including temporary appointees, that have been
appointed to the Fire Department or Police Department, as the case may be, until
such reductions necess_ry shall have been accomplished. Vacancies to be filled
in the lowest rank, resulting from such removal, shall be filled from the last
employee or employees that have been appointed to the ne~t higher rank, and
their places likewise filled until proper distribution has been accomplished;
provided further, that in event the said department shall again ~e increased ~
~numbers, the said men dismissed, or reduced in rank, unde~ the terms of this
that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at
its regular adjourned meeting, held on the 8th day of November, 1937, and was again
read to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of November, 1937, and
was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council by the following
vote, to-wit:
AYES,
TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plurmner W. Bruns, Joseph P.
Fred. C. Rowland.
Ernest ti. Layton.
None
Smith, W.H.Penn,
E. L. vegely
City Clerk
( SEAL ).
ORDINANCE NO. 1056
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CREATING
A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER
AND METHOD OF APPOINTL~F~JT: PROVIDING FOR TEE
PLACING OF ~.~ERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
THE FIREDEPARTMENT, UNDEH CIVIL SERVICE.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE.
There is hereby created and established Civil Service for all officers
and members of the Fire Department and the Police D~partment of the City of Santa
Aua, exclusive of the elective office of City Marshal, known as Chief of Police.
All full time, regular and permanent occupations or employment on the Police
Department and Fire Department shall for the purpose of this Ordinance be known
as Classified Service.
SECTION 2: CREATION OF A CIVIL S~RV!CE BOARD
There is hereby created a Civil Service Board, consisting of three (3)
members to be appointed by the City Council at their first regular meeting after
the adoption of this Ordinance. Each of the members shall be a person of good
repute in his business, profession, or occupation, and known to be in sympathy.
with the merit system or Civil Service system in the public service, end with
the control of employment matters through a cenhral personnel agency. No member
shall hold any other city office, and must be a bonaftde resident and elector
in the City of Santa Ana. At the time of said appointment, the City Council
shall designate one (1) of the citizens so appointed to serve a term which shall
expire December 31, 1939; one (7) of the citizens so appointed to serve for a
term which shall expire December 31, 1941; and one (1) of the citizens so
appointed to serve for a term which shall expire December 31, 1943. At the
expiration of each of the terms so provided for, a successor shall be appointed
for a term of six (6) years. Any member of such commission may be removed from
office for incompetency, incompatibility, or dereliction of duty, or ~alfeasance
in office, or Other good cause, by the appointing power; provided, however, that
no member of the commission shall be removed until charges have been preferred,
in writing, and after due notice a hearing is had before the City Council. Any
decision of such Council shall be final.
Vacancies of the Civil Service Board from whatever cause shall be fille~
by the City Council for the ensuing or unexpired term.
The Civil Service Board shall keep a record of its proceedings end
transactions and shall provide rules and regulations for the keeping of service
records of the Police Department employees and the Fire Department employees and
for the classification of such employees. Such rules and regulations shall have
the force and effect of law.
SECTION 3: 0RG~NIZATION OF TEE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
Immediately after appointment, the Board shall organize and shall elect
one of its members as chairman. The Board shall appoint a chief exmminer, who
shall also act as secretary of the Board. The Board may appoint such other
subordinates as the City Council may by ordinance prescribe. Such Board shall
hold meetings upon call of the chairmau or any two members thereof, after at
least three hours notice in writing served upon the members.
SECTION 4: EXA~SNATION FOR APPLICANTS
The Chief of each department shall, immediately upon such department
coming under this ordinance, file with the Civil Service Board an official list
of all members of such department with the respective Dank or grade held by each
member. ~
It shall be the duty of the Civil Service Board to hold examinations an~
to administer other suitable tests to those desiring positions or are applicants
for anpointment or promotion in the classified service of the Fire Department and
the Police Department, for the purpose of determining their fitness for such
positions or their qualiflcation~ for such promotions, and, from the result of
such examinations and tests, the Board shall prepare a list of eligibles for all
positions in the classified service of the Fire Department and the Police
Department. The City Council may contract with the legislative body or governin
board of any other municipality or County within this State or with any State
Department, as provided in Section 3, Chapter 48, Statutes of 1935.
SECTION 5: INSPECTION OF EXAI~TINAT~0N PAPERS
Examination papers of the candidates are not subject to inspection by
the public. Upon request any candidate may inspect his own papers, including
his application and the questions and his answers thereto, within six (6) days
after the eligible list has been completed. Said six days for review shall mean
six days exclusive of holidays.
If the candidate believes error has been made in his grading or in the
credit given him, he may make application in writing to the Civil Service Board
for a review of his answers; provided, however, ~hat in such application he must
state specifically end particularly wherein he believes error has been made.
end was again read to said Council at its regular meeting~ held on the 6th day of
December, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council
by the following vote~ to-wit:
AYES, TRUS TE~] 'S:
NOES, TRUSTEES
ABSENT, TRUS TL~S
Plummer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith,
Ernest E. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
W.H.Penn~
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL)
105
106
ORDINANCE N~. 1058
AN 0RDIN~CE OF THE CITY OF S~TA ANA CHA~O!NG
THE ZONE 0F CERTAIN PROPERTY IN SAID CITY-.
THE~ C01~fTCIL OF THE CITY- 0F SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOL!0~VS:
SECTION 1: ~.at Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Ssnta Aha is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Sing].e
Family Residence District" located at the Southwest corner of First and Shelton
Streets and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of Elock "A"
of Heil Tract; thence West 57 feet; thence South
145 feet; thence East 45 feet; thence North 145
feet to the point of beginning;
is hereby changed from ,Single Family Residence District" to "Neighborhood Busines
District" as defined in said Ordinance No. ~09.
SECTION 2: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Ana is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Single
Family Residence District" located at the Southeast corner of Bush Street and
?ourteenth Street and described as follows:
Lot I in Block "G" of Ooodwin's A~Ition to
the City of Santa Ana;
is hereby changed from "Single Fancily Residence District" to "Apartment House
District" as defined in said Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION ~: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of tho City of Santa Ana is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property new in "Single
Family Residence District" located at thc Northeast corner of Eighth Street and
Garnsey Street and described as follows:
That portion of Lots 15 and 16 of Keese~s Addition
to the City of Santa Aha, having a frontage of
99.7Z feet on Eighth Street and 150 feet on Garnsey
Street,
and, also
The Northwest corner of said intersection described as:
Lot ~3 of the Wakeha~ Tract of the City of Santa Aha;
are both hereby changed from "Single Family Residence District" to "Apartment
House District" as defined in s~Id Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be ~blished in three consecutive isEues of
the Orange County Reporter, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated
in the City of Santa Aua, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED DY T~ Council of the City of Eanta Aaa at its
regular meeting held on the 6th day of Decemloer, 19~7.
Fred C. Rowland
~[ayor
ATTEST:
(S~AL).
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
107
STA~ OP CALIFORNIA )
¢OI~TT~f OF ORA).~GE ) SS
C%~f. OF SANTA A~IA )
I, E. L. VEGEI~, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at
its regular meeting, held on the ~Sth day of October, 1937, and was again read to said
Council at its regular meeting, held on the 8th day of December, 1937, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
(SMAL).
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plummer W.
Ernest H.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
E. L. Vegel7
City Clerk.
ORDINANCE N,0.. 1059
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
CHANGING THE ZONE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY
IN SAID CITY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
.S. ECTION 1: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Ana is
hereb~ amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Heavy
Industrial District" located and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the South line
of West First Street with the West line of Bristol
Street, thence Westerly along the South line of
West First Street to the Northeast corner of Lot
3, Tract No. 259, thence South to the Southeast
corner of said Lot 3, thence West to an intersection
with the East line of Artesia Street, thence North
along the East line of Artesia Street to the South
line of West First Street, thence Westerly along the
South line of West First Street to an ~ntersection
with the Southerly prolongation of the Westerly
line of Townsend Street, thence North to an inter-
section with the South line of the Pacific Electric
Railway Company's Right of Way; thence Northwesterly
along the Southwesterly line of said Pacific Electric
R~ilway Company's Right of Way to its intersection
with the South line of Fifth Street; thence Westerly
along the South line of Fifth Street to its intersect-
ion with the Westerly boundary line of the City of
Santa Ana; thence Southwesterly along the Westerly
boundary line of the City of Santa Ana to angle point
in the said boundary line, w here the said boundary
line turns Easterly; thence Easterly along the said
boundary line to the center line of Sullivan Street;
thence Southerly along the center line of Sullivan
Street to the center line of Monte Vista Avenue; thence
East along city boundary line to the Westerly line
of Bristol Street; thence Northerly along the Westerly
line of Bristol Street to the point of beginning,
EXCEPTING such portions as were zoned for special use or
business zone heretofore,
is hereby changed from "Heavy Industrial District" to "Single Family Residence
District", as defined in said Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues
of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and
circulated in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose,
and thirty (30) days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular m~eting held on the 20th day of December, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. ,L. Vegel~
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
( SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF OR~GE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Santa Aha, that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to
the said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 6th day of December, 1937,
and was again read to said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 20th
day of December, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said
Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plummet W. Bruns,
Ernest H. Layton,
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Fred C. Howland.
(
E. L. Ve~ely
City Clerk
110
ORDINANCE NO. 1060
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 658 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF
BUSINESS, SHOW, EXHIBITION AND GAMES CONDUCTED
OR CARRIED ON IN TI~E CITY OF SANTA ANA, FIXING
THE RATE OF LICENSE THEREFOR AND PROVIDING FOR
COLLECTION THEREOF".
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 42 of an Ordinance of the City of Santa Aha,
numbered No. 858, and entitled "AN ORDIN;2~CE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF
BUSINESS, SHOWS, EXHIBITION AND GA~ES CONDUCTED 0R CARRIED 0N IN TttE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, FIXING THE RATE OF LICENSE THEREFOR AND PHOVIDING FOR COLLECTION
THEREOF" be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:-
"Section 42: For every person, firm or corporation conducting,
managing or carrying on a closing out sale, fire sale, bankrupt sale or wreck
sale, $100.00 per month.
For the purposes of this ordinance a "fire, bankrupt or wreck sale"
is defined to be and include the s~le of goods, wares or merchandise salvaged
from a fire, wreck or other calamity, or a sale of goods, wares or merchandise
advertised as a fire or bankrupt or wreck s~le.
For the p~rpose of this ordinance a "closing out sale" is defined
to be and include any sale of goods, W ares and merchandise which is~., or is
advertised to be, a sale for the purpose of disposing of the stock of merchandise
on hand or any major portion thereof in contemplation of discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of the store or place of business of the seller or the
removal thereof to another location, or any sale which is advertised or held out
as being a s ale under bankruptcy, mortgage insolvency or assignee's or
trustee's or creditor's sale.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm or corp-
oration to conduct any sale mentioned in this section without having obtained a
permit so to do, issued by the City Clerk of the City of Santa Ans. Such permi~
shall be issued by the City Clerk of the City of Santa Aha upon anplication and
the payment of the license herein required; provided that any person who has
had a license under this ordinance continuously for one year prior thereto may
obtain a permit without additional license fee, to conduct such sale in the
place of business covered by such license by filing with the City Clerk an
application therefor containing a true statement of the facts concerning such
closing out or removal, or fire, or bankrupt, or wreck sale, together with an
inventory of the merchandise on hand and proposed to be sold. Such permit
shall permit the sale of the merchandise then on hand in said store or place of
business and no other merchandise, and shall be valid for a period of thirty
(~0) days from day of its issuance and no license under this section shall be
required during s~id thirty (50) day period for the conduct of such sale.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues
of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and
circulated in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for thatpurpose,
and thirty (50) days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular
meeting held on the 20th day of December, 1937.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
( SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFOP~;IA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I a~ the City Clerk and Ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the foregoing ordinance was
regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular meeting, held on the
6th day of December, 1937, and was again read to said Council at its regular meeting,
held on the 20th day of December, 1937, and was at said meeting regularly passed and
adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Plummet W. Brans, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Er~nest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
E...L,. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
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