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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0373 ,jf; v.,-\,v\.'-~~~~ ov.'il. " ORDINANCE No....,373 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA REGULATING THE LOCATION, ERECTION, MAINTENANCE AND CONDUCT OF AUTO TRAILER CAMPS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AR<:ADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FO ILOWS: SECTION I: DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Ordinance, certain terms used herein are defined as follows: All words used in the present tense shall include the future; all words in the plural number shall include the singular number, and all words in the singular shall include the plural number unless otherwise clearly indicated in the context. Any gender shall include the other genders. A. "Person" means natural person, firm, association or cor- poration. B. "Auto Tr,ailer" means any "camp car", "camp trailer"; "building or othe:I' structure" used for living or sleeping purposes and equipped with wheels or other means to facilitate movement from place to place, and automobiles and automobile trucks, when used for living or sleeping purposes. C. "Auto Trailer Camp" means any lot, parcel of land or any place used or intended to be used for the accommodation of two or more auto trailer:3, whether for compensation or no compensation. D. "Trailer Unit" means a plot of land in an auto tra1ler camp used or intended to be used for the accommodation of not more than one (l) auto trailer and not more than one (l) automobile which is not an mlto trailer. E. "Family" is one person living alone or a group of two or more persons liviI~ together in an auto trailer whether related to each other or not.. F. "Tent Camp" means any lot, parcel of land or any place used or intended 1;0 be used for the erection of two or more tents, used or intended t;o be used for living or sleeping purposes. It -l- CAt'/ J'?;::? shall be unlawful for any person to permit, allow, consent to, conduct, manage or control any tent camp within the City of Arcadia. G. It shall be unlawfUl for any person to erect or put up any tent in any tent camp as defined in this Ordinance. It shall be unlawfUl for any person to live in, sleep in, occupy, maintain, keep, or permit any tent to be used for living or sleeping purposes in any tent camp as defined in this Ordinance. H. "Squatte:r" is a person who settles, occupies or locates on land enclosed or unenclosed with no bona fide claim or color of title or without 'the expressed consent of the owner of the land or persons legally in charge of the land. I. "Squatter Camp" is an area of land occupied by two or more squatters. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, manage, permit, allow, or occupy any squatter camp for living or sleeping purposes. J. "Camp S~ver" means a sewer for auto trailer camps as pro- vided in this Ordinance. SECTION B: TRAILERS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, keep or maintain any auto trailer on any land within the City of Arcadia without the writtEln permission of the owner of such land. (b) No person shall allow, suffer, permit, keep or maintain any auto trailer in any part of the City of Arcadia for a period of time exceeding tWE>nty-four (24) hours, except in an auto trailer camp for which a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector, authorizing an auto trailer camp to be conducted thereon and thereat. SECTION 3: ZONING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, auto trailer camps may be established and maintained in Zones E, F and Gunder the present Ordinance and Zones C-2, M-l and M-2 under the proposed new zoning ordinance as such zones are or may be established by any comprehensive zoning ordinance which has been or may be adopted by the legislative body of the City of Arcadia. -2- 0"/20l $73 (b) Permits issued for auto trailer camps by the Department of Building shall expi:re one year from the date of issue unless renewed as provided in this Section. If the auto trailer camp is to be main- tained for a period longer than one year a renewal of the permit there- for shall be obtained from ,the Department of Building. Such renewal shall be for a period not exceeding one (1) year and shall be applied for not less than fIfteen (15) days prior to the date of expiration of said permit. (c) Any person desiring a permit for an auto trailer camp shall file an application therefor with the Building Inspector on a form to be furnished by said Building Inspector. Said application shall give the location by street number and legal description of the property on which such auto trailer camp is to be established and maintained, the dimensions of said property, the number of units in said camp and such other information all the Building Inspector may reasonably require. A plot plan in dupUcate of said property shall be filed by applicant with his application, drawn to a scale of not less than one-eighth (l!eth) of an inch per foot, showing the location and dimension of all the units, roads, buildings, cesspool, septic tank or sewer connections, water connections, electric outlets, baths, toilets and other essential requirements of this: Ordinance. (d) Where nc. work is done under a permit within ninety (90) days of its issuance it shall become null and void. (e) Permits issued under the terms of this Ordinance convey no right to erect any building or to do any plumbing work or to do any electrical work. Regular building, plumbing, electrical or other permits, as required by the provisions of the ordinances of this City, shall be secured for all suCh work. (f) Permits may be revoked by the City Council for violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, or if said auto trailer camp is maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or in a manner such as to create a nuisance, or is maintained in such a manner as to be detrimental to the h~alth of any person. -3- o:~! :7/;:;---::> SECTION 4: FEES. (a) Each application for a permit to establish an auto trailer camp shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($5.50) for each trailer unit therein. Each application for the annual renewal of such permit shall be accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each trailer Unit thereon. (b) The Building Inspector shall cause an accurate account to be kept of all fees collected under the terms of this Ordinance, which account shall show the date of collection, by whom paid, the address for which such payment is made and the amount of each such fee. He shall cause all fees collected hereunder to be transferred to the City Treasurer daily. . (c) Where no work has been done and no work is to be done, the Ci ty Council may rllfund not more than ninety (90) per cent of the fee paid therefor pursuant to written application, upon forms to be furnished by the Building Inspector, which shall be signed by the permit holder and filed with said Inspector; providing, that a written claim for the refund is filed within six (6) months from the date payment was made; otherwise no refund will be allowed. SECTION 5: SUPERVISION. (a) The owner or operator of every auto trailer camp, before allowing any auto trailers therein, shall file with the Chief of Police, Health Officer and Building Inspector, the name of the person who will be in continuous responsible' charge of said camp, and who is authorized to act for him. Any change in such person in charge shall be immediately repoI'ted to the above mentioned officers. (b) In every s~to trailer camp there shall be an office building in which shall be located the office of the person in charge of said camp. The camp register shall at all times be kept in said office. (c) It shall be the duty of the owner, operator or person in charge of any auto t:I'ailer camp (1) To kel3p at all times a register of all persons staying -4- v~ ~/,,-,? in his camp, which :register shall at all times be open to the officers of the City of Arcadia. Said register shall record the names and home addresses of all persons staying in said auto trailer camp, the date of their arrival, date of their departure, the number of and state in which the driver's license of such persons was issued, the license number of all auto trailers and automobiles in said camp, the name of the state or countr;r in which they are registered, the trailer unit on which each is located and the place at which the last overnight stop was made. (2) To mnintain said camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition at all tiE1BS; (3) To allow no more than one auto trailer and one auto- mobile on anyone tI'ailer unit at anyone time; (4) To require that all such auto trailers and automobiles are located on their respective trailer units as required by the terms of this Ordinance; (5) To require all toilets in every auto trailer in said camp to be connected. with a cesspool, septic tank or sewer or in case any such toilet is so constructed that it cannot be so connected, to require it to be sealed so that it cannot be used during the total time it shall remain in said camp; (6) To require every sink and every lavatory in any auto trailer in said camp to be connected with a cesspool, septic tank or sewer during its entire stay in said camp; (7) To see that all required lights are kept lighted as - provided for in this Ordinance; (8) To se':l that all garbage is drained and wrapped in paper and deposited In the garbage cans required by Section (7-i) of this Ordinance and to see that all such garbage cans are COllected, cleaned and redistributed as required by said Section 7 (1); (9) Not tc> permit any domestic animal in said camp unless said animal is kept on a leash or is confined in an adequate enclo- sure; -5- Chd ,5';/;:3 (lO) Tel report promptly to the proper authorities any vio- lations of law which may come to his attention; (ll) To see that no person overstays his legal limit of residence in said camp; and (12) To post in a waterproof holder in a conspicuous place in each trailer unit a copy of this subsection and Section 18 of this Ordinance. SECTION (;: LAYOUT. (a) Every auto trailer camp shall have access to a public street either by abutting directly on such street or by means of a private road not less than twenty (20) feet wide. Along one side of such private road for its full length, shall be a walkway not less than three (3) feet wide and raised six (6) inches above said roadway. Such roadway from the street line in and every road required by the terms of this Ordinance within any auto trailer Cflmp shall be paved as set forth in Ordinance No. 307 as amended, of the City of Arcadia. (b) Roadways not less than eighteen (18) feet wide shall be pro- vided in every auto trailer camp so located that each and every trailer unit shall have direct access thereto. (c) The entire area of every auto trailer camp, exclusive of roadways, well maintained lawns and planted areas, shall be thoroughly graveled or paved. (d) Every auto trailer camp shall be surrounded on all sides, except those sides directly abutting on a public street, with a fence not less than six (6) feet high constructed and maintained so as effec- tively to prevent the passage of persons. There shall be no opening or gate in such fence except with the written approval of the owner of the immediately adjoining land, which approval shall be filed with the Building Inspector. (e) Each trailer unit in every auto trailer camp shall contain not less than eight hundr'3d (800) square feet of ground and shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in minimum width measured at right angles to the side lines thereof. The boundary lines of every trailer unit shall be plainly and permanently marked, or otherwise indicated. -6- c;hcL J' 7.-3' (f) The setbacks established by any setback ordinance or any such ordinance which may hereafter be adopted by the City of Arcadia shall apply equally to trailer units and to buildings of the same outside dimensions. (g) There shall be not less than five (5) feet between any part of an auto trailer and any boundary line of the trailer unit on which it is located. (h) No auto trailer or automobile parked on any trailer unit shall extend beyond the boundaries of said unit. SECTION 7: SANITATION. (a) On each and every trailer unit there shall be a connection to a camp sewer consisting of cesspools or septic tanks arranged so that the sanitary fixtures in any auto trailer may be readily con- nected thereto. Immediately after being placed on a trailer unit, every auto trailer shall have all its sanitary fixtures connected to said sewer or sealed so that they cannot be used. Every such con- A~~:lliM nection shall be by means of a rigid pipe. Hose connections are not ~.tillo f~~ permissible. (b) On each trailer unit there shall be an ample supply of water from the City water service for the use of the occupants thereof. There shall be two outlets on such service, both of which shall be adapted for hose connection. (c) In every auto trailer camp there shall be provided not less than one public toilet for each sex for every five (5) trailer units or fraction thereof. In addition thereto there shall be one urinal for every five (5) trailer units. All toilet and urinal rooms shall III :t,,,~t.v have hard smooth finished cement floors and shall have walls plas- :'l-~_J("., ~~n. ~~~ tered with Portland cement plaster with a polished steel trowel finish. AIl'corners shall b.3 rounded with a fillet of not less than one-half (l!2) inch radius. Walls and floors may be finished in non-absorbent tile in lieu of the cement finish specified above. (d) In every ro~to trailer camp there shall be provided one (1) bath tub or stall shower for each sex for every five (5) trailer units -7- /Zzd S?,9' , r ~ l,~1flrj\ ..~~~l;,;V"l fl!). ;1Q, .f .y~ ;ld~D;:~. 'n I' ~~r>1 "'.,;:' ..(""V'~ or fraction thereof. All such baths shall be provided at all times with an ample supply of hot and cold water. Bath rooms shall be con- structed as spec1.fied for toilet rooms in subsection (c) of this Section. (e) In every' auto trailer camp there shall be provided not less than one (1) double compartment laundry tray and one (l) lavatory for every five (5) trailer units, and all such fixtures shall be at all times provided with an ample supply of hot and cold water. All such fixtures shall be installed in rooms constructed as specified for toilet rooms in subsection (c) of this Section. All bath rooms shall be supplied with adequate heating equipment maintained in proper operating condition. (f) In every auto trailer camp there shall be provided not less than one (l) sink and one (l) slop sink for every five (5) trailer units, and such fixtures shall be supplied with an adequate supply of hot and cold water. (g) No trailer unit shall be more than two hundred (200) feet from any of the sEmitary fixtures required by this Section to serve said trailer unit. (h) Under and around every laundry tray sink, lavatory and slop sink there shall be a concrete or tile floor and such floor shall ex- tend three (3) feet in all directions beyond such fixtures. (i) Every trailer unit shall be provided with an adequate number of covered metal water tight and fly tight garbage cans. Such gar- bage cans shall be kept on a concrete pavement not less than three (3) square feet ani four (4) inches thick, with a smooth troweled top. In every auto trailer camp all such garbage cans shall be col- lected at one convenient place prior to garbage collection time on each day on which garbage is collected in that district. Garbage shall be collected at least every other day and removed from the premises. Immediately after the garbage has been collected all such cans shall be carefully cleaned and returned to their respective trailer units. -8- c::h J 3'? 0" (3) Every aut., trailer camp shall be provided with a masonry in- cinerator of a size suitable to handle the combustible wastes of said .~I:.e~1.T11) uf\!!. N;!. .{.J~ camp and located as directed by the Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Arcadia. (k) In every auto trailer camp where automobiles or trailers are washed or are to be washed, there shall be installed a wash rack and no such washing shall be done except on such wash rack. All such wash racks shall be pavEld with a continuous concrete floor slab not less than fifteen (15) feet by twenty-five (25) feet by four (4) inches thick and all part~1 thereof shall slope toward a drain so connected as to dispose of all waste water without nuisance or creation of an un- sani tary condition., SECTION 8: LIGHTING. (a) Every required roadway in any auto trailer camp shall be lighted from one-half (l/Z) hour after sunset of every day to one-half (l/Z) hour before sunrise of the succeeding day. The lighting equip- ment shall be such that there will be not less than one-half (l/Z) watt for each and every square foot of roadway surface. Individual lamps for such lighting shall be so located that the maximum distance between them does not exceed one hundred (100) feet. (b) Every public toilet and every public urinal room shall be lighted from one-half (l/Z) hour after sunset of each day until one- half (l/Z) hour before sunrise of the succeeding day. Such lighting shall be provided in an amount not less than one-half (l/Z) watt per square foot of floo:r area in any such room. Every public bath, laundry tray, sink and slop sink shall be supplied with lights which may be turned on by the person using such room. SECTION 9:. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. (a) Every trailer unit shall be furnished with an electric ser- vice outlet. Said outlet shall be equipped with an externally operated switch, a fuse of not less than thirty (30) amperes capacity and a heavy duty outlet re.ceptacle and shall be supplied with current from a supply circuit. -9- ('/Ad 8:/8 (b) All electrical work in every auto trailer camp shall comply in all respects with the requirements of the Electrical Code of the C1ty of Arcadia ani with the various rules and regulations of the in- dustrial Accident Commission of the State of California. SECTION 10: COMPLIANCE WITH PLUMBING ORDINANCE. In every auto trailer camp all plumbing work shall comply with the requirements of the Plumbing Ordinance of the City of Arcadia. SECTION II: BUILDINGS, COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. In every auto trailer camp all buildings and structures other than auto trailers shall comply with the Building Code of the City of Arcadia and with the State Housing Act of the State of California where its requirements are applicable. SECTION l:~: EFFECT OF ZONING ORDINANCE. Nothing ill this Ordinance shall be deemed to prohibit the erection and maintElnance in any auto trailer camp of any building or structure which is permissible under the terms of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Arc!ldia for the zone in which said auto trailer camp or part thereof is loc:ated. SECTION IS: FIRE PROTECTION. (a) Every aut;o trailer camp shall be provided with one (I) or more standpipes not less than one and one-half (Ii) inches in diameter, and such standpipes shall be provided with one and one-half (Ii) inch fire hose of such lengths that every part of such auto trailer camp may be reached therewith and each such hose shall be equipped with a standard nozzle. All such hose shall be kept on a reel or rack, pro- tected from the weather and shall be used for no purpose other than fire protection. (b) Every auto trailer camp shall be provided with not less than two (2) acid and soda two and one-half (2!) gallon fire extinguishers located as directed by the Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Arcadia. -10- Ch.d s '/...9 SECTION 14: REINSPECTIONS. Before issuing a renewal of any permit as provided for in Section 3 (b) hereof, the Department of Building shall make a re- inspection of the buildings, structures, electrical equipment and plumbing of any au,to trailer camp and no such renewal shall be issued by said Department unless and until any defects or violations of law found therein have been corrected. SECTION 15: LIMIT OF STAY. It shall be unlawful for any person to live for more than three (3) months in any period of six (6) months in any auto trailer camp, or for any person in charge of an auto trailer camp to allow any person so to do or to allow any auto trailer to remain in such auto trailer camp for more than three (3) months in any period of six (6) months. SECTION l6: STORAGE OF TRAILER BY OWNER. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to prohibit the storage of any auto trailer on the home premises of its owner for any length of time when not used for living or sleeping purposes. SECTION 17: It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any requirement of this OrdinlUlce. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordi- nance or failing to comply with any of its provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprison- ment in the City Jail for a period of not to exceed three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which a violation of any provisions of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person. In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed a -11- r"hd 3'?,.9 public nuisance, and may be summarily abated as such by the officers of said City of Arcadia. SECTION 18: If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that ijny one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 19: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune a 'daily newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the ~ity of Arcadia and thirty (SO) days from and after final passage thereof the same shall take effect and be in force. I hereby c~ertify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City COuncil of the City of Arcadia held on "'I> the l8th day of___ January , 193~ by the affirmative vote of at least three councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen, Griffitts, Hoffman, Hudson and 1,lcLean NOES: None ABSENT: None ~y~ Signed and approved this 18th day of January ~#~ ~ , 193~. ATTEST: ~y~') -12- ad S::>;:r . .' . AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AR- CADIA REGULATING THE LOCA- TION. ERECTION. MAINTE-. NANCE AND CONDUCT OF AUTO TRAILER CAMPS. AND PROVID- ING A PENALTY FOR THE VIO- LATION THEREOF, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES OR- DAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: DEFINITIONS, For the purJXlsE!6 of this Ordinance, cer- tain terms used herein are defined as follows: All words used in the present tense shall Include the fu- ture; all words in the plural num- ber shall include the singUlar num- ber. and BIll words in the singula.r shall include the plural number un- less otherwise.. clearly 1ndica~ed in the context. Any gender' shall in- clude the other genders. A. "Person" means natural per- son. firm. association or corpora- tion. B. "Auto Trailer" mea.ns any "camp car," "camp traHer," "build. ing or other structure" used for livmg or sleeping purpooes and equipped with wheels or other means to fac111tate movement from place to place. and automobiles and automo.bile trucks, when used for living or sleeping purposes. C. "Auto Trailer Camp" means any lot, parcel of land or any plo.ce used or intended to be used for the accommodation of two or more auto trallers, whether for compensation or no compensation. D. "Trailer Unit" means a plot of land in an auto trailer camp used or intended to be used for the ac- commodation at not more than one (1) auto trailer and not more than one (1) automobile which is not an auto trailer. E. "Family" is one person living alone or a group of two or more per- sons llving together in an auto trailer whether related to each other or not. F. "Tent Camp" means any lot. parcel of land or any place used or intended to be used for the erection of two or more tents, used or intend- ed to be used for Uving or sleeping purposes. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit, allow. con- sent to. conduct, manage or control any tent camp within the City of Arcadia. G. It shall be unlawfUl for any person to erect or put up any tent in any tent camp as defined in this Ordinance. It ~ha11 be unlawful for any person to Uve in, sleep in, oc- cupy, maintain, keep, or pennit any tent to be used for living or sleeping purposes in any tent camp as de- fined in this Ordinance. H. "Squatter" is a person who settles, occupies or locates on land enclosed or unenclosed with no bona fide claim or color of title or with- out the expressed consent 01 the owner of the land or. persons legally in charge of the land. I. "Squatter Camp" is an area of land occupied .by two or more squatters. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, manage, permit, allow. or occupy any squat- ter camp for UvinliC or sleeping purposes. J. "Camp Sewer" means a sewer for auto trailer camps as provid.ed In this oroinance. SECTION ~: TRAILERS ON PRI- VATE PROPERTY, (a) It fihall be unlawful :tor Bny person to place, keep or maintain any auto trailer on any land within the City of Arcad:ia without the written permission of the owner of such land. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELF.S STATE OF CALIFORNIA }.. A '..m~,;:9.)"g,..,N.9.9.P,............_,.......... '~I"Sald County and State. beIng duly sworn. saya: That he is and at all times herein mention was a citizen of the United States, over eighteen yea.rs of age, and not a. party to nor interested l,n the above entitled matter; that he Is the ,...,........,~,1?},..t~h,~,;r.,_.............._.....:, of THE ARCADIA DAILY TRIBUNE a dally neWSpaper printed and pub- lished In the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles; that said newspaper h.. been continuously printed and pub- lished daily, except Saturday. Sunday llnd Holidays .for a period of more than two years prior to the date hl!reof; that said newspaper is a. paper of general circulation. having a. bonn. fide subscription list of paid subscribers; that the ,..............O';r.,g,!.!1e.,!),Q,!L.N.9.........~,Z,3,., of which the annexed is a printed copy, was publlshed in said newspaper and not in a supplement thereof on the following day..... to-wit: ,.,...,..,.J.:,!l,~..~..,..?,~,'-"..,:l::~.~l?.."......,......... Subscribed a~ to before me, :~-j~;=~=-=--iii! "'N~~~~"b/~(!/t{,~,~ of Los Angel.... Stale of California. ~ Commwion Expiru Sept. 30, 1935J ''''' ...,... .I-'....~.....~~ ..,........ ....u....., ~.......~....~, permit, keep or maintain any auto trailer in any part of the City of Arcadia lor a period of time ex- ceeding twenty-four (24) hours, ex- cept in an auto trailer camp tor which a permit has been Issued by the Bunding Inspector, author1z1ng an auto traUer camp to be con- ducted thereon and thereat. SECTION 3: ZONING REQUIRE- MENTS, (a) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, au-to trailer camps may be establ1shed and maintained in Zones E, F. and G under the present Ordinance and Zones 0.2. M-I and M-2 under the proposed new zoning ordinance as such zones are or may be established by any comprehensive zoning orcUnancp: which has been or may be adopted. by the leglslatlve body of the City of Arcadia. ' (b) Pennits isSued for auto trailer camps by the Department of BuUd- Ing sha.1l expire one year from the date of is.sue unless renewed as pro- vided In thLs Sectlon. U the auto trailer camp is to be maintained :for a pertod longer than one year a renewal of the permit therefor sha.ll be obtained from the Department of Building. Such renewal shall be for a period not exceeding one (1) year and shall be applied for not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of expiration of said penn1t. (c) Any person desiring a permit tor an auto tra.iler camp shall file an application therefor with the Bunding Inspector on a form to be furnished by said Building Inspect- or. said application shall give the location by street numher antI legal description of the property on which such auto traUer camp is to be es- tablished and maintained, the di- mensions of said property. the num- ber of units In said camp and such other information as the Bund.lng Irupector may reasonably require. A plot plan in dupl1cate of said property shall be filed by appUcan t with his application. drawn to a SCRIp. of not less than one-eighth (%:th) of an inch per foot, show- ing the looatton and dimension of all the units. roads, buildings, cess- pool, septic tank or sewer connec- tions. water connections, electr1.c outlets, baths, toilets and other es- sential requirements of this Ordi- nance. (d) Where no work Is done under a pennlt within ninety (90) days of its issuance it shall become nulI and void. (e) Pennlts Issued under the terms of this Ordinance convey no right to erect any building or to do any plumbing work or to do any electrIcal work. Regular building, plumbing, electrical-or other per- mits, as requiTed by .the provisions of the ordinances of this City, shaH be secured for all such work. (f) Permits may. be. revoked by the City council tor. violation of the provisions' of'thtS Ordinance, or if saId auto traUer camp Is main- tained In an unsanitary or unsafe manner or In a manner such as to create a nuisance, or is maintained in such a manner as to be detri- mental to the health of any per- EOIl, BECTION 4: FEES, (a) Each appl1cat1on for a pennlt to establish an auto trailer camp shall be accompanied by a fee In the amount of Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($5.50) for eaoh trailer unit therein. Each applica.tion for the annual renewal of such permit shall be accompanied by a fee of Five Dallal'S ($5.0()) for each traller unlf; thereon. (b) TIle Bulldlng Inspector shall C~ 3?<.J' AFFIDAVIT OF I, PUBLICATION kept of all tees collected under the terms of this Ordinance. which ac- count shall show the date at col- lection. by whom paid. the address for whioh such payment 18 made and the amount of each such fee. He shall cause all fees collected hereunder to be transferred to the City Treasurer daily. (c) Where no work has been done and no work is to be done. the City Connen may re1und not more than ninety (90) per cent of the fee paid therefor pursuant to writ- ten application, upon fonns to be furnished by the Bul'~ding Inspector. which shall be signed by the per- mit holder and filed with said In- spector; providing, that a written claim tor the refund is filed within six (6) months from the date payment was made; otherwise no re.tund will be allowed. SEOTION 5: SUPERVISION, (a) The owner or operator of ev- ery auto traller camp. before allow- ing any auto trailers therein, shall file wi-bh the Chief of Police, Health Officer and Building Inspector, the name of the person who will be in continuous responsible charge of said camp. and who is authorized to act for him. Any change in such person in oharge shall be inuned. lately reported to the above men. tioned officers. (b) In every auto trailer camp there shaH be an office builcUng in which shall be located the office of the person in charge ot said C3mp. The camp register shall at all times be kept in said office. (c) It shall be the duty of the owner, operator or person in charge of any auto trailer camp (1) To keep at all times a rCl- ister at all persons staying in his camp, which register shall at all times be open to the officers of the City of Arcadia. Said register shall record the names and home ad- dresses of all persons staying in said auto trailer camp. the date of their arrival, date of their departure, the number of and 8te. te in which 1:.he driver's license of such persons was issued. the lIcense number of all auto trallers and automo.biles in said camp, the name of the State or Country in which they are r.egis- teredo the traHer unit on which each 18 loc.ated and the place at which the last overnight stop was made:. (2) To maintain said camp in a clean. orderly and sanitary condi. Uon at all times; (3) To allow no more than one auto trailer ano one automoblle on anyone traller unit at anyone time; (4) To require that all such auto trallers and automobiles are located on their respective traDer units as required by the terms of this Ordinance: (5) To require all tollets in every auto trailer in said camp to be con- nected with a cesspool, septic tank or sewer or in case any such toilet Is so constructed that it cannot be so connected, to require it to be sealed so that it cannot be used during the total time It shall remain in said camp; (6) To require every sink and every lavatory in any auto traUer in said camp to be connected with a cesspool, septic tank or sewer during its entire stay in said camp; (7) To see that all required lIghts are kept lighted as provided for in this Ordinance; (8) To see that all garbage Is drained and wrapped in paper and deposited in the garbage c.a.ns re- COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES STATE OF CALIFORNIA } ss of said County and State, being duly sworn, says: That he Is and at all times hl)l'e1n mention was a citizen of the UnIted States. over eighteen years of age, and not a party \0 nor Interested In the above enUtled matter; that he Is the ,.."..,."""..,....,................."....,..,...,....,..',......... of THE ARCADIA DAILY TRIBUNE a dally newspaper printed and pub- lished In the CIty or Arcadia, County of Los Angeles; that said newspaper has been continuously printed and pub. lIshed dally. except saturday. Sunday and Holidays .for a period of more than two years prior to the date hereof; that said newspaper 18 a paper of general circulation, having a. bona fide subscription list of paid subscribers; Iha t the of which the annexed is a printed copy, wall publ1shed In sald newspaper and not in a supplement thereof on the following day..... to~wit: Signed "".....,......."..".......,.........................'",'..' Subscribed and sworn to before me. thIa ....,.........................,.............._................_. or,............"..,........,.."..,....,.."...,.."..,...,... 19..,..... Notary PubUc In and for the County or Los Angeles. Stale of CaUlornla. di~~~~e-"' ~d - tc;Usee tha:t ~ii~ 8~~h garbage cans are collected, clean- ed and red18tributed as required by said Section 7 (I); (9) Not to permtt any domestic animal in said camp unless sa.1d an_ Imal Is kept on a leash or is con. fined in an adequate enclosure; (10) To report promptly to the proper authorities any violations of law which may come to his at- tention; (11) To see that no person ov- erstays his legal limit of residence In said camp; and (,12) To post In a waterproof holder in a conspicuous place In each trailer unit a copy of this sub- section and Section 18 of th18 Or. dinance. SECTION 6: LAYOUT, (a) Every auto trailer camp shall have access to a public street either by abutting directly on such street or by means at a private road not less than twenty (20) feet wide. Along one side of such private road for its full length, shall be a walk- way not less than _three (3) feet wide and raised six (6) inches above said roadway. Such roadway from the street line in and every road required by the terms of this OrdJ. nance within any auto trailp.r camp shall be paved as set forth in Or. dinance No. 307 as amended. of the City of Arcadia. (b) Roadways not less than eighteen (18) Jeet wide shall be provided in every auto trailer camp so located that each and every traUer unit shall have direct access thereto. (c) ~e entire area of every auto trailer camp. exclusive of roadways. well maIntained lawns and planted areas, shall be thoroughly graveled or paved. (d) Every auto trailer camp shall be surrounded on all sides. except those sides directly a.butting on a public street. with a fence not less than six (6) feet hIgh constructed and maintained so 83 effectively to prevent the passage of persons. There shall be no opening or gate in such fence except with the writ- ten approval of the owner of the Immediately adjoining land. which approval shall be .tiled with the Building Inspector. (e) Each trailer unit in every auto trailer camp shall contain not less than elght hundred (800) squa'l'e feet of ground and shall ,be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in min- imum width measured at right ang- les to the side lines thereof. The boundary Hnes of every trailer unit shall be plainly and permanently mal ked, or o~nCl'WlSe ind!cated. (f) The setbacks established by any setback ordinance or any such ordinance which may hereafter be adopted by the Olty of Arcadia shall apply equally to traner units and to buildings of the same outside dl. mensiona. (g) There shall be not aess than 11ve (5) feet between any par.t of an auto trailer and any boWldary line of the traUer unit on which it is located. (h) No a.uto trailer or automobile parked on any tral1er unit shall ex- tend beyond the boundaries of said unit. SECTION 7: SANITATION, (a) On each and every traller unit there shall be a connection to a earn p sewer consisting of cesspools or septic tanks arranged so that the sanitary fixtures in any auto trailer may be readily connected thereto. Immediately after being placed on a traller unit, every auto trailer shall have all Its sanitary OAd S"/v . AFFIDAVlr OF PVBLlCArlOH sealed so that they cannot be used. Every such connection shall be by means of a rigid pipe. Hose con. nectlons are not Dermissible. (b) On each trailer unit there shall be an ample supply of water from the City water service for the use at the occupants thereof. There shall be two outlets on such servi-ce, both of which shall be adapted for hose connection. (e) In every auto trailer camp thEre shall be provided not less than one public toHet for each sex for every five (5) trailer units or fraction thereof. In addition there- to there shall be one urinal for every five (5) traller nnlts. All toUet and urinal rooms shall have hard smooth finished cement floors and shall have walls plastered with Portland cement plaster with a polished steel trowel tlnlsh. All eOf- ners shall be rounded with a fillet of not less than one-half (1h) inch radius. Walls and fioors may be nnished in non-ebsorbent tile in lieu of the cement finish specified above. (d) In every auto trailer <:amp there shall be provld'Ed one (1) bath tub or sta..:! shower for each sex for every five (5) trailer units or fraction thereof. All such -baths shall be provided at all times with an ample supply of hot and cold water. Bath rooms shall be con. structed as specJ11ed for toHet rooms in subsection (c) of this Section. (e) In every auto traHer camp there shall be provided not less than one (1) double compartment laun- dry tray and one (1) lavatory for every five (5) traHer units, and all such tixtures shall be at all times provided with an ample supply of hot an'd cold water. All such fixtures shall be installed in rooms 0011. structed as specified for toilet rooms in subsection (c) of this Section. All bath rooms shall be supplied with adequate heating equipment maintained in proper operating condition. (f) In every auto traHer camp there shall be provided not less than one (1) sink and one (1) slop sink for every five (5) trailer units, and such fixtures shall be supplied with an adequate supply of hot and cold water. (g) No trailer unit shall be more than two humlred (200) .:feet from any of the sanitary fixtures 'required by this Section to serve said trailer unit, (h) Under and around every laun- 'dry tray sink. lavatory and slop sink there shall be a concrete or t1le floor and such floor shall extend three (3) feet in all directions be- yond such fixtures. (1) Every trailer unit shan be pro. vIded with an adequate number of COvered metal water tight and fiy tight garbage cans. Such ga.rbage cans shall ,be kept on a concrete pavement not less than three (3) square feet B.nd ;four (4) inches thick, with a smooth troweled top. In every auto trailer camp all such garbage cans shall be collected at one convenient place prior to gar- bage collection time on each day on which garbage Is collected in that district. Garbage shall be collected a t least every other day and re- moved from the premises. Immed- la.tely a.!ter the garbage has been collected all such cans shall be carefully cleaned and returned to their respective trailer units. (j) Every auto trailer camp shall be provided with a masonry 1ncJn. eratar of a Size suitable to handle the combustible wastes of said camp COUNTI OF LOS ANGELES STATE OF CAUFORNIA }-ss '~f"saiii"co;;;;iY"~~d"si~t;;:'''b;;ii1g'''ii;;]y sworn, .say8: That he Is and at all _.. herein mentIon ""'" a citizen of the United States, over eighteen years of age, and not a party to nor Interested In the above entitled matterj that he 18 the ..,.........."..,.,..,.."...,.,..................,.,.,.".."..',...,. or THE ARCADIA DAILY TRIBUNE a daily newspaper printed and pub- lished In the City of Areadla, Cotmty of Los AngeIesj that sa.1d newspaper has been continuously printed and IIub.. llshed dallY, except Saturday, Sunday a.nd HoUde.ys lor a perlod of mort than two years prior to the date hereof; that said newspaper is a paper of general cirCulation. having a. bona fide subscription list of paid subscribl~rs; that the of which the annexed 18 a printed copy, was published in said newspaper IUld. not in a supplement thereof on the following day.___. to-wit: SIgned "'..,.."""....,..,...,..."...,.,.,.."..._.'...'...'..'.' Subscribed. and. sworn to before me, this ..,...,.,.,...,...,..".,...."."'.,......,.............,.____. of..._......_......................................_......./ 19...__. Notary Publlc In and far tho County of Loo Angel.., Stata or California. or-the -Fi~; De~~tm~;;t~f .'the -city 01 Arcadia. (k) In every auto trailer camp where automobiles or trailers are washed or are to be washed. there shall be Installed a """,h rack and no such washing shall be done ex. cept on such wash rack. All such wash racks shall be paved with a continuous concrete noor slab not le!s than fifteen (15) feet by twen. ty-flve (25) feet by four (4) Inches thick and aU parts thereof shall slope toward a drain so connected as to cUspose of all waste water without nuisance or creation of an unsanitary condition. SECTION 8: LIGHTING, (a) Every requIred roadway In any auto traller camp shall be lighted from one-half (~) hour after sunset of every day to one-half (lh) hour before sunrise of the suc- ceeding day, The l~htlng equip.. ment shall be such t.~at there will be not less than one-half (lit) watt for each and every square 100t of roadway surface. Indlvl'duaJ lamps for such lighting shall be so located that the maximum distance between thEm does not exceed one hundred (leD) feet, (b) Every public toilet and every publ1c urinal room shall be llghted frem one-half (~) hour after sun- set of each day until one-hal! (~) hour be10re sunrise of the succeed- ing day. Such lighting sh'all be pro_ vided In an amount not less than one-half (1f.a) watt per square foot of floor area in any such room. Every pUblic bath, laundry tray. sink and slop sink shall be sup. ~Iied with lights which may be turned on by the person using such rOOm. SECTION 9: ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, (a) Every traller unit shall De furnished with an electric service outlet. Said outlet shall be equipped with an externally operated switch. a fuse of not less than thirty (30) amperes capacity and a heavy duty outlet receptacle and shall be sup. plied with current trom a supply circuit. (b) All electrical work in every auto trailer camp shall comply in all respects with the requirements of the Electrical Code of the City of Arcadia and wIth the various rules and regulaUoI13 of the industrial Accident Commission or the State of California. SECTION 10: COMPLIANCE WITH PLUMBING ORDINANCE, In ,every auto trailer camp all plumbing work shall comply with the requirements of the Plumbing Ordinance a! the City of Arcadia. SECTION 11: BUILDINGS. COM.. PLIANCE WITH LAW, In every auto trailer camp all buHdings and structures other than auto trailers shall comply with the Building Code of the City of Arcadia and with the State Housing Act of the State of CalifornIa where its requirements are applicable. SECTION 12: ElFF'ECT OF ZON- ING ORDINANCE, Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to prohibl t the erection and mlintenance in any auto trailer camp of any building or structure which is permissible un'der the term.!; of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Arcadia for the zone in which saId auto tn.Uer camp or part thereof Is located. SECTION 13: FIRE PROT&.iuON, (Q) Every auto trailer oomp shaU be provided with one (1) or more standpipes not less than one and one.half (1 lit ) inches In di- ameter. and such standpipes shall o.ad 8;:/3 jtFFIDAVIt' OF . PUBLICAt'ION .._"U ~UH 'H'~' ~u_ ..".. (1 y,;') inch firehose of such lengths that every part of such auto trailer camp may be reached therewith and each such hose shall be equipped with a standard nozzle. All such hose shall be kept on a reel or rack, protected from the weather and shall be used for no purpose other than fire protection. (b) Every auto trailer camp shall be pl'ovlded with not less than two (2) acid and soda two and one-halt (2lf.;.) gallon fire extlngulsnern lo- cated as directed ,by the Ohief of the FIre Department of the City of Area'dis. SECTION 14: REINSPECTIONS, Before issuing a renewal of any permit as provided for in Section 3 (b) hereof, the Department of Building shall make a relnspectlon ot the buildings, structures, electri- cal equipment and plumblng of any auto trailer camp and no such re- newal shall be issued by said De- partment unless and until any de- fects or violations of law found therein have been corrected. SECTION 15: LIMIT OF STAY, It shaH be unla w;ful for any per- son to live for more than three (3) months in any period of six (6) months in any auto traller camp, or for any person In charge of an a.uto trailer camp to allow any per- son SO to do or to aI'low any &Uta trailer to remaIn In such auto trailer camp for more than three (3) months in any period of six (6) months. SECTION 16: STORAGE OF TRAILER BY OWNER, Nothing In this Ordinance shall be .deemed to prohIbIt the stomge of any auto trailer on the home premises of Its owner for any length of time when not used 10r living or sleepIng purposes. SECTION 17: It shall be unlawful for any per- son to violate any provisIon or to fail to comply with any requIre- ment of this Ordinance. Any person violating any of the provisIons of this OrdInance or famng to comply with any of Its provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon oonvIctlon thereof shall be punish- able by 6. fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not .to exceed three (3) months. or by both such fine and shall be gu1lt.y of a separate often.se tmprisonment. Each such person for each and every day during any portion of which a vIolation of any provisIons of this OrdInance Is committed, continUed or permitted by such person. In addition to the penaltles hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the pro- visIons of this Ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance, and may be sunun3rlly abated as such by the ofticers of saId City of Arcadia. SECTION 18: It any section, sub-section. sen- tence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance Is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent Jurisdiction, such holding shall not at.fect the validIty of the remaining portions thereof, The City Oouncll of the CIty of Aroadla hereby d.eclares that it would have passed th1a Or- dInance and each sectlon, subsec- tion, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sec- tions. subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof be declared Invalid 'lr unconstitu- tional. COUNlY OF LOS ANGELES STATE OF CALIFORNIA } ss '~i"';;;;ld"couniy"iinii'''Staie:''J;;;ing''d;;-iy sworn, says: That he Is and at all times herein mention WaS a cltizen of the United States, over eIghteen years of age, and not a. party to nor Interested in the above entitled matter; that he Is the """,............,."..'....,...,...,...,.."_......,.,...,,_.,_,,. of THE ARCADIA DAILY TRIBUNE a dally newspaper printed and pub- llshed In the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angele:s; that said newspa.per has been continuously printed and pub- IIBhed dally, except Saturday. Sunday a.nd Holidays for a perIod of more than two years prior to the date hereof; that said newspaper is a paper of general cIrculation, having a. bona ride subscription list of paid subscribers; that the of whIch the annexed Is a printed copy, was published In said newspaper and not in a supplement thereof on the following day..... to-wit: Signed ",.."........".._,._"..,...,....,_,.,.,._,...,._"..." Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ,............,.......,.,."..,.,',.,.,...,'_,.__"__.,___' of..._......_.._.................................._......., 19..._... Notary Public In and for ,the County of LOll Angeles, state of Callfornla. The CIty Clerk shall certify to the adoption of th1.s Ordinance and shall cause the same to be pub- ')Ished once In ,the Arcadia Tribune. a daily newspaper of general cir- culation published and circulated In the City of Arcadia and thirty (30) days from and after fln'ai passage thereof the same shall take effect and be In force. I hereby certify that the toregoIng OrdInance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia heM on the 18th day of January, 1938. by the afflnn- atIve vote of at least three coun- cilmen, to-wIt: AYES: COuncilmen. Griffitts. Hoff- man, Hudson and McLea.n. NOEB: None. ABSENT: None. W, H, NESBI'IT. City Clerk, Signed and approved this 18th day of January, 1938. J. R. GRu'.1",u .11:S, Mayor. A TI'EJST: W, H, NESBI'IT. City Clerk, ~ I-"'I..}~ c:/Ad' 8~<\.T