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ORDINANCE NO. 1548
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ADDING
SECTION 6436.l3 TO THE ARCADIA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
CHRISTMAS TREE SALES AND
DECLARING THE' URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION l. Section 6436.13 is hereby added to the
Arcadia Muni.cipal Code to read as follows:
"6436.13. Pre-existing retail businesses engaging
in Christmas tree sales on their property may store
such trees outside of their building between
December 1 and December 25 of each year. Such
trees may only be stored on:
(a) Private pedestrian walkways adjacent
to such business in such a manner as
to provide reasonable pedestrian
passageway along the length of such
walkway; or
(b) The parking lot area of such business,
provided that not more than ten per-
cent (10%) of the total required
parking spaces shall be used and that
there shall be 'no interference with the
normal flow of traffic in the parking
lot. "
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SECTION 2. This is an urgency ordinance and is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public welfare' for the
reason that a commonly accepted practice of Christmas observance
could be disturbed in the event the normal sale and distribution
of Christmas trees was diminished and the effective date of a
regular ordinance would not be in time to give appropriate relief.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon
the date of its adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance.
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
4th day of
November
, 1975, by the
affirmative vote of at least four Council members, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Helms, Lauber, Saelid, Scott and Gilb
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
City of Arcadia
City Clerk of
SIGNED AND APPROVED this
4th
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Mayor of the City of Arcadia
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City Clerk
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