ORDINANCE 10ORDINANCE NO.LLI
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGU NDO REGULATING THE USE
OF THE PUBLIC S TR7—:TS AND PLACES WITHIN SAID CITY AND PROHIBITING
INJURY TH R7TO OR OBSTRUCTI __'N THEREOF.
The Board of Trustees of the City of E1 Segundo do orlain as
follows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration, either as principal, agent or employee, to excavate in or
place any obstruction in, or to plow, work or grade,any street, alley,
thoroughfare or public place, or to do any injury to the same, with-
in the City of '17'1 Segundo, California, unless a permit therefor shall
be first obtained by said person, firm or corporation, as hereinafter
provided.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration to ride or drive any horse or wagon, carriage, bicycle or
other vehicle upon any public sidewalk or curb upon any public
street, alley, thoroughfare or place within the City of F1 Segundo
except upon obtaining a permit so to do as hereinafter provided;
provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not ap-
ply to any regularly constructed cement drive -way crossing any such
public sidewalk or curb.
Section 3. The Street Superintendent shall issue a permit to
any person to perform any act hereinabove referred to when the same
is necessary for building or construction purposes or for the improve-
ment of said street, alley, thoroughfare or place, provided, however,
that no such permit shall be issued until such person shall have
given unto the City of "1 Segundo a good and sufficient bond, to be
approved by the Street Superintendent, indemnifying said city against
an "i► damage that may arise by reason of the performance of any such
acts and for any expense incurred by said city in restoring any such
street, alley, thoroughfare or place to its proper condition.
Section 4. No person, firm or corporation shall place or
plant, or cause to be placed or planted, any tree, shrub or bush
in any public street, alley, thoroughfare or place within the City
of rl Segundo without obtaining permission from the Board of Trustees
so to do. The Board.of Trustees upon the granting of any permit
hereunder shall specify the manner in which the acts permitted there-
by are to be performed and in case said permit shall be for the
planting of trees the same shall specify the place in which the same
are to be planted, the distance apart, the kind of trees, and such
other regulations as to said Board shall seem best.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as
principal, agent or employee, to drive, drag, propel or move, or cause
to be moved upon any street, alley, thoroughfare, or place with a
surface improved or finished by oiling or otherwise, within the City
of 71 Segundo, any plow, harrow or cutting or scratching instrument
or any heavy vehicle or machine liabla to break the surface of, or
do injury to the surface of any such street, alley, thoroughfare or
place, except in pursuance of a lawful contract to improve said
street, alley, thoroughfare or place, or a permit therefor granted
by the Board of Trustees at its option in case of urgent necessity.
Section 6. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon con'aiction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars or by imprisonment in the
Jail of Los Angeled County, California, for a period not to exceed
sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the
'"1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circu-
lated within the City of El Segundo, and which is hereby designated
for that purpose, and thereupon and thereafter the same shall take
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effect and be in full force. v
Passed and approved this 2 "day of ,1917.
President of the Board of T ustees
of the City of 71 Segundo.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of E1 Segundo )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, .ity Clerk of the City of 71 Segundo,
do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No. /0 , was pas red by the Board of Trustees of the City of
El Se,3undo, signed by the President of said Board, and attested
by the City lerk, all at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the rday of , 1917, and that the same was passed
by the following vote:
AYES: Trustees
NOES: Trustees
ABSENT: Trustees
City Clerk of the Cit, of ?� Segundo.
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