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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1149 ORDINANCE NO. 1149 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCAD~A, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING THE TITLE OF PART I OF CHAPTER 2 OF ARTICLE IIj BY REPEALING DIVISION I OF PART I OF CHAPTER 2 OF ARTICLE II THEREOF; BY ADDING A NEW DIVISION I COMPRISING TITLES I AND 2 THERETOj AND BY REPEALING SECTION 2212.3,' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the title of Part I - Civil Defense and Disaster Council - of Chapter 2 of Article II of the Arcadia Muni- cipal Code is hereby amended to read Part I - Civil Defense and Disaster. SECTION 2. That Division I of Chapter 2 of Article II of the Arcadia Municipal Code and Sections 2211 through 2211.2 thereof are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That Section 2212.3 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby :repealed. SECTION 4. That the Arcadia Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended by adding to Part I of Chapter 2 of Article II thereof a new Division I entitled Civil Defense and Disaster Board consisting of' Titles I and 2, the same to read as follows: ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 2. DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PAF.T 1. CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER DIVISION, I. CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER BOARD TITLE I. CREATION, MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS 2211.1. CREATION. Pursuant to Article VII of the Arcadia Charter, there is hereby created and established a Civil Defense and -l- 1149 Disaster Board of the City. 2211.1.1. MEMBERSHIP. The Civil Defense and Disaster Board shall consist of seven members. 22ll.I.2. MEETINGS. The Civil Defense and Disaster Board shall meet at leas t once every calendar month ,upon a day, at a time, rold in a place designated from time to time by resolu- tion adopted by the Council, and at such other times as such Board may deem necessary or advisable. TITLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES 2211. 2. POWERS AND DUTIES. It shall be the duty of the Civil Defense and Disaster Board and it is hereby empowered to re- view and recommend for adoption by the Council civil defense and disaster and mutual aid plans a~d agreements and such ordinances and resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to imple- ment such plans and agreements. 22ll.2.1. SAME. The Civil Defense and Disaster Board shall investigate, study the latest available information and make recommendations concerning civil defense and disaster problems and their solution. 22ll.2.2. SAME. FALLOUT. Such studies and recommenda- tions shall include but not be limited to the types, efficiency, cost and location of fallout shelters, both public and private, means of civil defense education, the storage of food, water and medical supplies, and the handling of evacuees from other areas. SECTION 5. This ordinance is hereby declared by the City Council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, health and safety. A statement of the facts consti- tuting its urgency is as follows: The rapidly deteriorating world situation and the menacing possibility of nuclear attack makes it imperative that civil defense and disaster plans and preparations -2- n49 be brought up to date and expedited in the light of present knowl- edge and conditions. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted adjourned at a/regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the lOth day of October , 1961, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, Camphouse, Phillips, Reibold and Balser NOES: None ABSENT: None ~~oo~~~~~ SIGNED AND APPROVED this lOth day of October , 1961. ~fifi/~ f)Atr~ Mt;or 0 he Ci y of rca ia ATTEST: @~~~a~~AJ Ci y erk (SEAL) -- -3- 1149