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ORDINANCE :NO.~23
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE PREVENTION, REGULATING THE
BURNING OF BRUSH, RUBBISH OR OTHER MATERIALS, FOR THE PROTECTION
OF FffiE HOSE, FIRE APPARATUS AND THE WATER SYSTEM OF SAID CITY OF
ARCADIA, PROHIBITING THE TAKING, OF WATER WITHOUT PERMISSION~ OF AN
AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF SAID CITY, ESTABLISHING AN INCINERATOR DIS-
TRICT, CREATHlG THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. '
ESTABLISHING A ,DISTRICT NORTH OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AS A FIRE
HAZARD, PROVIDING FOR INCINERATORS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, RE-
PEALING ORDINANCES NOS. l20, 154, 199 AND ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN AS
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SECTION 1:
That Ordinance No, 120 of the City of
12 Aroadia entitled, "An Ordinance of the Board of TrusteeB of t'he
13 City of Arcadia regulating the burning of brush, rubbiBh or
14 other materials within Baid City and for the proteotion of fire
15 hose, fire apparatus and the water system of Baid City, and pro-
16 hibiting the taking of water without permission of said water
17 system", approved April 18, 1923, be and the same iB hereby
18 repealed.
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SECTION 2:
That Ordinance No. l54 of the City of
20 Aroadia entitled, "An Ordinanoe of the Board of Trustees of the
21 City of Aroadia relating to fire protection and prevention",
22 approved May 6, 1925, be and the same is hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3:
That Ordinance No. 199 of the City of
Aroadia entitled, "An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Aroadia amending Seotion 128 of Ordinance No. 81 and
alBo amending Seotion 7 of Ordinance No. 154 of Baid City of
Aroadia", approved May l8, 1927, be and the Bame is hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 4:
That all OrdinanceB or partB of ordinances
30 in conflict with thiB Ordinance, be and the same are hereby re-
31 peal ed.
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SECTION 5:
That the offioe of Chief of the Arcadia
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SECTION 6:
The Chief of the Aroadia City Fire Depart-
3 ment shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Aroadia
4 and Bhall hold offioe at the pleasure of the City Council; the
5 City Counoil shall alBo fix theoompensation of the Chief of the
6 Fire Department.
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SECTION 7:
Fire Marshal.
If no appointment iB made
8 to the offioe of Fire Marshal, the Chief of the Fire Department
9 of the City of Arcadia shall be ex-offioio Fire MarBhal and Bhall
10 perform all the duties, and be vested with all the powers of such
11 Fire MarBhal,
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REPEALED 58 SECTION 8:
ORD. No. 1
of the Fire Department
Authority to Appoint Deputies.
The Chief
shall have authority to appoint Deputies,
14 Buch appointments being subjeot to the approval of the City Coun-
15 oil. The Deputies shall be BUbjeot to removal either by the
16 Chief of the Fire Department or by the City Counoil.
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SECT ION 9:
Duties of the Chief of the Fire Department.
18 It Bhall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department and his
19 deputies to enforoe the proviBions of th1B Ordinanoe and all other
20 ordinances of the City of Arcadia for fire pro,tection or fire
21 prevention; to report to the City Council any conditions existing
22 within the corporate limits of the City of Arcadia likely to oause
23 destruction of life or property by fire and make reoommendations
24 to the City Counoil'how to remedy the same.
25 REPEALED SECTION 10: Authority to Enter Upon Premises. The
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26 Chief of the Fire Department and his deputies shall have the right
27 to enter upon any premises within the corporate limitB of the
28 City of Aroadia at all reasonable hOurB for the purpose of in-
29 Bpecting the premiseB for fire riskB or fire hazardB existing
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SECTION ll:
Firemen Badges.
It shall be unlawful for
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1 fireman's badge, unlesB suoh person belongB to and is a member of
2 the Fire Department, or has been given the authority to oarry, or
3 have in hiB posBeBsion, such badge.
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SECTION 12:
Right-of-Way.
It shall be unlawful for
;; any pEll:'BOn to park, or drive any automobile or other vehiole in
6 any Btreet or alley within Bix hundred (600) feet of any burning
7 building or, other burning Btruoture; or to park any vehicle with-
8 in fifteen (15) feet of any fire hydrant at any time,
9 The Fire Department, firemen and their apparatus of all
10 kindB and publio offioials of the City of Aroadia, when gOing to
11 or on duty at a fire, or responding to calls or alarms, shall have
12 the right-of-way over all other persons and vehioleB of all kinds,
13 on any street or through any prooeBsion. It Bhall be unlawful ~or
14 the driver of any vehicle in or upon any street in the City, or an
15 perBon 'stand 1ng or walking in any Buch Btreet, to refuBe Or
16 negleot to allow the right-of-way to any fireman or apparatus of
17 the Fire Department, when the same is going to or on duty at a
18 fire.
19 Upon the approach of any apparatuB of the Fire Depart-
20 mant, the driver of any vehicle in or upon any street Bhall im-
21 mediately stop Buch veh~ole, aB near as posBible to the right
22 hand ourb of such street, and it shall be unlawful for any Buch
23 driver to oause or permit suoh vehiole to be moved until such
24 apparatus shall have passed such vehicl e not leBs than five
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hundred (500) feet.
RE~EAlm SECTION 13:
ORO, No. 7Ci'
for any perBon, firm or
Driving Over Hose.
It Bhall be unlawful
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corporation to run or oonduct any animal
28 or vehiole over, upon or againBt any fire hOBe, or to tamper or
29 interfere with any fire apparatus of the City of Arcadia,
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SECTION l4:
Driving or Parking Near Fire.
Tha tit
31 Bhall be unlawful for any person, other than the members of the
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1 drive or park any vehiole wi thin 500 feet 0 f the location 0 f any
2 fire to whioh the Fire Department has been sUmmoned; provided
3 however, that all persons Bhall have reaBonable opportunity to
4 drive out of the area affected thereby, and while BO driving out
5 shall not be deemed to be in violation hereof, There is also
G excepted from the operation hereof, any ambulanoe or person en-
7 tering the area affeoted hereby for the purpose of saving life or
8 property or preventing or relieving injury to perBonB.
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SECTION l5:
Fire HydrantB.
It Bhall be unlawful for
10 any person to break, tap, open or in any way inj~e any fire
11 hydrant, water main, pipe, oonduit, or reservoir in the City of
12 Aroadia, without permiBsion to do BO from the Chi ef of the Fire
13 Department and the ~ater Superintendent.
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SECTION 16:
Drawin~ Water from Fire Hydrants.
It
15 shall be unlawful for any perBon; firm, or oorporation, to draw,
16 or take or cause to be drawn or taken, any water from any fire
17 hydrant, water main, pipe, conduit or reBervoir, or caUBe any
18 water to flow therefrom, without firBt obtaining a permit in
19 writing from the Chief of the Fire Department and Water Superin-
20 tendent; provided, however, that the proviBions of this Section
21 shall not apply to the offioers or employeeB of the City of Ar-
22 oadia, when taking water from any Buch hydrant, water main or
23 pipe, cOl).duit or reservoir for munioipal purp10ses or to users of
24 Buoh water in the regular oourse,
25 RE~EAlEll 7 ~g SECTION l7: Aooumulation of Combustible RubbiBh.
ORO, 110,
26 That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to,
27 oause or permit any combustible rubbish belonging to or under the
28 control of Buch person, firm or oorporation, to aooumulate or
29 remain within ~hirty (30) feet of any building within the City of
30 Aroadia for a period longer than forty-eight (48) hours,
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SECTION l8:
CombuBtible WaBte Materials,
Any person, firm or corporation in the City of Arcadia,
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1 making, uSing or having the oharge or oontrol of paper, shavingB,
2 hay, straw, saoks, bagB, ragB, litter or any other oombustible
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day, oaUSe the same to be disposed of or removed so aB to be Bafe
from fire. REPEALED
ORD. No. 7.5' fJ
B - Every empty box, barrel or package oOIlBtructed of wood,
paper or other inflammable material, and all exoelsior, hay,
straw or other inflammable material located outside of any build-
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10 in the City of Aroadia, shall be removed therefrom by the owner,
11 lessee Or other person in pOBsession of any such lot or premiBes,
12 within twenty-four (24) hours after the reoeipt of a notioe from
13 the Chief of the Fire Department of said City, directing the
14 removal of any,~uoh box, barrel, paokage, exoelsior,hay, Btraw
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or other inflammable material.
RE~EAlEll 15'D SECTION 19: Oily Waste or Oily Rags. That it shall
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be unlaWful for any person, firm or oorporation to cause or per-
18 mit to be kept within said City of Aroadia, any oily waste or
19 Oily rags belonging to or under the oontrol of. Buch perBon, firm
20 or oorporation, unless at all times when not actually in use,
21 Buoh waBte or rags Bhall be kept in a metal oontainer with self
22 cloeing cove~ and riveted joints and supported by metal legs
23 high enough to remove the bottom of such container at leaBt five
24 (5) inches from the floor or Burfaoe upon which it BtandB.
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Burning In Open.
That it shall be un:"
firm or oorporation to set fire to, ignite
27 or burn any material in the open air within twenty-five (25)'
28 feet from any bUilding or structure within Baid City of Aroadia
29 and without oontinuous and oompetent superviBion.
30 AMENDED 75i SECTION 21: Time to Burn WeedB. It shall be unlaw-
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or premises, any weeds, grasB, brush, papers or oombustible
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materials of any kind in that portion of the City of Aroadia lying
South of the oenter line of Foothill Boulevard in Baid City, ex-
oept between the hOurB of six o'olock A. M. and eleven o'clock
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'A. M. of any day when there iB no wind blowing liable to spread
or scatter fire or sparkB from any such burning: provided, that
a speoial written permit may be obtained from the Chief of ~he
Fire Department in his diBcretion to do such burning at any other
time.
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AMENDED ""-" SECTION 22:
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lawful for any person
Fire Breaks Required.
It shall be un-
to ignite, set fire to or burn any weedB, ,
grasB or other waste materials upon any lot or premiseB within the
City of Arcadia unless fire breaks be first made to protect from
Buoh fireB all trees, flowerB, shrubbery, fences, structureB or
buildings on the lot or premiBeB and on the lot or premises adja-
oent to such lot or premiBeB.
AMENDED ~ SECTION 23: Keeping Combustible Material Near Door.
ORD, No. '7
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep
or to caUBe or permit to be kept, any explosive or inflammable
oompound or oombustible material of any kind near any doorway or
Btairway of any building, in such plaoe or manner aB to obstruot
Buch doorway or Btairway or render egress hazardous in caBe of
fire.
AMENDED 5"11 SECTION 24: Duty to Build InoineratorB. It shall be
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the duty of every perBon, firm or corporation who buildB, oon-
struotB or oaUBeB to be built or oonBtructed any house, dwelling
or other structure to be uBed for reBidential purpoeeB, to inBtall
and maintain an incinerator oonBtructed of fire proof materials,
for the use of the family of each such houBe, dwelling or other
Btruoture for burning brush, trash, papers, waBte, oombustible
materialB other than garbage.
Suoh incinerator must be looated at least ten feet from
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any bUilding or Btruoture or combustible materialB of any kind
and at least twenty-five (25) feet from any dwelling houBe, ex-
oept when it is the type that is built into and as a part of the
building; and alBo be so looated as to oause as little annoyance
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to any neighbor and aB little danger of oausing fire aB oonditionB
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ORD. No. 75'8
It mUBt be so oonBtructed and covered with a heavy wire
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mesh or other devioe that no sparks or burning materials may eB-
9 oape therefrom. Such inoinerator shall be Bubject to the approval
10 of the Chief of the Fire Department as to its oonBtruction, loca-
11 tion and operation, and the operation of any Buoh inoinerator
12 after it has been condemned, without making all ohanges ordered
13 made in the same by written order of the Chief of the Fire Depart-
14. ment, shall be deemed a violation of this Ordinance,
15 ~~~.NZ~~ 15'8 SECTION 25: - Burning in InoineratorB - Time Ylhen Per-
16 mitted. It Bhall be unlawful for any perBon, firm or oorporation
17 to build Or allow any fire in any inoinerator in the City of
18 Arcadia exoept between the hours of six o'olook A. M. and eleven
19 o'olock A. M, of any day, and at a time when there iB not Buffi-
20 oient wind to cause the spread of fire from the operation of such
21 inoinerator; provided however, that a special written permit may
22 be obtained from the Chief of the Fire Department in hiB disore-
23 tion, to burn in an incinerator at other timeB.
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ORD. No. 75'"9
lawful for
any perBon, firm or oorporation to ignite, set fire to
Inoinerator District.
It shall be un-
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or burn in any open exposed or outdoor fire, any rubbish, paper,
Bhavings, boxes, bruBh, weeds, crates, excelsior, hay, Btraw or
other, inflammable material, upon any lot, pieoe or parcel of land
her~inafter deBoribed or within the boundaries thereofl
All that property in the City of Arcadia, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, within the follo~ng described ex-
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1 DR\). \'\0, PARCEL NO.1 - All that property wi thin the Ci ty of Arcadia
2 lying North of Foothill Boulevard.
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PARCEL NO. 2 -
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 8,
4 C, B, Clapp's Subdivieion, as per map recorded in Book 31, Page
5 30, IMsoellaneouB Reoords of said County; thenoe South along the
G ~est line of said Lot 8 to a point thereon distant 150 feet South
7 from the Northwest corner of said Lot 8; thenoe East in a direot
8 line and parallel with the South line of Foothill Boulevard to the
9 WeBt line of First Avenue; thence North along the West line of
10. First Avenue to the South line of Foothill Boulevard; thenoe West
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of Foothill Boulevard to the plaoe of be-
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ORD. "0. 7.:> g
Beginning at the Northweet corner of Lot 20,.
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Block 82, Santa Anita Tract, as per map recorded in Book 15, Pages
89 and 90, MiBoellaneoUB Records of said County; thenoe South in
a direot line to the Northeast corner of Lot 14, Blook 74, of Baid
Tract; thence West in a direot line to the Northwest corner of
Lot 3 in said Blook 74; thence South in a direot line to the
Southwest oorner of Lot 32, Blook 7~ of said Traot; thenoe East
in a direot line to the SoutheaBt oorner of Lot 21 in Baid Blook
73; thenoe South in a direot line to the SouthweBt oorner of Lot
15 in'Baid Blook 73; thenoe East in a direot ,line to the South-
eaBt corner of Lot 1, Block 72 of Baid Traot; thence North in a
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direct line to the Southwest corner of Lot 33 in said Blook 72;
thence EaBt in a direot line to the SoutheaBt corner of Lot 19
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in said Blook 72; thenoe NortheaBterly in a direct line to a
point in the EaBt line of'Seoond Avenue distant 110 feet South
from the South line of Huntington Drive; thence East parallel with
and llO feet South from the South line of Huntington Drive to a
poin t in the \leBt line of Lot 25, Tract No, 8504, aB per map
reoorded in Book 107, Page 56 of I~ps, Reoords of said County;
thence North to the Northwest corner of said Lot 25; thenoe East
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1 to the Northeast corner of. Lot 7 of Baid Tract No. 8504; thenoe
2 South along the East line of Baid Lot 7 to a point distant 110
3 feet South from the South line of Huntington Drive; thenoe East
4 parallel with and llO feet South from the South line of Huntington
f5 Drive to the West line of Fifth Avenue;. thence North along said'
6 West line of .Fifth Avenue to a point distant llO feet North from
7 the North line of Huntington Drive; thenoe West parallel with and
8 llO feet North from the North line of Huntington Drive to the
9 EaBt line of Seoond Avenue; thenoe Southwesterly in a direot
10 line to the Southeasterly corner of Lot l6, Blook 75, in aforeBaid
11 Santa Anita Traot; thence Northwesterly and along the Northeast-
12 erly line of Lots 16, 15 and 14 in said Blook 75 and Wes t along
13 the North line of Lot 14 in said Blook 75 to the NorthweBt oorner
14 of said Lot 14; thenoe West in a direct line to the Northwest
15 oorner of Lot 4 in said Block 75; thenoe North in a direct line
16 to the NortheaBt corner of Lot 36, Block 83 of Baid Santa Anita
17 Traot; thence WeBt in a direct line to the plaoe of beginning.
18 ~ PARCEL NO. 4 - All of Lo t 3, Traot No. 949, as per map re-
19 corded in Book 17, Page l3 of Maps, Reoords of said County.
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21 Block 68t, Tract No. 866, aB per map recorded in Book 16, Pages
22 198 and 199 of MaPB, Reoords of said County; thenoe EaBt to the
23 Northeast corner .of sai d Lot 3; thence South to the Southeast
24 oorner of Lot 1 of Baid Blook 6&}; thence Southerly to the North-
25 east oorner of Lot 1, Block 1, Traot No. 101, ae per map recorded
26 in Book 13, Page 52 of l~ps, Reoords of said County; thenoe South
27 to the Southeast oorner of Lot 6 in Baid Blook 1; thence Southerly
28 to the Northeast corner of Lot l, Blook 2 of said Tract No, 101;
29 thence South in a direot ,line to the Southeast corner of Lot 5,
30 Block 3 of said Traot No. 10l; thence SouthweBterly to the South-
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PARCEL NO, 6 -
All of LotB 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Traot No.
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6985, aB per map reoorded in Book 106, Page 53 of Maps, Reoords
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of Baid County. illlIl. ~ ORD. No, 7.s-~
PARCEL NO, 7 - Beginning at the NorthweBt oorner of Lot 1,
Tract No. 5659, as per map reoorded in Book l15, Page 100 of Maps,
Records of Baid County; thenoe Southerly along the Easterly line
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of Baldwin Avanue to the SouthweBt oorner of Lot 4, Traot No.
45ll, aB per map recorded in Book 5l, Page 82 of Maps, RecordB of
Baid County; thenoe East to the Southeast aorner of said Lot 4;
thence North to the Northeast oorner of Lot 1 of Baid Traot No.
4611; thence East to the Southeast oorner of Lot 7, Traot No.
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4090, aB per map recorded in Book 43, Page 47 of MaPB, Records of
said County; thence North to the Northeast oorner of said Lot 7; ,
thenoe Northerly to a point in the South line of Lot 40, Traot No.
3430, as per map reoorded in Book 42, Page 32 of Maps, Records of,
said County, distant 236.52 feet from the SouthweBt corner; thence
North l44.72 feet; thence Westerly to a point in the Uest line of
Baid Lot 40 diBtant l70.92 feet from the SouthweBt oorner; thenoe
Southerly along the Easterly line of Baldwin Avenue to the plaoe
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of beginning. ORD. No. 7.53
UnleBs said rubbish, paper, shavings, boxeB, bruBh,
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weeds, orateB, excelBior, hay, Btraw or other inflammable material
shall first be ,enolosed within an approlved type of incinerator, so
,conBtruoted that no sparks or blazing material can esoape there-
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ORD. No, 7'" "
the burning Bhall be within the incinerator.
North of Foothill Boulevard.
SECTION 27:
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28 of the City of Aroadia lying North of the oenter line of Foothill
29 Boulevard in said City is adjaoent to a mountain area covered with
30 a dense growth of Bhrubs and vegetation and which is liable to
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fire starting therein. REPEALED
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1 ORO, 110. 7.:7 D It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or oorporation
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to ereot, maintain, use or operate, or oaUBe to be ereoted, main-
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tained, used or operated in any portion of the City of Arcadia
lying North of the oenter line of Foothill Boulevard in said City,
any Bmoke ohimney, flue, Bmoke staok, or other outlet of any kind
for smoke or fire, unleBB the same is securely covered by a wire
soreen with a meBh not larger than at least four to the inoh, or
a spark arrester or other device satiBfactory to the Chief of the
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Fire Department and approved by him, haB been inBtalled therein or
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ORO. No. 75'& It shall be unlawful for any perBon to ignite, set fire
to or burn, in any open expoBed or outdoor fire, or any vaoant
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lot or premiBes, any weeds, graBS, brush, paper or combustible
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materials of any kind in any portion of the City of Aroadia lying
'North of the oenter line of Foothill BOulevard in Baid City with-
out first obtaining a written permit from Baid Chief of the Fire
Department so to do, whioh permit may be given or refused by saia
Chief of the Fire Department in hiB diBoretion, and Buoh permit
when issued shall be on a form provided by Buoh Chief of the Fire
Department and Bhall speoify the time and conditions including
the necessary fire prevention meaBureB under which Buoh burning
shall take plaoe, and any violation of the terms or conditions
thereof shall ipso faoto render Buch permit null and void and
Buoh burning unlawful and a violation of the termB of thiB Ordi-
nance, and suoh permit may provide, when Buoh Chief of the Fire
Departmant deemB it advisable, that any suoh burning shall'take
plaoe only under the personal direction and BuperviBion of the
Chief of the Fire Department or one of hiB deputies.
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SECTION 28:
Burning GraBB North of Foothill Boulevard.
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permit from the.Chief of the Fire Department or the oanyon guard;
provided, that Buoh burning may be done in an approved type in-
cinerator, after all grass, weeds, brush. or other inflammable
materials are oleared away to not less than one hundred (lOO)
feet from where suoh burniDg is done, and suoh burning may be
done only between the hourB of six o'olook A. M. and eleven
o'olook A. M.
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ORO, No, 7.(8 SECTION 29: Keeping Roofs Clean. It shall be un-
lawful for any person. firm or oorporation to permit or allow to
rema~n upon any roof in the City of Aroadia any aooumulation of
leaves. p~ler, hay, mosB, or any other inflammable or oombustible
material of any deBoription.
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ORO, No, 7~g SECTION 30: Defective Fixtures - Notice to Correct.
Whenever in the judgment 0 f the Chief 0 f the 1i'ire Department, any
building or Btructure or any appurtenance or fixture thereto, or
any chimney, smoke Btaok, stove, oven or fUrnaoe, or anything,
oonneoted with such building or premiBeB iB defective or unsafe
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or is likely to oaUBe fire, the Baid Chief of the Fire Department
shall give the owner or person having posBesBion, oharge or oon-
trol of BUCh property notioe in writing, requiring him within five
(5) days to make Buoa ohanges, alterationB or repairB aB may be
neoesBary to render the same safe, and any person negleoting,
failing or refuBing to oomply with suoh notioe or to oommence the
work necessary therefor within such five (5) days and to proBecute
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Unoooupied Build! ngs.
Wheneve r any
SECTION 31:
28 unoooupied building or structure is found by the Chief of the
29 Fire Department to be not properly seoured or encloBed, he shall,
30 in writing, notify the owner or perBon haVing oharge or oontrol
31 thereof to Becure or enoloBe the same forthwith, so as to prevent
32 perBonB from eain1ng acoeBS thereto, And any perBon BO notified
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2 five (5) daYB after reoeipt thereof by'hlm shall be deemed guilty
3 of a violation 0 f this Ordinance.
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SECTION 32:
Deposit of ABhes in Wooden ReoeptaoleB.
G It shall be unlawful for any perBon, firm or oorporation to de-
6 posit or caUBe to be depoBited, any ashes, or to permit or suffer
7 the same to be or remain in any wooden vessel or receptacle, or
8 in any vessel or reoeptacle composed of oombuBtible material, but
9 such aBhes Bhall be plaoed and kept in Bome Bafe depository or
10 receptacle of galvanized iron or other non-oombustible material"
11 and not less than three (3) inches from any woodwork or deposited
12 on the ground not lesBthan twenty-five (25) feet from any wooden
13 building or Btructure or oombustible material, and then only when
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SECTION 33:
ExploBives.
It shall be unlawful for
16 any perBon to store or keep any powder, dynamite,. giant powder"
17 cartridgeB, blaBting powder, gun ootton, or any explosive sub-'
18 Btance in any form or any dangerous or oombustible materialB with-
19 in the City of Arcadia without a written permit from the. City
20 Council so to do, whioh permit shall designate the looality where
21 the same Bhall be kept, and which Bhall not be nearer than two
22 hundred (200) feet to any other building;' provided; however,' that
23 not more than fifty (50) poundB of powder may be kept or Btore~
24 within the City between sunrise and BunBet of anyone day if such
25 powder be plaoed and kept in a Becure metallio oan or oaBe on the
26 ground floor and convenient to the outer entrance of the building
27 in portable form and kept so aB to be readily handled and acoeB-
. 28 sible and plainly marked "powder" on top and Bides of such cans
29 or caseB and euch marks are kept exposed to view; provided, how-
30 ever, that this section shali not apply to storing in retail
31 stores of ordinary rifle, pistol or Bhotgun cartridgeB, but all
32 such cartridgeB must be kept in a partioular place in the store
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lawful for any person
Ignitible Materials.
It shall be un-
having in hiB pOBseBsion or under his oon-
;) trol upon any premiBeB any paper, excelBior, boxes, shavings,
G Bawdust, rags, forage of any kind, weeds, grass, brush or other
7 BubBtanoes whioh have beoome uaeleBB, or other waBte materialB
8 that would start a fire or be conBidered a fire menaoe, to keep
9 the Bame upon Buch premiseB. All Buoh materials mUBt be removed
10 from Buoh premiBeB within ten hours after written notice to such
11 perBon to do so from any offioer of the Fi;t"e Department; and
12 thereupon Buch perBon so notified must prooeed with and diligently
13 oarry on the work of such relOOval o:f such materials until the
14 Bame has been eompleted. .
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SECTION 35:
BUilding FireB Upon StreetB.
It Bhall be
for any person, firm or oorporation to set fire to or
17 burn or cause to be set fire to or burned, any rubbish, psp'er,
18 ShaV.lngB, boxeB, brush or other waste materialB or build any bon-
19 fire or fire upon any Btreet, sidewalk or alley within the City
20 limitB of the City of Arcadia.
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SECTION 36:
Offensive OdorB.
It shall be unlawful
22 for any person, firm or oorporation to so burn any garbage, ragB,
23 hair, ohioken, fowl, meat or other materialB in any inoinerator
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oreate exoeBBive smoke Or offenBive odors.
011 and PaintB.
It shall be unlawful
26 for any person, firm or oorporation to store or handle quantitieB
27 of oils, paintB or other inflammable subBtances, without a valid
28 permit therefor iBBued by the Chief of the Fire Department, It
29 shall be the duty of Baid Chief to receive and act upon appli-
30 cations hereunder. In the event that the premises described in
31 Buoh application ehall be :found and determined to be suoh' that
32 the desired busineBs may be oonducted thereon without danger to
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2 be iBsued, otherwise the same Bhall be refuBed.
3 ~;,A~;.g 75S SECTION 38: Thea tres, HallB, Grandstands, Plac eB 0 f
4 ASBemblage, It shall be unlawful for any perBon, firm or oorpor-
5 ation managing or having oontrol or oharge of any theatre, ohuroh
6 or plaoe of public aBsemblage of any kind in the City'of Aroadia,
7 to permit or allow any person to sit or stand in any aisle, reoess.
8 paBsage, Btairway or exit in BUoh building at any time when any
9 performanoe, exhibition, lecture, Bervioe or any kind of entertain
10 ment iB being given therein, or at any time when there is in any
11 Buch building any publio assemblage; provided however, that this
12 seotion Bhall not apply to uBherB or attendantB when in the diB-
13 charge of their dutieB or to any publio officer or member of the
14 Fire Department in the diBoharge of their duties.
15 All doors, windowB or any openingB to exitB or fire
16 escapes shall be kept unlocked and in good working order during
17 the time of all performances of any public assemblage.
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Projeoting Room.
It shall be unlawful
City of Aroadia, in any operating room or
20 projeoting room or plaoe where oelluloid or any inflammable
21 materialB are Bcreened, kept or Btored in any theatre building or
22 place of exhibition. to smoke or make or use any open light, or
23 for the owner or manager of any Buoh place to permit or suffer any
24 Buch act to be done.
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SECTION 40:
Lumber Yards and Planing Mills.
There
maintained at all times and in good working condition,
27 in all lumber yardB, planing millB, carpenter and cabinet shops,
28 or any place where,shavings and aawduBt accumulate, or any BhoPB
29 or faotorieB where ignitible or combuBtible material is used,
30 hose reels or fire extinguishers so located that all parts of
31 buildings or yardB can be proteoted.
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There shall be maintained at all times
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distillate, naptha, orude oil, turpentine, aloohol, laoquer, or
wherever any inflammable liquor is stored or oaused to be kept in
more than five gallon oans, at least one 2t gallon chemioal fire
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ORO.II~ 7 H All gaBoline filling or Berv~oe stat~ons Bhall use only
approved typeB of hose, as and when the hose beoomes worn, weaken-
ed or broke in any part thereof, the Chief of the Fire Department
is hereby authorized to prevent the use of such hOBe if in hiB
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15 patrons and the public, whioh signs shall read "no smoking",
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lawful for any person,
firm or corporation to operate, conduot or
PaintB or Oil - Permit.
It shall be un-
19 maintain any public garage or paint Bhop where paint or oils are
20 mixed or handled in bulk unleBs a permit therefor Bhall have been
21 issued by the Chief of the Fire Department; the Chief of the Fire
22 Department iB hereby authorized to reoeive applications hereunder
23 and to make an investigation and after such investigation to de-
24 terminewhether or not the desired business may be conduoted upon
25 the premiBeB for whioh applioation iB made, without endangering
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oation iB made may be oonduoted upon the premises desoribed
therein with safety to the publio and without creating a fire
hazard, Baid Chief of the Fire Department Bhall iBBue the permit
applied for; otherwise suoh permit Bhall be refused.
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1 oonditions Bhall ohange so far that the further exeroiBe thereof
2 is a souroe of any publio daDger or fire hazard, orif the holder
3 of suoh permit Bhall violate any of the provisions of this or any
4 other Ordinanoe of said City of Aroadia, deBigped to prevent fires
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REPEALED
ORD. No. 7sfJ SECTION 43: Storing or Handling Inflammable Substanoes
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or oorporation to store
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12 oeive and aot upon applioations hereunder. In the event that the
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one in which there Bhall be houBed or kept not more'than three
Private Garages.
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A - Gasoline in exoeSB of five (5) gallons, exolUBive
of that in the t'anks of suoh vehicles, ehall not be k~t within
any private garage Bituate within any Fire LimitB or any Fire
District now or hereafter established by any Ordinance of said
City of Arcadia, exoept by permit issued by the Chief of the Fire
Department.
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side of any Fire LimitB or any Fire District now or hereafter
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gasoline in any quantity less than five (5) gallonB shall be kept
in five gallon oans app~ved by said Chief of the Fire Department
and any quantity in exoess of five gallons shall be kept only in
suoh tank or other reoeptaole as Bhall be approved by said Chief 0
the Fire Department.
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7 nearer than fifteen (15) feet to any ohuroh or public building in
8 said City of Arcadia unlesB Buoh ~ragebe oonBtruoted of briok,
9 oonorete or other non-oombuBt1ble material and if oonstruoted of
10 Buoh briok, conorete or other non-oombuBtible material, same may
11 be ereoted or used if not nearer than ten (lO) feet of any Buoh
12 churoh or publio building.
13 SECT~ON 45: Duty of Chief of Fire Department to
14 Enforoe this Ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the
15 Fire Department to enforoe thiB Ordinanoe and suoh Chief or any
16 employee of his Department is hereby authorized to enter and in-
17 speot all buildiDgs in Baid City of Aroadia; and it shall be
18 unlawful for any person, firm or oorporation to refuse to any
19 authorized member of such Fire Department. aoceBB to any building,
20 room or plaoe when Buch acoeBB iB demanded at a reasonable time
21 for the purpose of enforcing this Ordinance of said City of
22 Arcadia, relating to fire proteotion or prevention, or for the
23 purpose of determining whether or not the requirementB of any suoh
24 Ordinanoe are being violated.
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SECTION 46:
Penalty for Violation of this Ordinance.
That any perBon, firm or oorporation vio~ating any of the pro-
viBions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor
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and upon conviction thereof, shall be puniShable by a fine not
exoeeding ~300.00 or by impriBonment in the City Jail of Baid City
of Arcadia or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles,
State of California, at the diBcretion of the committing magis-
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SECTION 4'7:
The City Clerk shall certify to the adop-
3 tion of this ordinance and shall post a copy of this Ordinance on
4 the bulletin board on the East side of the City Hall in said City
G of Arcadia.
6 The City Clerk shall cause the title of this Ordinanoe
7 to be published onoe in the ~'cadia Tribune, a weekly newspaper
8 publiShed and ciroulated in said City of Aroadia.
9 In addition to the title, the City Clerk Bhall caUBe
10 thiB notioe to be published:
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12 A copy of thiB Ordinance haB been posted on the bUlletin
13 board at the City Hall; there is also a oopy on f,!le in the office
14 of the Ci ty Clerk.
15 And thirty (30) days therefrom and thereafter the same shall take
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17 I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adop-
18 ted at a regular meeting of the City Counoil of the City of
19 Aroadia, held on the l7th day of September, 1935, by the affir-
20 mative vote of at least three councilmen, to-wit:
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Councilmen, Corby, DanielB, Hoffman, Krebs
and McLean.
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None.
ABSENT: None.
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