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I " ~ ORDINANCE HO. 495.
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CITY OF J\RCi,DIA
TH'J: Crry COUNCIL 01,1 'l'Iill CITY OF. A;~CJ"T)IA OOZS ORDAIlI AS
POL.....JO":S:
SECTIOll 1. J. L. De;7itt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army,
Comlnanding '.;0 stern De fense Command and Fourth Army, by virtue of the
authority vested in him by the President of the United States and Executive
Order No. 9066, ds.ted February 19, 1942, and pursuant to Public Lll.\'T
503--77th Congress, approved ;:arch 21, 1942, and by. virtue of his pO\7erS
and preroc;atives as ComnandinG General of the ~estern Defense Command, has
issued Public Proclamation No. 10, dated AUGust 5, 1942, and effective
AU3ust 20, 1942, wnich as amended by Public Proclamation No. 12, d~ted
Octo1Jer 10, 1942, a.nd issued by virtue of the same authority, reads as
folIous:
TO: The people \7i thin the States of ':ashin(lton, OreGon and California,
and to the Public Genorally:
'.i'llliREAS, by Public Procl~,ation !lo. 1, .dated Barch 2, 1942, this
Headquarters, there were desi3Ilated and established :iilitaI"J Aroas ,!os. 1
and 2; and
\/;r..:.Lllii,S, the arr"ed forces of the enemy have made attacks upon
vessels of the United states t,;:,avelin:; alon::; the Pacific Coastal waters
and upon land installations within said jjilitary Areas, and it is expect-
ed that such attacks will continue; and
\1;{..:.IlliJ,S, it is necessary to provide maximum protection for rTar
utilities, nar matel'ials and war premises located within the States of
\/ashinc;ton, OroGon and Calil'ornia a,,;ainst eneny attaclm by sea v.nd by air;
IW\:, TH.::;.i' ":?0;{l.::, I, J .L. De'.litt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army,
by virtue of the autborit'J vested in me by the President of the United
States and by tho :Jecretary of 'Jar and my pOYTerS and prerogatives as
Commandin~ General of the '\:ostern Dofense Commund, do hereby declare that:
1. The present situation requires as a matter of military
necessity that a Zon3 of Restricted Li:;htinc; be ostablished \'lit,1in ;-lil-
itary Areas l~os. 1 and 2, and that illulllination within said Zone of
Hestricted Li,:;htin~ be oxti"l;3uished or controlled in such mannor and to
suchoxtent as may b~l necessary to prevo11t such illu:nination fro:' aidi1lG
the operations of thEI enemy.
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2. Pm'suant to the determination and statement of military
necessity in Para[;raph 1 hereof, a Zone of Restricted Lir;htin(!;,as
particularly de iJcri':>ed in Exhii)i t A hereof, and as Generally shorTn on
the map ~de a part hereof and marked Exhibit B, is horeby designated
and ostablished. Illumination nithin the entire area of said Zone of
Restricted Lishting snaIl be extinGuished or c~ntrolled at aJ.l times at
nisht from sunset to sunrise, as follows:
(a) SIGHS, PLGODLIGITTE;C, DISPL:.Y A,m mT~Rl0H LICHTIilG. Ill~-
inated siGns and ornamental li1htin~ of overy description which are 10-
cated out-of-doors, and floodli3btinr; \"Ihich illt~inates bulldinr;s or siGns
(including but not limited to all exterior advertising signs, billboards,
display li::;htin3, theatre marqueo si3ns, illuminated poster panels, and
buildin~ outline liGhting), and all interior li.:;ht Sources (as hereinafter
defined) which emit direct rays above the horizontal out-of-doors, shall be
extinGuished. The I'TOrdS, "liGht sources,ll as used herein are intended and
shall be construed to mean and include any li~ht ::;eneratins elements and
the orl.:;ht portion of any reflector, lens, lUminaire, transparency, or
other equipment associated hererllth for the control or diffusion of lisht.
This Section 2 (a) shall not apply to .illuoination for industrial or
protective purposes except to the extent provided for in Section 2(b)
hereof.
(0) ILLU,,;nT.H.TIO,~ OF OUTDOOR r\..(;,~AS; S'l'RI;~T l;.liD HIGH,."Y LIGHTS.
Illumination of out.door areas and industrial and protective illumination,
shall be controlled 8S follows:
(1) Except as provided in Section 2(bl~lereof, illumination on
all outdoor areas (inclllding but not limi tad to automobile service stat.ion
yards, outdoor parkinG areas, recreation areas and outdoor structures and
roofs) shall not exceed one.foot candle at any point uhen measured on a
horizontal plane at any level. of such outdoor areas, and all outdoor li:ht
sources shell be shielded so that no direct rays from the liGht source are
emitted aoove the horizontal. All interior li.:;hting of eveTJf descrlption
shall be reduced or controlled so that it does not contribute more than one
foot candle of illumination upon any outdoor .area. All street and hi.jhl1UY
lights shall also bo shielded so that ea.ch lisht source emits no Bore than
ten per cent of its total la"p lumens at UDcjlos a:,ove the
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.Provided the forec;oill0 requiremonts are met, any further reduction or
extin~uishment of street or hi;buay ill~ination I'nlich trol!ld unneccessarily
8.3Gravatetraffic hazards is not required.
(2) Va.riationsfrom the foreGoin!S requirements sho.ll be
permitted in the ~o.se of illumination for industrial and protective pur-
poses, and from industrial processes, whether intorioror exterior, but
notincludins street or hiGhway li~hts, only when and to the extent that
it is necessury to vary frOl'1 such requirements in order to. achieve and
maintaln ~aximt~ efficiency; but only with the vritten approval of the
Ninth Re~ional Civilian Defense Board, obtained in advance.
( c) TRi<FPIC SIG1;S J,HD ~IGNfu.S. Illuminated signs and sicnals
TIhich are authorized or maintained by governmental authority for the
purpose ofcontrollin~ or directing street or highl'Tay traffic shall be
shielded so that no direct rays .from tbe li,Ght source are emitted :::hove
the horizontal in l'esgect to ll::;hts mounted ten feet or lllore above the
ground, or above ml an~le of more than six degrees above the horizontal
in resgect to li~ht;s mounted less than ten but more than tbree feet above
the .<:;round, or above an an;;le of more than twelve degrees above the
horizontal in respect to liGhts mounted less than three feet alove the
ground. Relative variations in the upward limit of light are permissible
to compensate for grades.
(d) NAVIGJ\.TION 1.l'JD RJIILHOhD LIGHTS. Authorized liCbts
necessary to facilitate air or water navir;ation, authorized railroad
siGnal lijlts, and headliGhts of railroad locomotives when in motion,
are hereby excepted from all the provisions of this Proclamation.
3. In addition to the restrictions hereinbefore imposed,
illumination tli thin that part of the Zone of Restricted Lichtin~ which is
visible from the sea, as hereinafter defined, . shall be further diminished
or obscured at all times at ni3bt from, sunset to snnrise, as follovrs:
(a) S'l'J:1Ei;:T, rlIGli..'",y "jliD 'rR1<FFIC LIGH'l'S. Street and highway liGlt s,
and ilhu,1inaGed si,3l1s (but not si[:;nals) \'Thich are authorized or maintained
by governmental autllority for the purpose of controlUns or directing
street or lli:;bl'Tay traffic and I'Thich are visible from the sea. shall be so
shielded t~at they are not visible fron the sea at niGht and so that no
direct rays from the li~ht source are eflitted a~ove the horizontal.
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(b) RESIDE:1TIAL, CO;J.IJ~RCIAL l\l!D IllDU8T!HAL ',mIDO,!S. N'o
lighting shall be perni ttod behind rTindo'.is or Glazed doors visible from
the sea unless they are covered by drapes or shades.
(c) STREJ'l' AI!D IIIG11.:AY 'l'.~~'IC. '.fithin areas visible from the
sea, but subject to the exceptions hereinafter stated, vehicles shall
operate at night \'Tith no move than t\<o liGhted drivinG lam~s, re:;ardless
of the direction e,f travel, and each such lamp shall provide a max:l,mum
of not rrDre than f50 beam candlepower. . Normal rear lights. license plate
liGhts and clearance liGhts (where required by lau) are permitted.
Veh:cles uhich are classified as authorized emergency vehicles under the
applicable Federal, State or local la~, vhen operated by authorized
pers0nnel, and \',he::l displaying an ill~nated red spotlight, and when respond-
inC to a fire alarm, or IThen in the immediate pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the lau, or when Joing to or transporting a person
who is in apparent need of immediate emergency medical or sur~ical care, or
\'lhen respondinG to some other emer~;ency involvinG the protection of life
or property, shall be excepted from the foreGoin~ provision.
(d) INDU:::1'RIAL AND PHOT~CTIVE ILL.I1INATIOi'l. Light sources for
industrial purposes and light from industrial processes within areas visible
from the sea, shall comply with the requirements of Section 2(b) hereof,
and shall also be shielded so that they are not visible from the sea at
niGht; provided, th~t variations from these requirements may be permitted
in the case of illuc1ination for industrial and protective ~urposes and
from industrial prol~esses, \'Thether interior or exterior (but not including
street or hi:3hITay Hc;htsl. only when and to the extent that it is necessary
to vary from such re'quirements in order to achieve and maintain maximum
efficiency; but only' I'Tith the I'Tritten approval of the Ninth Regional
Civilian Defense Board, obtained in advance.
(e) OTlER II, ..UiJIl'hTION. Except as hereinabove !'irovided in this
Section 3, all other liChts visible from the sea are prohibited at ni~ht,
includin~ but not l~nited to li~ht from fires, bonfires, Darked cars, flash-
lic;hbs and lanterns.
(f) DEFINITION OF tlVISIBLE FHO;~ THE SEAtI. The phrase tlvislble
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as used herein, is intended and shall be construed to mean
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and include the f,:>llovJin.3:
Visibll~ at any time from the waters of the Pacific Ocean,
or from the I'/aterB of the Straits of Juan de Fuca ly;iIig south of a line
extending due east from the most .southerly point of Vancouver Island
and vrest of a lino runninc; due north and south through the easternmost
point of the east€lrly boundary line of the City of Port To\'msend, ',-,as!:J.-
ington, or visibl€l from any of those bodies of \mter located. on the
shoreline of the State of California 3enerally known and descrioed as
follo\'TS:
Santa I.lonica Bay;
Santa Barbara Channel;
San Luis Obispo Bay;
Estero Bay; and
Monterey Bay;
Provided, however, that the waters of San Francisco Bay, lying
easterly of a line extending from Point Bonita through Mile Rock, is not
intended and shall not be construed to be a part of the sea; and sololy for
the purposes of Se::tion 3(c) hereof, concerninG street and hi(3hway traffic,
the phrase, "Areas visible from the sea," is also intended and shall be
construed to mean :md include that portion of streets or high\7ays \'1hich
may not in fact be visible from the sea but which is within areas generally
visible from the S€la.
4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Procla-
mation, or orders :1,ssued pursuant thereto, is subject to immediate exclu-
sion from the territo~r of the \Testern Defense Command, and .to the criminal
penalties provided in Public Law No.503, 77th Con3ress, approved IJarch
21, 1942, entitled "An Act to provide a penalty for the violation of
restrictions or orders \:ith respect to persons enterin~, ro;naining in,
leavinG, or comr.littin,3 any act in'military areas or zones."
5. The Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board is hereby desig-
nated as the primapy a~ency to aid in the enforcement of the foregoing
provisions. It is requested that the civil law enforcement agencies and
State and local govl3rrnnental bodies rTithin the areas affected by this
Proclamation assist the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board in the
enforcement hereof.
6. This Proclamation shall become effective AUGust 20, 1942.
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U.S.Army, Co~anding.
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SECTIOF 2. Said Public Proclamation No. 12, in addition to
amending Public Proclamation No. 10 as hereinabove set forth, contains the
fOllowinc parasra~hs:
"B. This proclamation shall become effective October 25, 1942,
except those provisions of Subsection 2(b) (1) hereof, concerning street
and highuay lights, uhich shall become effective Vover~er 12, 1942.
"C. The recitals set forth in the first three para::;raphs
of said Public Proclamation No. 10 are her~by reaffirmed. Except as
hereinbefore expressly amended, all the provisions and determinations
expressed in said Public Proclamation No. 10 shall re~in in full force
and effect."
SECTION 3. The City of Arcadia nereby recognizes the civil
and military necessity for the concurrent enforcement of the provioions
of Puolic Procla'llation No. lO, as amended as aforesaid, by the City of
Arcadia and the Federal Government.
SECTION 4. The City of Arcadia is within the Zone of Restricted
Lighting, designatod and established by Sec. 2 of said Public Proclamat:!.on
No. 10 as amended as aforesaid.
SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violatinG uny of
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed Guilty of a misdemeanor
and uponconvictioIl tl1ereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
~i300.00 or by imprisonment in tl1e City Jail of said City of Arcadia or in
the County Jai.l of the County of Los AnGeles, State of California at the
discretion of the coomlttins ma~istrate, for a period not exceedin~ three
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance is required for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect
immediately. The f'olloY/ins is the statement of facts constitutinG such
urgency: The United States is at war and this city by the provisions of
Public Proclamation No. lO as amQnded by Public Proclamation No. 12 is
lOCated in a military zone of restricted lighting established as a matter
of military necessity in order to miniMize the dancer of enemy attack and
to provide maximum protection for par utilities, war materials and TIar
preflises. By reason of ,the imw~diate threat of enemy attuck compliunce
with the provisions of Public Proclamation No. 10 as
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Proclamation lio. 12 is essential for the protection of the lives and
property of the p(30ple of the City of Arcadia.
SECTIOI!...1.. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in one reGular
issue of the Arqadia Tribune and Arcadia Hews, a newspaper .of :;eneral
circulation publie,hed and circulatod in said Cit;r of Arcadia, and there-
upon and thereafter the same s~all take effect and be in force.
The foreGoins Ordinance \"Ias adopted at an~ourned regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the ~day of
October, 1942, by the affirmative vote of at least four Councilmen, to-ait:
AY~S: C~uncilmen, Adcock, Jones, Nugent, and O~sby.
NOES:
None
JiBSl;NT: Councilman Leeper.
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Sl~ed and approved this 2lstday of
October
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