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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #406 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CI TY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH A11.11ENDING AND ADDINIG A NEW SECTION TO ORDINANCE #280 OF SAID CITY ENTITLED: "Ali ORDINANCE PROVIDING CERTAIN FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES IN THE OIL FIELDS; REGULATING THE USE OF CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHT',"lAYS WITHI iIT THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDI-NIG PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION H)MEOF11 , AS AIMENDED. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: Section 1: That a new section is hereby added to Ordinance #280, which new section shall be numbered Section 4 and shall be in lieu and in place of Section 4 repealed by Ordinance #390 of the City of Huntington Beach, which said new Section 4 shall read as follows, to-wit: Section 4: It Is hereby declared to be a nuisance and unlawful for any person, firm, association, corporation, trust, or syndicate in charge or control of, or having any inter- est ,.In,, . or owning, either in whole or in part, any derrick or similar structure on any premises in said City , whether such interest is as principal, agent, servant, employee or otherwise, to cause, allow or permit any such derrick or similar structure to be constructed or erected unless said derrick is set upon four (4) cement foundation blocks-, each block having minimum dimensions of three feet by three feet at its top, five feet by five feet at its base, ^and a height of four (4) feet , the top surface of the block being raised twelve (12) inches above the ground level. If alterations and repairs in excess of twenty- five (25%) percent of the value of an existing derrick or structure, as estimated by the City Engineer of the City of Huntington Beach, are made to such existing derrick or structure within a period of twelve (12) months, the derrick foundation shall be made to conform with the above requirements. a a i I Section 2: That Section 41 of Ordinance #280 of the City of Huntington Beach is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 42: Said derrick or structure shall be securely held and stayed, within the meaning of this section, if and when it shall have securely attached to each corner at least two (2) guy vrires or cables, each with a minimum diameter of three-eighths (3/8) inch, one of which cables, shall be at- tached to each of said corners of said derrick and not more than twenty ( 20) feet from the top thereof, and the other cable or c-uY wire to 'be not less than sixty ( 60) or more than seventy (r70) © feet from the base of said derrick or structure, and each guy wire or cable shall be equipped with a turnbuckle, or similar device, for regulating the length thereof and shall at all times be kept and maintained free from, defects and drawn tight with equal tension, anaA*_ y wires, cables and turnbuckles shall be A of galvanized material. Said guy wires shall be anchored in one of the two following methods: (1) Each shall be fastened securely to an anchor or deadman of sufficient size and strength to equal the strength of said cable, and no guy wires or cables from any corner of said derrick shall be fastened to any anchor or deadman to which there is fastened any guy wire or cable from any other corner of said ,derrick. No two of said anchors or deadmen shall be within one hundred fifteen (115) feet of each other, and they shall be at least sixty-five (65) feet from the base of the derrick and so located that a straight line drawn i between any two adjacent deadmen "or anchor will not come within f¢rty-five (45) feet of a line drawn between the base corners of said derrick or, (2.) said guy wires shall be anchored to eye-bolts embedded in tzie concrete foundation blocks of said derrick, each foundation block raving embedded securely therein, -2- J.WB �i "YA 'fin i I at the time of construction, two ( 2) eye-bolts at least one (1) inch in diameter and imbedded to a depth of at least eighteen (18). inches. Section 3i The City Clerk shall certify to the passage, of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed and pub- lished in the HUNTINGTON BEACH NEWS, a newspaper printed, published i . and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, within ten (10) i days after the adoption hereof, and said Ordinance shall take i effect and be in force thirty ( 30) days from and after the pas- sage and adoption hereof. Passed and adopted this fl/ day of 1938. �j MAYOR ATTEST: 4� City Clerk. STATE OF CALIFOR UA, ) ss: 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 Ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of 1938, end was again read to said gity ouncil t a,6a-.� meeting; thereof held on the day of � and was by said City Council passed and adopted by th following vote: /� AYES: Councilmen:�0'��% C4i"'a,-�. NOES: Councilmen: �-�-c— �Y ABSENT: Councilmen: t-- City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of said City Council.