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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1057 , ORDINANCE NO. 1057 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS AND FOWL ON PUBLIC STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PARKWAYS IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA. THE CI'I'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. No person shall feed or make any food or edi- ble thing available to any animal or fowl in, on or upon any publiC street, sidewalk or parkway in the City of Arcadia. SECTION 2. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for preserving the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. A statement of the reasons for its urgency is declared to be as fol- lows: Numerous fowl, particularly peacocks, abound in the City of Arcadia and a,ttract numerous visitors to the City. The f'eeding of.' animals and fowl in or on public streets, sidewalks, and park- ways in t~e City causes excessive congestion of vehicles on City streets and congregations of people, animals and fowl in the public streets, thereby preventing not only the normal use of public streets by through ~raffic but precluding the use of such streets by police, fire and other emergency vehicles, thereby hampering the rendition of emergency services, jeopardizing the health, safety and welfare of people and endangering property in the City. It is therefore necessary that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its adoption. SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the Arcadia -l- 1057 , City Jailor in the County Jail for not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred and nO/lOa Dollars ($500.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 4. Tne City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 191;h day of May , 1959, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Jacobi, Camphouse, Balser, Reibold and Phillips NOES: None ABSENT: None Deputy Ci a SIGNED AND APPROVED th~~ 1959. ayor 0 e y 0 Acadia Deputy (SEAL) -2- 1057