CC RESOLUTION 1348667
RESOLUTION NO. 1348.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA REVOKING THE PERMIT
OF MILTON C. WADE TO CONDUCT, MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE A DOG KENNEL AT 1310 EAST GRAND AVE-
NUE WITHIN SAID CITY; SETTING FORTH THE FIND-
INGS OF SAID CITY COUNCIL WITH REFERENCE TO
SAID MATTER; AND ORDERING THAT SUCH REVOCA-
TION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT ON THE
15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1953.
WHEREAS, pursuant to proceedings duly and regularly had,
the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, did at
the regular meeting of said City Council held on the 16th day of
June, 1948, duly and regularly adopt the following resolution,
to wit:
"RESOLVED, that upon and subject to each and all of
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, permission
is hereby granted to Milton C. Wade, to conduct a dog ken-
nel on the premises located at No. 1310 East Grand Avenue,
presently owned by him. Said terms and conditions upon and
pursuant to which this permit is granted are the following,
to -wit:
"First: That the said kennel must at all times
be kept and maintained in a clean, presentable and
sanitary condition and so as not to constitute a nui-
sance in any sense.
"Second: That the entire portion of the premises
devoted to kennel use must be enclosed with a suit-
able, adequate and permanent fence, sufficient to re-
strain within such property all animals confined
therein; the portion of the fence surrounding said
property shall be not less than six feet in height
and shall be so constructed as to effectively screen
the animals and activities within said kennel from
public view.
"Third: That said permittee shall at all times,
when there are any dogs maintained within said ken-
nel, have in attendance at said premises a person
of proper age, capable of handling, and if necessary,
of subduing the dogs which may be at such time in
said kennel.
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"Fourth: That not more than two hundred dogs,
over the age of six months, shall be kept upon said
premises at any time under this permit.
"Fifth: That the said permittee shall promptly
pay, as same becomes due and payable, any and all
license fees, which may be applicable to the busi-
ness of conducting a dog kennel within the City of
E1 Segundo, and any and all license fees which may
be applicable to a kennel permit, as presently pre-
scribed by ordinances of the City of El Segundo, or
as may be prescribed by such ordinances in the future.
"Sixth: That this permit may be revoked by the
City Council at any time, in the event any of the con-
ditions herein set forth are broken or violated, pro-
vided that no such revocation shall be made unless and
until the Council shall have held a public hearing
upon the question of such revocation, written notice
of which hearing shall have been served upon such per -
mittee, at least ten days prior to such hearing. Such
notice may be served either personally or by register-
ed mail, addressed to said permittee at the address in
said City above set forth.
"Seventh: That this permit must be accepted by
the permittee upon the terms and conditions herein ex-
pressed and evidence of such acceptance must be filed
in the office of the City Clerk by applicant endorsing
upon a copy of this resolution, over his signature,
the following:
+I have read the foregoing resolution. I am familiar
with the terms and conditions upon which the permit therein
referred to is granted and in consideration of said permit,
I hereby accept the same upon said terms and conditions and
agree to be bound thereby.
Permittee
Date it and
WHEREAS, under and pursuant to the authority and permis-
sion so to do as set forth and granted in said above quoted reso-
lution, said Milton C. Wade did thereupon establish, conduct, main-
tain and operate in said premises at 1310 East Grand Avenue, within
said City, the dog kennel therein referred to, and has continued
to conduct, operate and maintain the same at said address ever since
said time; and
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of said City Council held
on the 16th day of May, 1953, the said City Council duly and regu-
larly adopted the following resolution, to wit:
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"RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of E1
Segundo, California, does hereby order Milton C. Wade, hold-
er of a dog kennel permit in the City of E1 Segundo, to
show cause before said Council, at its regular meeting to
be held on the 20th day of May, 1953, at the hour of 7 :00
o'clock P.M. (California Daylight Saving Time) on said date,
in the Council Chamber in the City Hall of said City, in
said City, why his permit for the operation of a dog ken-
nel in the City of E1 Segundo should not be revoked:
11(1) For failure on his part to keep and maintain
said kennel located at 1310 East Grand Avenue,
within said City at all times in a clean, pre-
sentable and sanitary condition and so as not
to constitute in any sense a nuisance.
11(2) Because sick and diseased and other dogs are
being kept in kennels without sufficient at-
tendants to properly and adequately perform
the work of feeding, serving, nursing, treat-
ing, cleaning, ministering to and caring for
the needs of such sick and diseased and other
animals requiring attention in said kennel.
"(3) Because certain of said animals show evidences
of malnutrition.
"() The failure of said permittee to properly and
adequately control the breeding of flies and
the accumulation of manure in and at said ken-
nel premises.
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall serve,
or cause to be served, a certified copy of this resolution
on said permittee at least ten days prior to the said 20th
day of May, 1953, and that such certified copy, so served,
shall be and shall constitute the notice of the action here-
in taken and of the hearing upon said order to show cause. "; and
WHEREAS, at the time and place appointed for the public
hearing referred to in said resolution, last hereinabove quoted
(on the 20th day of May, 1953), Mr. George Lawrence, an attorney
at law representing said Milton C. Wade, informed the City Council
that a certified copy of said resolution, last hereinabove quoted,
had not been served upon the permittee at least ten (10) days prior
to the 20th day of May, 1953, (the date of said public hearing) and
therefore requested that the hearing be continued a sufficient time
so as to allow Mr. Wade to have a proper hearing and suggested ap-
proximately one month as the minimum time to enable Mr. Wade and
his counsel, Mr. Lawrence, to adequately prepare for such hearing;
and
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WHEREAS, thereupon and after much discussion at said Coun-
cil meeting of May 20, 1953, said City Council did grant the re-
quest of said George Lawrence, and, pursuant to stipulation made
by him, did duly and regularly continue said public hearing until
the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m. on the 17th day of June, 1953; and
WHEREAS, said attorney George Lawrence did,on behalf of
his said client and himself in open public meeting of said City
Council, waive any further notice of said continued hearing to be
held on said 17th day of June, 1953, beginning at the hour of $:00
otclock p.m. of said day in the Council Chamber, in the City Hall
of said City; and
WHEREAS, on said 17th day of June, 1953, said City Coun-
cil, pursuant to said order of continuance, did duly and regularly
convene in the Council Chamber of said City, being its regular
place of meeting,and did beginning at the hour of 8 :00 otclock
p.m. ofsaid date duly and regularly conduct said public hearing,
said Milton C. Wade being personally present and also represented
by his counsel attorney George Lawrence; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing said permittee and his
said counsel and all other persons present who desired to give
testimony or submit evidence with reference to said matter were
afforded full and fair privilege and opportunity so to do; and
WHEREAS, the said hearing and all of the oral testi-
monies, statements and remarks made and presented at said public
hearing were fully and accurately recorded by means of a tape re-
corder and thereafter fully, truly, completely and accurately
transcribed; and
WHEREAS, said transcript of said public hearing was
duly certified to said City Council by the City Clerk of said
City and delivered to the individual members thereof under date
of July 1, 1953, and which said complete transcript, as on file
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in the office of the City Clerk of said City, was duly and regular-
ly by reference incorporated in and made a part of the official
minutes of the said meeting of said City Council of June 17, 1953;
and
WHEREAS, all of the documentary evidence presented at
said public hearing was duly and regularly received and is now a
part of the records of said public hearing on file in the office
of the City Clerk of said City; and
WHEREAS, said City Council did at the close of said
public hearing (which was conducted between said hour of 8 :00 p.m.
on said 17th day of June, 1953, until approximately the hour of
12 :25 a.m. on the 18th day of June, 1953) duly and regularly take
the said matter under advisement until its regular meeting to be
held July 1, 1953; and
WHEREAS, said City Council did at its said regular meet-
ing of July 1, 1953, take said matter under further consideration
until the next regular meeting of said City Council to be held
July 8, 1953; and
WHEREAS, at its said meeting of July 8, 1953, said City
Council did take said matter under further consideration until its
next regular meeting to be held July 15, 1953; and
WHEREAS, at its said meeting of July 15, 1953, said City
Council did duly and regularly by unanimous vote of all of the
members of said City Council adopt the following resolution, to wit:
and
"RESOLVED, it is the decision of the City Council
of the City of El Segundo, in the matter of the order to
show cause issued to Milton C. Wade why his permit to oper-
ate a dog kennel at 1310 East Grand Avenue, in the City
of El Segundo, and upon which said matter a public hearing
was held before the City Council on the 17th day of June,
1953, that the permit of said Milton C. Wade to conduct
and maintain a dog kennel at said address be revoked, ef-
fective as of midnight on the 15th day of November, 1953,
and the City Attorney is hereby instructed to prepare and
present to this Council for its review, consideration and
action a form of resolution setting forth the findings of
the City Council in such matter and ordering such revocation. ";
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the instructions given to the City
Attorney, said City Attorney presented to said City Council for
its consideration and study this Resolution No. 1348 at the
regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of August,
1953; and
WHEREAS, at its said meeting of August 5, 1953, said
City Council did take the said form of resolution so submitted
under consideration and study, and after such consideration and
study is satisfied that this resolution truly and correctly sets
forth the findings, determinations and decisions of said City
Council in said matter; now, therefore, -
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, FIND, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS;
SECTION 1. Said Council does hereby find that the facts
recited in the preamble of this resolution are true.
SECTION 2. Said City Council does hereby refer to the
official minutes of each and all of the various meetings of the
City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, hereinabove
referred to in the preamble of this resolution, each and all of
which official minutes are on file in the office of the City
Clerk of said City of El Segundo, in the City Hall of said City,
and are open to public inspection and as so on file does hereby
incorporate the said official minutes of each and all of said
meetings in this resolution as fully and for all intents and pur-
poses as though the same were herein set forth at length.
SECTION 3. Said City Council does hereby expressly
refer to the certified copy of the "COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF TESTI-
MONY GIVEN AND PROCEEDINGS HAD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE
17, 1953, IN THE MATTER OF THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO MILTON C.
WADE WHY THE PERMIT FOR THE OPERATION OF A DOG KENNEL AT 1310
EAST GRAND AVENUE IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHOR-
IZED BY SAID CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH DAY OF JUNE, 1945, SHOULD
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NOT BE REVOKED. ", as certified by said City Clerk under date of
the 1st day of July, 1953, which is now on file in the office of
said City Clerk in said City Hall of said City, and is open to
public inspection and does hereby by this reference expressly in-
corporate the said complete transcript in this resolution as fully
and for all intents and purposes as though the same were herein
set forth at length.
SECTION 4. Said City Council does hereby refer to each
and all of the exhibits and items of documentary evidence which
were offered and received at said public hearing, which commenced
as aforesaid on said 17th day of June, 1953, beginning at said
hour of 8:00 p.m, of said day, and all of which are on file in the
office of the City Clerk of said City in the records of the pro-
ceedings of said City relating to said matter and does by this
reference expressly incorporate the same in this resolution as
fully and for all intents and purposes as though the same were
herein set forth completely at length.
SECTION 5. Said City Council does hereby further find
and determine from the evidence (both oral and documentary) sub-
mitted and received in said matter that the said permittee Milton
C. Wade did fail and has failed on his part to keep and maintain
said kennel located at 1310 East Grard Avenue, within said City,
at all times in a clean, presentable and sanitary condition and so
as not to constitute in any sense a nuisance; and said City Coun-
cil further finds that he has kept and maintained the same in an
unclean, unpresentable and insanitary condition and in such manner
as to constitute the same a nuisance.
SECTION 6. Said City Council does hereby further find
that said permittee Milton C. Wade has kept in said kennel sick
and diseased and other dogs without sufficient attendants to prop-
erly and adequately perform the work of feeding, serving, nursing,
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treating, cleaning, ministering to and caring for the needs of
such sick and diseased and other animals requiring attention in
said kennel.
SECTION 7. Said
that some of the dogs kept
in said kennel were so kep
SECTION g. Said
that said permittee Milton
trol the breeding of flies
at said kennel premises.
City Council does hereby further find
and maintained by said Milton C. Wade
t in a state of malnutrition.
City Council does hereby further ffnd
C. Wade has failed to adequately con -
and the accumulation of manure in and
SECTION 9. Said City Council does hereby further find
that while the said permittee did not sign the acceptance of the
permit as required under the Council's resolution of June 16, 1948,
requiring the same that, nevertheless, (per stipulation, see trans-
cript, page 106) said acceptance is assumed as made as of the date
upon which it should have been made and returned to the City.
SECTION 10. That as a result of the facts and circum-
stances revealed by the evidence, both oral and documentary, pre-
sented and received at said public hearing, and in view of the
findings and determinations hereinabove made by said City Council
in said matter, said City Council does hereby revoke the permit
of said Milton C. Wade to conduct, maintain and operate a dog ken-
nel on the premises located at No. 1310 East Grand Avenue, in the
City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California,
for
effective at the time designated /such revocation in the next suc-
ceeding section of this resolution.
SECTION 11. Said City Council believes that said per-
mittee Milton C. Wade has a substantial investment in the said
kennel premises and activity and for that reason he should be af-
forded a reasonable period within which to terminate and end the
said kennel business and within which to remove or otherwise
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dispose of the animals therein contained. Said City Council be-
lieves that the period between the date of the adoption of this
resolution and the 15th day of November, 1953, at midnight, is a
reasonable period within which to accomplish such purposes and acts.
The revocation of the said permit of said Milton C. Wade to con-
duct, operate and maintain a dog kennel on the premises located at
No. 1310 East Grand Avenue within said City shall therefore be
effective at midnight on said 15th day of November, 1953, and such
shall thereafter
revocation /be and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 12. That said permittee Milton C. Wade shall
be and he is hereby enjoined and restrained from conducting,
operating and maintaining a dog kennel on the said premises at No.
1310 East Grand Avenue within said City after said effective date
of said revocation.
SECTION 13. That this resolution shall take effect im-
mediately, but the order of revocation therein set forth shall
not become effective until midnight on said 15th day of November,
1953, as hereinabove set forth.
SECTION 14. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution; shall make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings
of the City Council of said City in the official minutes of said
City Council of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopt-
ed; shall forward a certified copy thereof to said Milton C. Wade
and a like certified copy thereof to his said attorney, George
Lawrence, as notice of the decision of the said City Council in
said matter and of the revocation of permit as hereinabove set
forth.
Passed, approved and adopted this Ak rIL day of August,
1953.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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Mayor of the City o E1 Segundo,
pro tem California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 1348 , was passed and adopted
pro tem
by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor/ of said
City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regu-
lar meeting of the said Council held on the 26th day of August,
1953, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Gordon. Swanson and Ma.Qr
pro tem Peterson:
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSENT: Councilmen Manor Selby.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
27th day of August, 1953.
ity Clerk of the Cit of
E1 Segundo, Californi .
(SEAL)