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September 9 , 1974
TO : City Council
FROM: City Administrator
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 1935
Transmitted herewith is Ordinance No. 1935 which has
been revised since its initial introduction.
An updated copy of those suggested amendments to the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code which were approved by
Council minute action earlier this year has been
examined by each department head. Subsequent suggestions
and questions from the department heads were examined
by the legal department and this revised ordinance
incorporates those suggestions .
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DAVID D. ROWLANDS
City Administrator
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To David D. Rowlands From F. B. Arguello
City Administrator Director of Finance
Subject Ordinance # 1935 Date August 13, 1974
The following is a list of suggestions to amend Ordinance 1935 and the reasons
therefore.
1 . Section 1222.7 - Delete due to collection function transfer to
Treasurer's office.
2. Section 1222.8 - Delete as Section 1372.5 would serve the same purpose.
3. Section 1372. 11 should allow for monitoring of investments by Finance
Director under City Charter Section 706A.
4. Amendment #24 dealing with uniform transient occupancy tax Article 173
Should not be amended at this time because of a need for complete review
of the article.
5. Section 2114. 11 and 2114.37 should not be deleted from the ordinance until
these fundamental changes can be studied further. This also applies to
6551 and 6552.
6. Sections 2150. 1 , 2151 , and 2151 . 1 have recently been amended under
Ordinance #1924 and should not be amended.
This matter has been coordinated with the City Attorneys office and the City
Clerk.
F. B. Alrguello
Director of Finance
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�' CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
HUNTINGTON BEACH
To David D. Rowlands From F. B. Arguello
City Administrator Finance Director
Subject Ordinance No. 1935 Date August 7, 1974
Various suggested amendments to the ordinance code are no longer
valid due to changes which have occured in the responsibilities
of the City Treasurer and the Finance Department. A careful
analysis is now in progress to identify and correct the problem.
Suggestions to amend will be .made as soon as possible.
I therefore recommend that final action on Ordinance No. 1935
be deferred so as to avoid inconsistencies and afford proper
review.
F. B. Arguello
Finance Director
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ORDINANCE NO. /7,"
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING, ADDING AND REPEALING VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended as follows :
1. Section 0039 is amended to read:
S. 0039 . SEVERABILITY. If any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this code, or
any future amendments or additions hereto, is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent ,jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this code, or any
future amendments or additions hereto. The City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it would have
adopted this code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause ,
phrase or portion of any future amendments or additions thereto,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, clauses , phrases, portions or any future amendments
or additions thereto be declared invalid or unconstitutional. .
2. Section 0040 is added to read:
S. 0040 . PUBLIC NUISANCE DEFINED. For the
purposes of this code, anything which is injurious to the senses,
or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to inter-
fere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an
entire neighborhood, or by any considerable number of persons,
or unlawfully obstructs the free passage ' or use , in the customary
manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal,
or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway, is a
public nuisance .
3. Section 0040. 1 is added to read:
S. 0040. 1. PUBLIC NUISANCE. OFFENSE . PROSECUTION .
Every person who maintains , permits , or allows a public nuisance
to exist upon his or her property or premises, and every person
occupying or leasing the property or premises of another who
maintains, permits, or allows a public nuisance to exist thereon,
after reasonable notice in writing from a police officer or health
officer or city attorney to remove, discontinue or abate the same
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has been served upon such person, is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished accordingly; and the existence of such
nuisance for each and every day after the service of such notice
shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense .
4 . Section 1211 is hereby repealed.
5. Section 1211.1 is hereby repealed.
6. Section 1211.2 is hereby repealed.
7. Section 1211. 3 is hereby repealed.
8. Section 1212 is hereby repealed.
9. Section 1212. 1 is hereby repealed.
10 . Section 1212. 2 is hereby repealed.
11 . Section 1212. 3 is hereby repealed.
12 . Section 1212 .4 is hereby repealed.
13. Section 1213 is hereby repealed.
14. Section 1221 is hereby repealed.
15 . Section 1222 is amended to read:
S. 1222. RECEIPT OF MONEY. The Treasurer shall
receive and safely keep all monies belonging to the City , what-
ever its source, for which he shall give duplicate receipts , one
to the depositor and one to the Finance Director.
16 . Section 1222. 4 is amended to read:
S. 1222. 4 . MONTHLY REPORTS. The Treasurer shall
prepare and submit to the Director of Finance monthly written
reports 'of all receipts , disbursements and fund balances , and
shall file copies of such reports with the City Administrator
and City Council.
17 . Section 1222.5 is amended to read:
S. 1222 . 5 . . MONTHLY REPORT OF BALANCE. Prior to
the first meeting of each month, the Treasurer shall report to
the Director of Finance the balance in each fund.
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18. Section 1222 .7 is added to read:
S. 1222.7. RECONCILIATIONS. The City Treasurer
shall reconcile all statements from demand accounts for which
he does not prepare the disbursements.
19 . Section 1222.8 is added to read:
S. 1222.8. COLLECTIONS. The City Treasurer shall
establish a collection division for all monies .
20 . Section 1241 is hereby repealed.
21. Section 1245 is hereby repealed.
22. Section 1253. 2 is amended to read:
S. 1253. 2 . JAIL. PRISONERS. The Police Chief shall
have charge of the City Jail and prisoners.
23. Section 1253. 3 is hereby repealed.
24 . Section 1261, first paragraph only, is amended to read:
S . 1261. POWERS AND DUTIES. In addition to the
powers and duties of the City Administrator enumerated in the
Huntington Beach City Charter, Article VI, the following shall
also apply :
25 . Section 1266 is amended to •read:
S. 1266 . COMPENSATION. The Administrative
Officer shall receive such compensation as prescribed by the
City Council, and expense allowances as the City Council shall
from time to time determine , and said compensation and expenses
shall be a proper charge against such funds of the City as the
City Council shall designate.
26. Section 1372 .5 is amended to read:
S. 1372.5 . Supervise and be responsible for the
collection of all monies paid into or received by the City from
whatever source; insure that all such monies be received and
receipted for by the Collection Division of the City Treasurer;
insure that all monies so collected and received shall be de-
posited with the depositary no later, than the first banking day
. following said receipt; be responsible for the promulgation,
installation and control of methods and system of internal control
as regards collection and receipt of monies by departments or
agencies of the City which do not lend themselves to centralized
cashiering; establish and create a system of centralized cashier-
ing for the City.
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27. Section 1372 .11 is amended to read:
S. 1372.11. INVESTMENT OF CITY FUNDS. investment
of all City funds shall be determined by the City Treasurer,
except as otherwise authorized by the City Council.
28. Section 1411 is hereby repealed.
29. Section 1411.1 is hereby repealed.
30. Section 1732(g) is hereby repealed.
31. Section 1733 is amended to read:
S. 1733. TAX IMPOSED. For the privilege of
occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall
pay a tax on the rent charged by the operator at a rate equal
to the current, combined state and local use tax rate. Said
rate shall be declared by the City Council by resolution from
time to time . Said tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient
to the city which is extinguished only by payment to the operator
or to the city. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator
of the hotel at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid
in installments, a proportionate share of the tax shall be paid
with each installment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the
transient ' s ceasing to occupy space in the hotel. If for any
reason the tax due is not paid to the operator of the hotel, the
City Treasurer may require that such tax shall be paid directly
to the City Treasurer.
32 . Section 1733. 1(c) is amended to read:
S. 1733. 1.
(c) Any officer or employee of a foreign government
who is exempt by reason of express provision of federal law or
international treaty .
No exemption shall be granted except upon a claim
therefor made at the time rent is collected and under penalty of
perjury upon a form prescribed by the City Treasurer.
33• Section 1733. 3 is amended to read:
S. 1733. 3• REGISTRATION. Within thirty (30) days
after the effective date of this ordinance, or within thirty (30 )
days after commencing business, whichever is later, each operator
of any hotel renting occupancy to transients shall register said
hotel with the City Treasurer and obtain from him a "Transient
Occupancy Registration Certificate" to be at all times posted in
a conspicuous place on the premises . Said certificate shall,
among other things, state the following:
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(1) The name of the operator;
(2) The address of the hotel;
(3) The date upon which the certificate was issued.
(4 ) "This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies
that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the
requirements of the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance
by registering with the City Treasurer for the purpose of
collecting from transients the Transient Occupancy Tax and
remitting said tax to the City Treasurer. This certificate
does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business
or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, not
to operate a hotel without strictly complying with all local
applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring
a permit from any board, commission, department or office of
this city. This certificate does not constitute a permit . "
34. Section 1733 . 4 is amended to read: '
S. 1733. 4 . REPORTING AND REMITTING. Each operator
shall file a report the last day of the month following the close
of each calendar quarter, or at the close of any shorter reporting
period which may be established by the City Treasurer, on forms
provided by him, of the total rents charged and received and the
amount of tax collected for transient occupancies . At the time
the return is filed, the full amount of the tax collected shall
be remitted to the City Treasurer. The City Treasurer may
establish shorter reporting periods for any certificate holder
if he deems it necessary in order to insure collection of the
tax and he may require further information in the return. Returns
and payments are due immediately upon cessation of business for
any reason. All taxes collected by operators pursuant to this
ordinance shall be held in trust for the account of the city until
payment is made to the City Treasurer.
35• Section 1733. 5(c) is amended to read:
S. 1733. 5 .
(c) Fraud. If the City Treasurer determines that the
nonpayment of any remittance due under this ordinance is due to
fraud, a penalty of 25% of the amount of the tax shall be added
thereto in addition to the penalties stated in subparagraphs (a)
and (b ) of this section.
36. Section 1734 is amended to read:
S. 1734 . •FAILURE TO COLLECT AND REPORT TAX.
• DETERMINATION OF TAX BY CITY TREASURER. If any operator shall
fail or refuse to collect said tax and to make , within the time
provided in this ordinance, any report and remittance of said tax
or any portion thereof required by this ordinance, the City
Treasurer shall proceed in such manner as he may deem best to
obtain facts and information on which to base his estimate of the
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tax due . As soon as the City Treasurer shall procure such facts
and information as he is able to obtain upon which to base the
assessment of any tax imposed by this ordinance and payable by
any operator who has failed or refused to collect the same and
to make such report and remittance, he shall proceed to determine
and assess against such operator the tax, interest and penalties
provided for by this ordinance . In case such determination is
made, the City Treasurer shall give a notice of the amount so
assessed by serving it personally or by depositing it in the
United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the operator
so assessed at his last known place of address . Such operator
may within ten (10 ) days after the serving or mailing of such
notice make application in writing to the City Treasurer for a
hearing on the amount assessed. If application by the operator
for a hearing is not made within the time prescribed, the tax,
interest and penalties , if any, determined by the City Treasurer
shall become final and conclusive and immediately due and payable .
If such application is made, the City Treasurer shall give not
less than five (5) days written notice in the manner prescribed
herein to the operator to show cause at a time and place fixed
in said notice why said amount specified therein should not be
fixed for such tax, interest and penalties . At such hearing,
the operator may appear and offer evidence why such specified
tax, interest and penalties should not be so fixed. After such
hearing, the City Treasurer shall determine the proper tax to be
remitted and shall thereafter give written notice to the person
and in the manner prescribed herein of such determination and the
amount of such tax, interest and penalties . The amount determined
to be due shall be payable after fifteen (15) days unless an appeal
is taken as provided in Section 1734 , 1 .
37 . Section 1734 . 1 is amended to read:
S. 1734 . 1 . APPEAL. Any operator aggrieved by any
decision of the City Treasurer with respect to the amount of such
tax, interest and penalties , if any , may appeal to the City
Council by filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk within
fifteen (15) days of the serving or mailing of the determination
of tax due . The Council shall fix a time and place for hearing
such appeal, and the City Clerk shall give notice in writing to
such operator at his last known place of address . The findings
of the Council shall be final and conclusive and shall be served
upon the appellant in the manner prescribed above for service of
notice of hearing. Any amount found to be due shall be immediately
due and payable upon the service of notice .
38. Section 1734 . 2' is amended to read:
S. 1734 . 2. RECORDS. It shall be the duty of every
operator liable for the collection and payment to the city of
any tax imposed by this ordinance to keep and preserve , for a
period of three (3) years, all records as may be necessary to
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determine the amount of such tax as he may have been liable for
the collection of any payment of the city, which records the
City Treasurer shall have the right to inspect at all reasonable
times .
39 . Section .1734 . 3 is amended to read:
S. 1734 . 3. REFUNDS.
(a) Whenever the amount of any tax, interest or penalty
has been overpaid or paid more than once or has been erroneously
or illegally collected or received by the city under this ordinance,
it may be refunded as provided in subparagraphs (b ) and (c) of
this section provided a claim in writing therefor, stating under
penalty of perjury the specific grounds upon which the claim is
founded, is filed with the City Treasurer within three ( 3) years of
the date of payment . The claim shall be on forms furnished by the
City Treasurer.
(b) An operator may claim a refund or take as credit
against taxes collected and remitted the amount overpaid; paid
more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received
when it is established in a manner prescribed by the City Treasurer
that the person from whom the tax has been collected was not a
transient; provided, however, that neither a refund nor a credit
shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has
either been refunded to the transient or credited to rent subse-
quently payable by the transient to the operator.
(c ) A transient may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid
or paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or
received by the city by filing a claim in the manner provided in
subparagraph (a) of this section, but only when the tax was paid
by the transient directly to the City Treasurer, or when the
transient having paid the tax to the operator, establishes to the
satisfaction of the City Treasurer that the transient has been
unable to obtain a refund from the operator who collected the tax.
(d) No refund shall be paid under the provisions of
this section unless the claimant established his right thereto by
written records showing entitlement thereto.
40. Section 1735 is amended to read:
S. 1735 . VIOLATIONS. MISDEMEANOR. Any person violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be punishable therefor by a fine of not more
. than Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 00) or by imprisonment in the city
jail for a period of not more than six (6 ) months or by both such
fine and imprisonment .
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Any operator or other person who fails or refuses to register
as required herein, or to furnish any return required to be
made, or who fails or refuses to furnish a supplemental return
or other data required by the City Treasurer or who renders a
false or fraudulent return or claim, is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and is punishable as aforesaid. Any 'person required to make ,
render, sign, claim, or; verify and report , or who makes any
false or fraudulent report or claim with intent to defeat or
evade the determination of any amount due required by this
ordinance to be made, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punish-
able as aforesaid.
41. Section 2111. 8(,j ) is amended to read:
S. 2111.8 . DEFINITIONS.
(j ) Solicitors and Canvassers . As used in this
Ordinance, "Solicitors and Canvassers are defined to be and
include any individual not having a fixed place of business within
the City of Huntington Beach who for himself, or as agent or
representative for or of another, in person or by telephone or
by any other means of communication is engaged in the business
of going from house to house and place to place or at or along
the streets of this city, offering to sell intangibles , such as
bonds or stock or oil or mining shares or units, or soliciting
or taking order for future delivery of articles, goods , wares
or merchandise , services or subscriptions inclusive of newspapers,
magazines , periodicals , books and all other publications , and
whether collecting advance payments or not, and inclusive of all
persons who thus go from place to place, and from house to house
within the city, in any like or analogous activities , and inclus-
ive of any and all such persons who may or may not engage in any
actual or purported interstate commerce . The terms solicitor and
canvasser shall not apply to commercial salesmen, agents and the
like who sell or take orders for the sale of wholesale goods to
persons maintaining a fixed place of business in this City who
are licensed as prescribed by this Ordinance.
42. Section 2114. 2. 11 is hereby repealed.
43. Section 2114. 2. 37 is hereby repealed.
44 . Section 2114 . 3 is hereby repealed.
45. Section 2150. 1 is amended to read:
S . 2150.1 . TERM OF LICENSE. The term of such
license shall be one (1) year commencing on July 1 of each year.
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At the end of the term of any license issued or renewed hereunder,
such license shall be of no further force and effect unless re-
newed as hereinafter provided.
46. Section 2151 is amended to read:
S. 2151 . ' LICENSE FEES REQUIRED. Every person
required by this article to have a license shall pay to the City
of Huntington Beach the fees hereinafter provided, in the manner
hereinafter provided:
(a) Prior to the issuance or renewal of such license ,
a base annual fee of Forty-eight Dollars ($48. 00 ) per well.
Such base annual fee shall apply to each well producing oil or
gas or both.
(b) For each fiscal year, and in addition to the base
annual fee, an amount equalling four cents ($0.04) per barrel
of oil produced by each well per quarter, less a credit of Twelve
Dollars ($12.00 ) per well per quarter. No carry over of credit
shall be permitted.
47. Section 2151.1 is amended to read:
S . 2151.1 . BASE ANNUAL FEE. WHEN DUE AND DELINQUENT.
The base annual- fee , required by this article , shall be due and
payable on or before July 1 of each fiscal year. Such base annual
fee shall be delinquent on the day following such due date .
48. Section 2371. 2 is amended to read:
S. 2371. 2. FORM OF NOTICE. The notice is to be
sent by the oil field superintendent and shall be as follows :
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Chapter 23
of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code , the City
Council has declared conditions such as those on
the property at
to constitute a public nuisance,
which must be abated by the removal of the objection-
able material or conditions . Otherwise , it will be
removed and the nuisance abated by the city, and the
cost of removal assessed upon the lands and buildings
from or in front of which the rubbish, refuse , etc . ,
are removed, and shall constitute a lien upon such
land until paid.
All those notified who have any objections to the
proposed removal of the above material are hereby
notified to attend the meeting of the Huntington
Beach City Council in the Council Chambers of City
Hall on the day of , 191
when such objections shall be heard and given due
consideration.
49. Section 2371. 3 is amended to read:
S. 2371. 3. HEARING AND RESOLUTION. Upon termination
of the hearing, the City Council, if it finds a nuisance, shall
pass the appropriate resolution directing action of said lots,
which resolution shall read as follows:
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, whereas the City Council caused
written notice to be sent to the recipient as
listed on the lists of lots , to clear said lots of
the objectionable matter; and
All parties desiring to object to said notice were
heard on this day of , 193
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordered that the oil field
superintendent abate the nuisance and assess the
cost to those responsible for the property as per
the above lists, as approved.
50. Section 2371. 4 is amended to read:
S. 2371 . 4 . WORK. COSTS REPORT. HEARING ON ASSESS-
MENTS. RESOLUTIONS.
(1) The lot-cleaning work shall proceed under the direction
of the oil field superintendent and may be done by city forces or
private contractor.
(2) The individual in charge of the work shall keep a record
and account of the costs of abatement .
(3) Upon completion of the work, a report shall be submitted
to the City Council and a hearing date set .
(4 ) The parties to be assessed shall receive by mail fifteen
(15) days prior to the hearing, the following notice to be sent by
the City Clerk:
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the day of
, 19 , at the hour of
P.M. , in the Council Chambers of City Hall ,
Huntington Beach, California, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach will hear and
pass upon the report of the oil field superin-
tendent containing the proposed sum to be assessed
against the following described property for abate-
ment of the nuisance thereon; and when and where
it will hear all objections or protests which may
be raised by any party liable to be assessed for
the costs of abatement, and any other interested
persons , and that any person interested may file
written protests with the City Clerk any time
prior to the time set for such hearing on said
report. Each such protest shall contain a des-
cription of the property in which the person
signing is interested and the grounds for such
protest. The property upon which the assessment
is proposed to be levied is described as follows:
(DESCRIPTION)
The proposed assessment is the sum of
(words)
(5) A copy of the work-and-costs report of the oil field
superintendent shall be posted for at least three (3 ) days prior
to its submission to the City Council on or near the bulletin
board located near the information desk on the first floor of
City Hall .
(6 ) Upon completion of the hearing, the City Council shall
resolve accordingly as follows:
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach that pursuant to Resolution
No. of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, adopted on the day of
. , 19 , the oil field
superintendent of the City of Huntington Beach
caused the abatement of the nuisance by clean-
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ing the lots indicated on the final list ,
attached hereto and by reference made a part
hereof; and
The oil field superintendent has filed with
the City Clerk a report of such' work; and
Public hearing was held by this Council on the
day of , 19 , at the
hour of P.M. , in the Council Chambers ,
City of Huntington Beach, after notice duly
published and mailed in time , form and manner
required by law; and
This Council has acquired jurisdiction to order
confirmation of the proposed assessments ;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach does hereby find, determine
and order as follows :
(a) The report of the oil field super-
intendent is hereby confirmed.
(b ) The sum of money listed as the costs
of abatement , as indicated on the attached lists
and incorporated herein, shall constitute a lien
for the amount of such assessment .
(c) Notice to pay such assessment shall be
sent to parties liable to be assessed.
(d) Notice of lien shall be filed in the
office of the County Recorder for each parcel on
the final list , and when recorded, shall be
delivered by the oil field superintendent to the
County Controller and Assessor who is expressly
authorized to enter the amount thereof in the
county assessment book opposite the description
of said parcel, and thereafter such amount shall
be collected at the time and in the same manner
as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and
shall be subject to the same penalties and the
same procedures under foreclosure and sale in
case of delinquency, as provided for ordinary
municipal taxes . ,
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(7 ) No property owner shall be held liable for the cost of
nuisance abatement unless said owner is also conducting oil
operations on the property upon which the nuisance exists . In
those cases where an oil lease supersedes the right of the
property owner to come upon the leased premises and effectuate
work thereon, the cost of nuisance abatement thereon shall be
assessed only against such leaseholder.
51 . Section 2392 is amended to read:
S. 2392 . ACTIVATION PERMIT REQUIRED. The operator
of any well subject to provisions of this article may file with
the Department of Oil Field Control an application for activation
of such well. In the case of a well whose drill site has not been
cleaned and restored, as required by Section 2363 of this code,
such application shall be filed within twenty (20 ) days after the
date of notice given pursuant to Section 2363 of this code, or
within twenty (20 ) days after determination of appeal therefrom
taken under Section 2304 of this code .
In the case of any well whose drill site has been cleaned and
restored, as required by Section 2363 of this code, the application
for permit under this article may be filed at any time.
52. Section 2399 . 5 is amended to read:
S. 2399 . 5 . APPEAL. Any decision made under this
article may be appealed to the City Council in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 2304 of this code .
53 . Section 2443 is amended to read:
S . 2443. ALLOWING DISORDERLY PERSON IN DANCE HALL.
It is unlawful for any person maintaining, conducting or carrying
on any public dance hall or having charge or control thereof, or
for any person employed in and about the same , to allow or permit
any intoxicated, boisterous or disorderly person, as defined in
California Penal Code Section 647, to enter, be or remain, or to
dance in any such public dance hall .
54 . Section 2444 is amended to read:
S . 2444 . DUTY TO MAINTAIN DECORUM. No person, as
principal, agent or otherwise , carrying on, maintaining or con-
ducting a public dance hall or a public dance in this city shall
permit any person or persons to indulge in any act which seriously
injures the person or property of another, or which seriously dis-
turbs or endangers the public peace or health, or which openly
outrages public decency in such public dance hall or in any of
the hallways leading thereto .
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55. Section 2445 is amended to read:
S. 2445. INDECOROUS CONDUCT. No person shall, in
any public dance hall or at any public dance, wilfully and wrong-
fully commit any act which seriously injures the person or property
of another, or which seriously disturbs or endangers the public
peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency in such
public dance hall or in any of the hallways leading thereto, or
in any anteroom or other public room adjunctive to and used as a
part or in connection with such dance hall -for the use or
accommodation of guests or patrons .
56. Section 2446 is hereby repealed.
57. Section 2652 is amended to read:
S. 2652 . CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. CARDS. Such
charitable institution or organization shall furnish to each
driver of every vehicle used to collect discarded property for
such institution, and to every individual employed to assist such
driver, an identification card containing the name of the charitable
institution or organization, the name and complete description of
the driver or individual employed to assist the driver, including
age , sex, height , weight, complexion and color of eyes and hair.
58. Chapter 29 , including Sections 2910 through 2982, is
hereby repealed.
59. Section 3134 is amended to read:
S. 3134 . ABATEMENT PROCEDURE. Whenever there
exists in any place within the City of Huntington Beach a public
nuisance , as defined by Section 0040 of this code, created by
industrial waste or dust , a health officer, police officer, or
the City Attorney shall notify in writing the record owner or
person having control or possession of such place or premises
to abate such nuisance .
60. Section 3412. 1 is hereby repealed.
61. Section 4031 is hereby repealed.
62. Section 4033 is hereby repealed.
63. Section 4035 is hereby repealed.
64. Section 4036 is hereby repealed.
65. Section 4041 is hereby repealed.
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66. Section 4042 is hereby repealed.
67. Section 4043 is hereby repealed.
68. Section 4044 is hereby repealed.
69. Section 4045 is hereby repealed.
70. Section 4046 is hereby repealed.
71. Section 4061 is amended to read:
S. 4061. It is hereby declared unlawful for any
person to sleep in any vehicle parked in any public place in the
City of Huntington Beach between the hours of 9 : 00 P.M. of one
day and 9:00 A.M. of the next day.
72. Section 4100 is added to read:
S . 4100 . TITLE OF CODE. This fire prevention code
shall be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach Fire
Prevention Code .
73. Section 4107,(a) is amended to read:
S. 4107. PENALTIES.
(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this code hereby adopted or fail to comply herewith, or who
shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder,
or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of
specifications of plans submitted and approved thereunder or any
certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal
has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as
affirmed or modified by the Huntington Beach Board of Appeals or
by a court of competent ,jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein,
shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance
respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of
not less than Twenty-five Dollars ( $25.00) , nor more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500. 00) , or by imprisonment for not less than
two (2) days nor more than six (6) months, or both such fine and
imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation
shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all
such persons shall be required to correct or .remedy such violations
or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise speci-
fied, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained
shall constitute a separate offense .
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74. Section 55411, first paragraph, is amended to read:
S. 5541. NOISES PROHIBITED. ' It shall be unlawful
for any person to make , continue; cause , or allow to be made or
continued, any loud, unnecessary, unusual or unreasonable noise
or any noise which annoys , disturbs ,. in,jures , or endangers the
comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the
limits of the City and the following acts and things , among
others, are declared to be loud, disturbing, injurious , unneces-
sary and unreasonable noises in violation of this part but said
enumerations shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely :
75 . Section 5541(k) is amended to read:
S. 5541.
(k) Construction or Re2airing of Buildings . The
erection (including excavating , demolition, alteration or repair
of any building other than between the hours of 7: 00 A.M. and
6 :00 P.M. on any day except Sundays , except in case of urgent
necessity in the interest of public health and safety and then
only with a permit from the Director of Building and Community
Development which permit may be granted for a period not to
exceed three (3) days or less while the emergency continues and
which permit may be renewed for periods of three ( 3) days or less
while the emergency continues . If the Director of Building and
Community Development should determine that the public health and
safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, alter-
ation or repair of any building or the excavation of streets and
highways within the hours of 6 : 00 P.M. and 7 :00 A.M. and if he
shall further determine that loss or inconvenience would result
to any part in interest , he may grant permission for such work to
be done within the hours of 6 :00 P.M. and 7: 00 A.M.
76 . Section 5541(m) is amended to read:
S. 5541 .
(m) Hawkers, Peddlers. The shouting and crying of
peddlers, hawkers and vendors which unreasonably disturbs the
peace and quiet of a neighborhood or of a considerable number
of persons .
77 . Section 5566 is amended to read:
S . 5566 . PENALTY . It shall be unlawful and an
INFRACTION for any person to abandon, park, store , or leave or
permit the abandonment, parking, storing or leaving of any
licensed or unlicensed vehicle or part thereof which is in an
abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative condition upon
any private property or public property not including highways
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within the City for a period in excess of ten (10) days unless
such vehicle or part thereof is completely enclosed within a
building in a lawful manner where it is not plainly visible
from the street or other public or private property, or unless
such vehicle is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private
property in connection with the business of a licensed dis-
mantler, licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard.
78. Section 5566. 1 is amended to read:
S. 5566 .1 . SAME. FAILURE TO REMOVE. It shall be
unlawful and an INFRACTION for any person to fail or refuse to
remove an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle
or part thereof or refuse to abate such nuisance when ordered to
do so in accordance with the abatement provisions of this article
or state law where such law is applicable .
79 . Section 6171 is hereby repealed.
80. Section 6171 is added to read:
S . 6171 . TWENTY-FIVE M. P .H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of
the portions of those streets hereinafter set forth, the City
Council does hereby determine and declare that the prima facie
limit of twenty-five ( 25) miles per hour would facilitate the
orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable
and safe upon said streets and that the prima facie limit of
speed on a portion of said streets shall be and is twenty-five
(25 ) miles per hour:
(a) Adams Avenue between Main Street and Lake Avenue.
(b) Holland Drive between Beach Boulevard and Marken
Lane .
(c) Huntington Street between Taylor Drive and York-
town Avenue.
(d) Main Street between Adams Avenue and Pacific
Coast Highway.
(e) Saybrook Lane between Monterey Lane and Davenport
Drive .
81. Section 6171 . 1 is hereby repealed.
82. Section 6171. 2 is hereby repealed.
83. Section 6172 is added to read:
S . 6172 . THIRTY M.P .H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT.
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Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the
portions of the streets hereinafter set forth, the City Council
does hereby determine and declare that a speed greater than the
prima facie limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour would
facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would
be reasonable and safe upon said streets; that a prima facie
speed limit of thirty (30 ) miles per' hour is the most appro-
priate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is
reasonable and safe ; and that the prima facie limit of speed
on a portion of said streets shall be and Is thirty (30) miles
per hour:
(a) Bolsa Chica Street between Warner Avenue and
south city limits .
(b) Channel Lane between Admiralty Drive and Gilbert
Drive.
(c) Delaware Street between Indianapolis Avenue. and
Detroit Avenue.
(d) Huntington Street between Adams Avenue and
Atlanta Avenue .
(e) Indianapolis Avenue between Beach Boulevard and
Brookhurst Street .
(f) Orange Avenue between 17th Street and Main Street .
(g) Parkside Lane between Edinger Avenue and Holt
Avenue.
84 . Section 6173 is added to read:
S. 6173. THIRTY-FIVE M. P.H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of
the portions of the streets hereinafter set forth, the City
Council does hereby determine and declare that a speed greater
than the prima facie limit of twenty-five ( 25) miles per hour
would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and
would be reasonable and safe upon said streets ; that a prima
facie speed limit of thirty-five ( 35) miles per hour is the most
appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and
is reasonable and safe ; and that the prima facie limit of speed
on portions of the following streets shall be and is thirty-five
(35) miles per hour:
(a) Davenport Drive between Baruna Lane and Algonquin
Street.
(b) Delaware Street between Main Street and Yorktown
Avenue .
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(c) Delaware Street between Adams Avenue and Indiana-
polis Avenue .
(d) Edwards Street between Bolsa Avenue and north
city limits .
(e) Ellis Avenue between 'Delaware Street and Beach
Boulevard.
(f) Gothard Street between Warner Avenue and Main
Street .
(g) Graham Street between Heil Avenue and Warner
Avenue .
(h) Heil Avenue between Beach Boulevard and east
city limits .
(i) Huntington Street between Atlanta Avenue and
Pacific Coast Highway .
(j ) Lake Avenue between 17th Street and Pacific Coast
Highway . ,
(k) Main Street between Mansion Avenue and Adams
Avenue .
(1 ) Mansion Avenue between Goldenwest Street and 17th
Street.
(m) Monterey Lane between Edinger Avenue and Saybrook
Lane .
(n) Palm Avenue between Goldenwest Street and Main
Street .
(o) Rancho Road between Bolsa Chica Street and east
city limits.
(p) Sher Lane between Edinger Avenue and Juliette Low
Drive .
(q) Yorktown Avenue between 17th Street and Beach
Boulevard.
(r) 17th Street between Florida Street and Pacific
Coast Highway. ,
85 . Section 6174 is added to read :
S. 6174 . FORTY M. P.H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the
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portions of the streets hereinafter set forth, the City Council
does hereby determine and declare that a speed greater than the
prima facie limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour would
facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would
be reasonable and safe upon said streets ; that a prima facie
speed limit of forty (40 ) miles per hour is the most appropriate
to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable
and safe; and that the prima facie limit of speed on a portion
of said streets shall be and is forty (40) miles per hour :
(a) Adams Avenue between Lake Avenue and Beach
Boulevard.
(b) Algonquin Street between Warner Avenue and Heil
Avenue.
(c) Atlanta Avenue between Lake Avenue and Brookhurst
Street.
(d) Banning Avenue between Magnolia Street and Brook-
hurst Street .
(e) Center Avenue east of Gothard Street.
(f) Delaware Street between Yorktown Avenue and Adams
Avenue.
(g) Edinger Avenue between Beach Boulevard and west
city limits.
(h) Edwards Street between Bolsa Avenue and Slater
Avenue .
(i) Ellis Avenue between Beach Boulevard and east
city limits .
(J ) Ellis Avenue between Goldenwest Street and Gothard
Street .
(k) Florida Street between Main Street and Garfield
Avenue .
(1) Garfield Avenue between Goldenwest Street and
Newland Street .
(m) Goldenwest Street between McFadden Avenue and
north city limits .
(n) Goldenwest Street between Mansion Avenue and
Pacific Coast Highway .
(o) Gothard Street between McFadden Avenue and Edinger
Avenue .
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(p ) Graham Street between Edinger Avenue and Heil
Avenue .
(q) Graham Street between Warner Avenue and south
city limits .
(r) Hamilton Avenue between Newland Street and east
city limits.
(s) Heil Avenue between Saybrook Lane and Beach
Boulevard.
(t) Main Street between Beach Boulevard and Mansion
Avenue.
(u) McFadden Avenue between Bolsa Chica Street and
Graham Street .
(v) McFadden Avenue between Goldenwest Street to east
city limits .
(w) Newland Street between Heil Avenue and Pacific
Coast Highway.
(x) Orange Avenue between Goldenwest Street and 17th
Street .
(y) Slater Avenue between Newland Street and west
city limits .
(z ) Springdale Street between Edinger Avenue and
Talbert Avenue .
(aa) Talbert Avenue between Goldenwest Street and
Newland Street .
(bb) Yorktown Avenue between Beach Boulevard and Ward
Street .
86. Section 6175 is added to read:
S. 6175 . FORTY-FIVE M.P.H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of
the portions of streets hereinafter set forth, the City Council
does hereby determine and declare that the prima facie speed
limit of sixty-five (65 ) miles per hour is more than is reasonable
or safe ; that a speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour is
the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic
and is reasonable and safe; and that the prima facie limit of
speed on portions of the following streets shall be and is forty-
five (45 ) miles per hour :
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(a) Adams Avenue between Beach Boulevard and east
city limits.
(b) Bolsa Avenue between Springdale Street and
Goldenwest Street .
(c ) Bolsa Chica Street between Edinger Avenue and
Warner Avenue.
(d) Brookhurst Street between Garfield Avenue and
Hamilton Avenue.
(e) Bushard Street between Garfield Avenue and
Brookhurst Street .
(f) Edinger Avenue between Beach Boulevard and east
city limits.
(g) Edwards Street between Slater Avenue and Garfield
Avenue .
(h) Ellis Avenue between Edwards Street and Golden-
west Street.
(i) Garfield Avenue between Newland Street and Ward
Street .
(J ) Garfield Avenue between Edwards Street and
Goldenwest Street .
(k) Goldenwest Street between McFadden Avenue and
Slater Avenue.
(1) Gothard Street between Edinger Avenue and Warner
Avenue .
(m) Graham Street between Bolsa Avenue and Edinger
Avenue .
(n) Huntington Street between Adams Avenue and
Yorktown Avenue .
(o) Magnolia Street between Heil Avenue and Pacific
Coast Highway.
(p) McFadden Avenue between Graham Street and Golden-
west Street.
(q) Springdale Street between Edinger Avenue and north
city limits .
(r) Ward Street between Yorktown Avenue and Garfield
Avenue .
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(s) Warner Avenue between Magnolia Street and Pacific
Coast Highway.
87 . Section 6176 is added to read:
S. 6176. FIFTY M.P .H. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the
portions of streets hereinafter set forth, the City Council does
hereby determine and declare that the prima facie speed limit of
sixty-five (65 ) miles per hour is more than is reasonable and
safe; that a speed of fifty (50) miles per hour is the most
appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and
is reasonable and safe ; and that the prima facie limit of speed
on portions of the following streets shall be and is fifty (50 )
miles per hour:
(a) Bolsa Avenue between Bolsa Chica Street and
Springdale Street .
(b) Bolsa Chica Street between Rancho Road and
Edinger Avenue.
(c) Brookhurst Street between Hamilton Avenue and
Pacific Coast Highway .
(d) Goldenwest Street between Slater Avenue and
Mansion Avenue .
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S. 6177. SPEED LIMITS ON STATE HIGHWAYS . The
State of California has established the following prima facie
speed limits:
(a) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from
160 feet south of 12th Street to 800 feet north of Huntington
Street is thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
(b) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from
the north city limits to 800 feet south of Warner Avenue is
forty (40) miles per hour.
(c) The speed limit on Beach Boulevard from the north
city limits to 320 feet south of Holland Drive is forty-five (45 )
miles per hour.
(d) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from 150
feet south of 20th Street to 160 feet south of 12th Street is
forty-five (45) miles per hour.
(e ) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from 800
feet north of Huntington Street to 900 feet south of Beach
Boulevard is forty-five (45) miles per hour.
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(f) The speed limit on Beach Boulevard from 320 feet
south of Holland Drive to 300 feet south of Indianapolis Avenue
is fifty (50) miles per hour.
(g) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from
6,200 feet north of Goldenwest Street to 150 feet south of
20th Street is fifty (50) miles per hour.
(h) The speed limit on Beach Boulevard from 300 feet
south of Indianapolis Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway is fifty-
five (55) miles per hour.
(i) The " speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from
800 feet south of Warner Avenue to 6,200 feet north of Golden-
west Street is fifty-five (55 ) miles per hour.
(J ) The speed limit on Pacific Coast Highway from
900 feet south of Beach Boulevard 'to the south city limits is
fifty-five (55 ) miles per hour.
89 . Section 6325 is amended to read:
S. 6325 . SAME. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND TRAILER
PARKING PROHIBITED. No person shall park and leave standing
any truck, tractor, trailer, bus , house car, or any commercial
or other vehicle with a manufacturer' s rated capacity greater
than three-quarter ( 3/4 ) ton, or any item of farm machinery or
special purpose machine , or any house trailer, for a period of
time longer than two (2) hours of any day upon any public
street or highway in the City , except while loading or unloading
property, or when such vehicle is parked in connection with, and
in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in
the block in which such vehicle is parked.
90. Article 662 is hereby repealed.
91. Section 6551 is amended to read:
S. 6551 . COLLECTION OF COINS FROM METERS. It
shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to designate some person
or persons to make regular collections of the money deposited
in said parking meters, and to deliver the money to the City
Treasurer. .
92. Section 6552 is amended to .read:
S. 6552 . PARKING METER FUND. It is the duty of
the City Treasurer to count the money and to place it in a special
fund to be known as the "Parking Meter Fund", which fund shall
be used exclusively for the purposes specified in Section 6554 .
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93. Section 7011 is amended to read:
S. 7011 . DRESSING IN PUBLIC PLACES. No person
shall dress or undress for the purpose of putting on or taking
off a bathing garment in or upon any public street, alley or
other public place, or underneath any pier or wharf in the City,
or upon any public beach, or within -any public toilet, or
within a vehicle other than a house trailer, motorhome, or
camper designed for living purposes.
94. Section 7141 is hereby repealed:
95 . Section 7511.15 is amended to read:
S. 7511. 15. CLIMBING ON RAILS OF MUNICIPAL PIER OR
BRIDGES. No person shall sit , walk or balance on the rails of
the municipal pier or public bridges or climb upon, over or
under such rails , or sit , walk, balance or climb upon or over
any cement walls which may be adjacent to such rails .
96. Section 7511. 23 is amended to read:
S. 7511 . 23. SPEAKER SYSTEMS. No person shall play,
use or operate, or permit to be played, used or operated, any
radio, receiving set , musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker,
sound amplifier or other machine or device for producing or re-
producing of sound upon the beach, pier, beach service road or
municipal parking lot, at such a volume as to unreasonably
disturb the peace , quiet and comfort of persons who are not
voluntary listeners thereto. This section does not apply to
the regularly employed safety service personnel of the city who
use said safety equipment in the course of their daily operations,
nor to any public address system authorized by Section 7554 .
97. Section 7910. 2. first paragraph, is amended to read :
S. 7910 . 2 . APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. Any person
desiring to organize, produce , direct, conduct , manage , institute
or carry on a parade shall, not less than forty (40 ) nor more
than one hundred eighty (180 ) days before the date on which it
is proposed to conduct such parade , file with the Chief of Police
verified application for permit . Such application must be prepared,
signed, verified and filed by a responsible person, not less than
eighteen (18 ) years of age . If such application indicates that
the sponsor of such parade is an organization, the application
shall be prepared, signed, verified and filed by an officer of
such organization, who. is not less than eighteen (18) years of
age .
98. Section 7913 (c ) is amended to read:
S. 7913.
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(c) That the permittee has not provided for the
services of monitors , who must be over eighteen (18) years
of age, to control the orderly conduct of the parade in con-
formity with such permit ; and
99. Section 7914 (1) is amended to read:
S. 7914 .
(i) The number of persons over, the age of eighteen
(18) years required to monitor the parade;
100 . Section 8110 is added to read:
S. 8110. TITLE OF CODE. This building code
shall be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach
Building Code .
101. Section 8120 is added to read:
S. 8120 . TITLE OF CODE. This housing code shall
be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach Housing Code .
102 . Section 8140 is added to read:
S. 8140. TITLE OF CODE. This swimming pool code
shall be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach Swim-
ming Pool Code .
103. Section 8210 is added to read:
S. 8210. TITLE OF CODE. This electrical code
shall be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach
Electrical Code .
104 . Section 8310 is added to read:
S. 8310. TITLE OF CODE. This mechanical code
shall be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach
Mechanical Code.
105 . Section 8410 is added to read:
S. 8410 . TITLE OF CODE. This plumbing code shall
be known as and referred to as the Huntington Beach Plumbing Code .
SECTION 2 . This .ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly news-
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paper, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the
19th day of August , 1974 .
ATTEST: Mayor
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Administrator City Attorne
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