HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1101 ORDINANCE NO. 1101
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH RELATING TO FIRE EQUIPMENT: ADDING
ARTICLE 412 AND NEW SECTIONS THEREFORE
TO THE; HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. That Article 412 is hereby added to Chapter 41 of
the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, to read in words and figures as follows:
ARTICLE 412
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Section 2. That the following new sections are hereby added to
Article 412:
Section 4120. Police Powers; The fire chief and Fire Mar-
shals shall be vested with the necessary police powers and duties of a
police officer for the .exclusive purpose of enforcing the provisions of this
chapter, and it shall be their duty to make arrests and issue citations for
violations of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Section 4121. Fire Hydrants; No person shall tamper with,
damage, mar, turn on, strike, or make inoperable any fire hydrant.
Section 4121. 1 Fire Hydrant Water; No person shall hook on-
to, for purpose of removing water, any fire hydrant, until and unless a
written permit has been issued by the office of the fire department and
the office of the water department.
Section 4121. 2 Fire Alarm Box and Fire Reporting Box; No
person shall tamper with, damage, mar, deface, cover, or make inoperable
any fire alarm box, system, telegraph, or telephone.
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Section 4122. Fire or emergency.alarm; I\b person shall
make a false alarm or send in a false alarm of fire, rescue, or emergency
to the fire department or it's dispatchers. No person shall operate any
private alarm or telegraph system for the purpose of sending in to
reception point a false alarm.
Section 4123. Cable and Wire; No person shall damage,
break, tamper, cut or make inoperable any wire or cable carrying any
fire alarm or fire station circuit.
Section 4123. 1 Fire Apparatus and Equipment; No person
shall tamper with, mar, deface, damage or make inoperable any fire car,
vehicle, apparatus, equipment , hose or property of the fire department.
Section 4124. Blocking a fire hydrant; No person shall, on
public or private property, block, make inoperable, interfere with the
reaching of or hooking up to any fire hydrant, by parking any vehicle or
piling any lumber, dirt, trash, construction equipment or other material
in front of or around said fire hydrant.
Section 4124. 1 Blocking Street or fire land; No person shall
block or make inpassable to fire apparatus any street, alley, or driveway,
until the fire department has been notified and issued a permit for closing.
No person shall fail to install plates over any ditch when requested to do so
by the fire chiefs or fire marshal.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach , California, held at a meeting thereof held on the 16th day of
November , 1964.
mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPR A -T V FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach )
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the 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 read to said City Council at a,regul ar '
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of November , 1964, and
was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held
on thel6th day of . November 1964, and was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of
said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Gisler, Stewart, Lambert, Shipley_
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Welch
City Clerk and ex-officio.Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Huntington-Bea.ch,,
California.