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l ORDINANCE NO*
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, . CALIFORNIA, DECLARING A CERTAIN
PORTION OF SAID CITY CLOSED TO PUBLIC
TRAVEL.
e WHEREAS, a state of war exists between the United
States of America and Germany, Italy and Japan, and
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WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach, California,
contains within its boundary an oil field that produces oil
and gas which products are necessary for the defense of
our country, and
a WHEREAS, said oil field is in danger of damage
and destruction from sabotage and attack of the enemy,
NOW THEREFORE, in and by the above preamble and
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statement the Council declares and defines that an emer-
gency exists necessitating the following ordinance for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, property,
convenience, health and safety;
WHEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Hunting
ton Beach, California, does ordain as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS: The following words and
terms wherever they occur in this ordinance shall have
the following respective meanings and definitions:
(a) MPLOYEE: The term; employee as used in this
ordinance shall refer to and shall mean any person regularly
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employed by any person, firm or corporation engaged in
a lawful business within the closed area, hereinafter
defined, and shall include the owner of any property
which requires some one to be in attendance thereat and
any officer employed by the City of Huntington Beach,
County of Orange, State of California, or the Federal
Government, and any other person employed by any person$
firm or corporation who has business with persons employed
within the closed area defined by this ordinance®
(b) STREET: Street includes streets, highways'
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roads or ways within the City of Huntington Beach, County
of Orange, State of California, which are open to public
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except, however, any State or Federal Highway.
tc) CLOSED STREET: That portion of any street
which has been posted with a sign or signs of the type
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and in the manner provided and which lays beyond or between
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such sign or signs.
Section 2. That the following described portion
of the City of Huntington Beach, California, is hereby
declared to be a. closed area:
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly corner
of Block 111 of Huntington Beach, as per map thereof recorded
in Book 3, page 36 of Miscellaneous naps, Records of Orange
County, 'California; thence northeasterly along the north-
westerly side of Eleventh Street to Olive Avenue; thence
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s� northwesterly along Olive Avenue to the northwesterly
side of Fourteenth Street; thence northeasterly to Orange
Avenue; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly side
of Orange Avenue to the northwesterly side of Fifteenth
Street; thence northeasterly along the northwesterly side
of Fifteenth Street to the southwesterly side of Palm
Avenue; thence along the :southwesterly side of Palm Avenue
to the northwesterly side of Seventeenth Street, thence
northeasterly along the northwesterly side of Seventeenth
Street to the northeasterly side of Palm Avenue; thence
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northwesterly along said northeasterly side of Palm Avenue
to the northwesterly side of Twenty-third Street; thence
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' northeasterly along the northwesterly side of Twenty-third
Street to the northerly side of Mansion Avenue, as produced'
westerly; thence easterly along said northerly side of
Mansion Avenue, as produced, and Mansion Avenue to the
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easterly side of Main Street; thence southerly along the
easterly side of Main Street to the northerly side of Utice
Street; thence easterly along the northerly side of Utica
�,- Street to the easterly side of Pine Street; thence southerly
along Pine Street to the northerly side of Wesley Avenue;
thence easterly along the northerly side of Wesley Avenue
and the northerly side of Quincy Avenue to the easterly
side of Alabama Avenue; thence southerly along the easterly
side of Alabama Avenue to the northerly side of Oswego
Street; thence easterly along the northerly side of Oswego
Street as- produced easterly to Hampshire Boulevard; thence
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northerly along the westerly side of Hampshire Boulevard
to the southeast corner of Block 2008, East Side Villa Tract,
as per map thereof recorded in Book 4, page 65, Miscellany-
eous Maps, Records of Orange County, California; thence
westerly along the south line of Blocks 2008 and 2007 of
said tract and Blocks 2006 and 2005 of said tract, as
produced, westerly to the westerly side of Delaware Avenue;
thence northerly along the westerly side of Delaware Avenue
to the northerly City Limits; thence westerly along the
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northerly City Limits of the City of Huntington Beach, to
the intersection of said City Limits with the ordinary high
w water mark of the Pacific Ocean; thence southeasterly along
said ordinary high water mark to a point of intersection
with the northwesterly side of Tenth Street as produced,
southwesterly; thence northeasterly along said line of
Tenth Street to the intersection of the southwesterly side
of Ocean Avenue; thence northwesterly along said south-
westerly side of Ocean Avenue to a point of intersection of
the northwest side of Eleventh Street as produced, southwest=.-
erly; thence northeasterly along said line as produced to
point of beginning; excepting therefrom all portions of
Ocean Avenue, Orange Avenue,Delaware Avenue, Main' Street,
Seventeenth Street, Twenty-third Street, Wesley Avenue and
Quincy Street within said= area.
Section 3. CLOSED AREA: All streets within said
closed area are hereby declared to be closed to the public
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and it shall be unlawful for any person, other than an
employee as in this ordinance defined, to enter or travel
upon any such streets except upon special permit from the
Chief of Police of the City of Huntington Beach, California'
Section 4. PERMITS: Any person desiring a special
P- permit shall apply to the Chief of Police and submit to
him a written verified application upon a form to be
secured from said Chief of Police, which appliaation shall
contain the name, date, address and reason whSr the person
desires to have such permit, and such other information
as the Chief of Police may requires' The Chief of Police
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shall examine the application aid shall make such inves®
tigation as he may deem necessary, and if he finds that
said person has any lawful business within said closed
area, he may grant to him a permit to enter, which
permit shall expire twenty-four hours thereafter unless
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otherwise expressly provided therein®'
Section 5® POSTING OF AREA: The Chief of Police
shall post or cause to be posted on all streets and alleys
entering said closed araa, or running through said area,
in some conspicuous place, a sign reading as follows:
RESTRICTED DEFENSE ZONE
UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS
KEEP OUT
By Order of the City Council
City of Huntington Beach''
Ordinance Noe 453
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The words 'Restricted Defense Zone' and 'Keep Out'
shall not be less than two and one half inches in height,
and the words 'Unauthorized Persons' shall not be less
than one inch in height's' In the lower left hand corner
shall appear the words., 'By Order of the City Council.,
City of Huntington Beach, Ordinance Non 453 '
Section 6® SPECIAL OFFICER; Upon the request in
writing of any person, firm or corporation owning and
operating any business within said closed area, the ?Chief
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of Police may appoint any employee of said person, firm
or corporation as a special of ficer, and said special
officer shall be entitled to wear a badge in the manner
and form used by the Police Department of the City of
Huntington Beach, which designates the wearer thereof as
a special officer® Any special officer so appointed
shall meet the minimum requirements for appointment
' cto the Police Force of the City of Huntington Beach®
Provided' that said special officer shall only have
the right to arrest as is given to private persons by the
Penal Code of the State of Californian Provided., howevery
that any Police Officer, Peace Officer or Special Officer
may stop any person on any street within said area and
may demand of him his name, address, place of business'
reason for being within said areae+
Section 7® Any person, firm or corporation
requesting the appointment of any special officer and in
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consideration thereof must agree to indemnify tmd hold
the City- of Huntington Beach and the Chief of Police
thereof, harmless from any and all liability for damage
- or otherwise on account of the acts of said special officer®
Section So Every employee as the term is defined
in this ordinance must at all times while within said closed
area, carry upon his person an identification card'. which
j identification card must have upon it hissignature, picture
and at least one fing*r print of the bearer, and must be
signed by a. regular authorized official or agent of the
person, firm or corporation, or other authorized employee
by wht m such person is employed®`
Section 9s Any person violating this ordinance or
any provision hereof and who enters upon any street within
' said closed area without having a permit so to do, and who
refuses upon demand by any officer to give his name, address
p and place of business, is hereby declared to be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject
to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or
by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment
Section 10; If any provision of this ordinance or
the applicatton thereof to any person or circumstances is
held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other pro-
visions or applications of this-ordinance which can be
given effect without the, invalid provisions or application,
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to be severable.'
Section 11@ That this ordinance,, being an emergency
measure for the immediate preservation of the public peace'
property, health and safety, which emergency is set forth
P and defined in the preamble hereto, shall take effect and
j be in force from and after the passage and adoption hereof.'
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the 8ity Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular adjourned
meeting thereof held on the is day of April 9
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Deputy City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
County of Orange ) SS
City of Huntington Beach }
I, Co R. FURR, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach,
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California, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach is five; that the foregoing Ordinance was first
read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 3th. day of April, 1942, and was again read
to said City Council at a regular adjourned
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of April y
1942, and was passed--. and adopted by the affirmative vote
of more than a majority of all the members of said City
Council as follows:
AYES: Councilmen: Henrickson, Grable, Talbert,
Morehouse, McCallen
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
cf the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach'
Californian'
By
9 Deputy City Clerk