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ORDINANCE NO. 398
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
REGULATING CAMP CARS AND/OR TRAILERS WITHIN
SAID CITY.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
do ordain as follows:
Section 1: For the purpose of this ordinance certain
words and phrases are defined as follows, and certain provisions
shall be construed as herein set forth, unless it shall be
apparent from their context that they have a different meaning.
Words used in the singular include the plural, and the
plural the singular. Words used in the present tense include the
future.
CAMP CARS AND/OR-TRAILER
"Camp Car and/or Trailer" is any unit used for living or sleeping
purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devises
used for the purpose of transporting said unit from place to
place, whether by motive power or other means.
C AMP ,.GROUND
"Camp Ground" is defined and shall be construed to mean any
place, area or tract of land operated as a business upon which,
any camp car and/or trailer is placed for the purpose of occupy—
ing the same.
OCCUPYING _
"Occupying" &a used herein shall be defined as and shall be
construed to mean -sleeping in, cooking in, or eating in any
such camp car and/or trailer.
Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to occupy any camp car and/or trailer in the City of
Huntington Beach outside of any camp ground licensed by the
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City of Huntington Beach, unless said person or persons have
secured a permit, as in this Ordinance provided.
Section 3: Any person desirous of occupying any camp
car and/or trailer at any place other than a camp ground shall
make application to' the Chief of Police of the City of Huntington
Beach upon a form furnished for that purpose for a permit so
to do. Said application shall set forth the name of applicant;
the license number of said camp car and/or trailer, the number
of persons occupying said camp car and/or trailer, and the address
of the place at which applicant desires to occupy said trailer.
Said application shall be signed by applicant and
shall be presented to said Chief of Police, or any police officer
of the City of Huntington Beach. The Chief of Police, or any
officer designated by him, upon the presentation of said appli—
cation shall investigate and inspect said trailer and camp car
and the premises upon which it is to be located. If said in—
vestigation and inspection indicates that there, are sufficient
sanitary conveniences, including toilet facilities and means of
garbage disposal, at said place, and that the total number of
persons to be accommodated does not exceed fifteen (15) persons,
and that the .occupant' of the premises at which it is intended to
have said trailer located has consented to the same, and that
there is a space at least sixteen (16) feet by twenty (20) feet,
the Chief of Police, or his designated officer, shall grant
said permit; otherwise it shall be denied.
In the event said permit is granted, said police
officer shall give applicant a card of distinctive color which
must be placed in a conspicuous place upon said trailer. Said
permit shall be effective for fifteen (15) days after the
issuance thereof, and upon the expiration thereof shall not
be renewed for a period of three (3) months thereafter.
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Section 4: It shall be unlawful to park any camp
car and/or trailer on any public street or public parking
ground adjacent thereto within the City of Huntington Beach
after the hour of 2:00 o' clock A. M.
Section 5: Every person, firm or corporation violating
or contributing in any way to the violation of any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
every day or fractional part thereof during which said violation
continues shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense, and shall
be punishable therefor as herein provided.
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation
owning, leasing, renting or operating a camp ground in the City
of comply Huntington Beach to with all of the provisions of this
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ordinance and all conditions of ordinances regulating sanitation
within the City of Huntington Beach, applying to camp grounds,
and any such person, firm or corporation violating any of the
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provisions of said ordinance, or contributing in any way to
the violation thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be .punished by a fine not exceeding
Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County
Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional , such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions 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 unconstitutional.
Section 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the
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Huntington Beach News, a newspaper printed, published and
circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, and thirty (30)
days thereafter it shall take effect and be in force.
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City Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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County of Orange. )
I, C. R. FURR, City Clerk and ex-off icio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was presented and read
to the City Council at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 5th day of April, 1937, and was again read to
j said City Council ate, a regularly adjourned meeting thereof
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held on the 19th day of April, 1937 and was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Chamness, Morehouse, Henrickson, Halbert,
Warner.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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City Clerk and ex-off icio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California.
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