HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #368 ORDINANCE NO. o50
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AME11DING ORDINANCE N0. 19 OF SAID CITY, ENTITLED:
"AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF
STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITH-
IN THE, CITY OF HUNTINGTON%BEPACH FOR ANY PURPOSE
WITHOUT A PERMIT; ALSO REQUIRING THE, LIGHTING OF
SAID OBSTRUCTIONS BY MIGHT; AND REGULATING THE
CUTTING, EXCAVATING ITI;, UPON AND ALONG IMPROVED
STREETS IN SAID CITY, " AS A211ENDED.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do
ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3 of said Ordinance No. 19 of
the City of Huntington Beach entitled: "An ordinance prohibit-
ing the obstruction of streets, alleys, sidewalks and public
places within the City o_f Huntington Beach for any purpose
without a permit; also requiring the lighting of said obstruc-
tions by night; and regulating the cutting, excavating in,
upon and along improved streets in said city, " as amended, be
and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation desiring
to engage in any trade or business or to move or construct a
building, make repairs, or to perform any other work by which it
may become necessary to place any such building, stand, counter,
lunch wagon, wagon stand, band stand, structure, building mater-
ial, gravel, dirt, excavation or other obstruction upon or in
the streets, alleys, sidewalks or' public places within the said
City, must first obtain a permit from the Superintendent of Streets
�^ of said City to place any obstruc-t,io as hereinabove mentioned
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upon Orkin said streets, alleys, sidewalks or public places, and
the said Superintendent of Streets of said City may issue -such
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permit upon the payment of the sum of Five ($5000) Dollars to
the City of Huntington Beach therefor; provided, however, that
in the event the person, firm or corporation making such applica-
tion is the owner or holder of a franchise or reservation of in-
terest in said street, alley, sidewalk or public place to keep or
maintain any pipe line, telephone line or pole system in or upon i
any of said public streets, alleys, sidewalks or public places or
said excavation is for the purpose of connecting with sewer water
or gas pipe lines by such person, firm or corporation, then and in
i that event, said application and permit may be granted without
charge.
"Each person, firm or corporation having authority
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from the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, as provid-
ed in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 19) to out, remove, excavate in,
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upon or along any paved or improved street, alley, sidewalk, curb
or other public place in said City and/or to cut, remove or exca-
vate in, upon or along any unimproved dirt or oiled street, lane
or alley or other unimproved public place in said' City shall, upon i
and at the time of making application to the Superintendent of
Streets of said City for permit to so out in, upon, across or along,
or remove, excavate or obstruct any such paved or improved street,
curb, sidewalk, alley or other improved public place and/or unim-
proved dirt or oiled street, lane, alley or other unimproved public
lace shall p pay in lawful money of the United States to the City
of Huntington Beach a sum for each and every square foot and frac-
tion thereof of all such paving, street, curb, sidewalk, alley
or other improved public place and/or for each square foot of any
unimproved dirt or oiled street, lane, alley or -other unimproved
public place proposed to be cut or . r.emoved as contained in the
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statement thereof set forth in said application, for the purpose
of repairing the damage to said paving, curb, sidewalk or other
L� public places, except as herein provided; said sum of money shall
be calculated according to the following schedule:
A. For paved or improved streets, sidewalks, curbs
alleys or other improved public places in said. city said
sum shall be as follows:
1. Twenty-five (25) square feet, or less, FIFTY
(50 f ) CENTS per square foot.
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2. More than Twenty-five (25) square feet, up to
and including Five Hundred (500) square feet,
THIRTY-FIVE (35fl CE- TS per square foot, and
3. In excess of Five Hundred (500) square feet,
TIVENTY-FIVE (250) C' l TS per. square foot.
B. For unimproved dirt or oiled streets, lanes, alleys
or other unimproved public places in said city said sum shall
be as follows:
1. DIRT street, lane, alley or other unimproved
public place, THREE (30) CENTS per square foot;
2. OILE'D street, lane, alley or other unimproved
public place, THIRTEEiv (130) CENTS per square foot;
"The above schedule shall apply to all persons, firms
or corporations alike who make application to obstruct, cut, remove
or excavate in, upon across or along any improved or paved street,
alley, sidewdalk, curb or other public place within said City and/or
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any unimproved dirt or oiled street, lane, alley or other public
place within said City. All money so paid shall be deposited by
the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach in such fund as
\ said City Council may direct.
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Section 2. That this is an emergency Ordinance for the
immediate preservation of the public safety of the citizens of
the City of Huntington Beach, and the facts constituting such
emergency are as follows:
That many improved and unimproved streets, lanes,
alleys, sidewalks and curbs in said City of Huntington Beach are
being torn up, excavated and obstructed and, in order that said
streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks and curbs be replaced in the
same condition as they were prior to such excavation, cutting and
obstruction it is, therefore, necessary that this Ordinance take
effect from and after the date of its passage.
1 Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one
insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed,
published and circulated in said City
of Huntington Beach.✓y Passed and adopted this ;4�. day of September, 1933.
MAI YOR I
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Ciuy Clerk.
STATE Or CALIFORNIA'. )
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County of Orange. )
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 Prdinance was introduced and read at a regular
-,_ meeting of the City Council held on the
day September,, 1933 and was again read to said City Coun pit �^I
on the /� day of September, 1933 at a regular 1�4 i .
meeting of the said City Council, and the said Ordina e i^ras adopted
by the following vote:
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Ayes:. Councilmen:
Noes: Councilmen:
Absent: Councilmen: zl
City Cl rk and ex-officio Clerk of
��, the City Council of the City of''Huntington
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