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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 280
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING CERTAIN FIRE PRE-
VENTION MEASURES IN THE OIL FIELDS; REGU-
LATING THE USE OF CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGH-
WAYS WITHIN THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES AND PARTS. OF ORDINANCESIN CONFLICT
WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF. "
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Ordinance No. 280 entitled "An Ordinance providing certain fire pre-
vention measures , in the oil fields; regulating the use of certain streets
and highways within the city; repealing all ordinances and parts of ord-
inances in conflict with this ordinance and providing penalties for the
violation hereof,tt 'which said new section shall be known as Section 42
and shall read as follows:
i ttSECTTON 41. It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and un-
lawful for any person, firm, association, corporation,
trust or syndicate in charge or control of or having any
interest in or owning either in whole or in part any der-
rick,' on any premises in said City, whether as principal,
agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, to cause,, allow or
i permit said derrick to be constructed, erected or main-
tained or to remain upon said premises unless the said
derrick is at all times securely guyed. Said derrick
\, shall be securely guyed within the meaning of this section,
only if and when the sameshall have securely attached to
each corner at least (two guy wires or cables)at least one-
quarter inch in diameter, one of which shall be attached
to each of said corners of said derrick not more than
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twenty feet from the top of said derrick and the other
not less than sixty nor more than seventy feet from the
base thereof, and all of said guy wires or cables shall
be drawn tight with equal tension and they shall each be
fastened securely to an anchor or dead-man of sufficient
size and strength to equal the strength of said guy wires
or cables, and no guy wires or cables from -any corner of
said derrick shall be fastened to, any anchor or dead-man
to which there is fastened any guy wire or cable from any �
other corner of said derrick, and no two of said anchors
or dead-men shall be within one hundred fifteen feet of
each other, and they shall be at least sixty-five feet
from the base of the derrick, and so located that a straight
line drawn between any two adjacent dead-men or anchors will
not come within forty-five feet of said derrick.
It is provided, however, that if any such derrick is
constructed entirely of steel and is set upon four portland
cement concrete foundation blocks of not less than twenty-
seven cubic feet content each, and each block has embedded
securely therein at time of making, one three-fourths inch
bolt, to a depth of at least eighteen inches, to which said
derrick is securely bolted, and the City Engineer has issued
a certificate that such derrick -is so constructed an(�main-
tained and need not be guyed to make the same safe, then
said derrick need not be guyed. . Said certificate, declaring
that there is 'no necessity for guying'' may be revoked at any
time by such City Engineer. "
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordi-,
nance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the
Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulat-
ed in said City of Huntington Beach. An emergency has arisen which
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endangers the peace, health and safety of citizens of the City of Hunting-
ton Beach, and the fact constituting such emergency are as follows :
That labor upon oil wells and derricks in certain localities
of said City is ceasing, and such. oil d,erricks, ,•equipment and
rigging stand and r;ema.in idle- without. watchmen or. supervision, and
the same become and area menace to the public peace, health and
safety; and the'•adoption .of 'this ordinance is necessary for the
protection of said public 'peace, health and safety. Therefore,
this, .,,.-ordinance shall take effect from and • after its passage.
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Passed and adopted this day , 1929.
Mayor of the City of Huntington Beach
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City-* Clerk -and Ex=Off ic,ia, Clerk--of the City—
Council
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Council of the •City of Huntington Beach
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ss
City of Huntington Beach
I, C. R.- Furr, City Clerk and Ex-Officio 'Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the day of March, 1929, and was again read to said City Council on the
L0. day of , 1929, at a regular meeting of the said Board, and
that said ordi ance was adopted by the following vote:
j Ayes: Trustees
Noes: Trustees
\ Absent: Trustees
City Cler and Ex-Officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
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