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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0461 . . /-., .,' IJ \ ,I ~'/ ORDINANCE NO. ~. AN ORDINAlICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARC.iillIA Dli:CLhRING TEE EXISTENCE OF OFPElISIVE AIHtJAL OR VEGETABLE MATTER UPON THE SURFACE OF THE GROUlID OF ANY PRElJISES nr SAID CITY UNDER CERTAIN COIlDITIONS '1'0 BE A NUISANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE ABATE;,iENT THEREOF 1 AND PROVIDDlG A P:ii;llALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE CUY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTIOILl. It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawfu: for any person, firm or corporation, as principal, agent or employee, to permit any dead animal or any putrid or offensive animal or vegetable matter, or excrement from any animal or fowl to remain or be deposited upon the surface of the ground of any premises owned, controlled or occupied by him, them or it, in the City of Arcadia in such manner or mode as to become offensive to the senses or to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire cOlmnunity or neighborhood, or by any considerable number of persona. SECTIO:U. It shall be the duty 01' the Chief of Police and his deputies, to enter upon any premises, lot, yard or enclosure for the purpose of inspectin(5 such premises, to ascertain if any nuisance herein named shall exist, or if said officer or officers hae reason to believe any such nuisance shall exist and whenever a nuisance shall be found to exist in the opinion of the Chief of Police or his deputies, to notify in writing any person or persons owning or havin~ control of or acting as agent for, leasing, or occupying such premises, or other place, to abate or remove such nuisance within a reasonable time to be stated in such notice; each separate day or any part of a separate day during which such nuisance exists after service of such notice to abate or remove the same, shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense, and it is hereby made the duty of the Chief of Police and his de2uties to prosecute all persons guilty of violating this Ordinance by continuous prosecutions until the nuisance is abated and removed. SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the prov~sions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine -1- ;it-",. ,~9 L~lc/ Y%/ not exceeding TEREE HUNDRED ($300.00) DOLI.ARS, or by imprisonment in the CITY JAIL of said City of Arcadia, or in the COUNTY JAIL of said County of Los Angeles, State of California, at the discretion of the Committing l~agistrate, for a period not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation of or failure, neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance is COllLnitted, continued or permitted. SECTION 4. The 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 circ;ulated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty (30) days from and after thE' final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. I hereby. certify that the foresoing Ordinance was adopted at a rep:ular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 1.7.thday of .lunA , 1941, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Bouncilmen, Adcock, Bolz, Leeper and Ormsby. NOES: N,me ABSENT: Councilman Perkins. I 6. . lilt ~~ .. .;:r1~1i~ Signed and approved this illJl.day of June , 1941. flit..~ ATTE~)~ ~ / C ty Cl.~ -2- \"u r1A.cl: ytf)