ORDINANCE 10882o
ORDINANCE NO. 108 .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO $
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISH-
ING OF SAFETY ZONES WITHIN THE SAID CITY,
AND REGULATING TRAFFIC WITH REFEMMCLE
THERETO.
The Board of Trustees of the City of El
Segundo do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City Marshal of the City
of 81 Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
directed to cause white lines to be painted or placed at
each places as to him shall seem proper, upon any and
all public streets, avenues, alleys, lanes and wasps with-
in the said City, upon which streets, avenues, alleys,
lanes and ways, or portion, or portions thereof, in the
opinion of the said City Marshal, the travel or traffic
is unusually heavy, or unusually dangerous.
Such white lines shall be not less than six (6)
inches nor more then twelve (12) inches in width and shall
extend at right angles as nearly as possible fram the curb
to the middle of the street on the side of the street in
which traffic would ordinarily be proceeding under the
laws of the State of California.
Said City Marshal is further authorized and dir-
acted to cause to be clearly painted upon the highway in
letters not less than one (1) foot in height, ani not less
than four (4) inches in width, the words "Safety Stop ",
said words to be so painted within not less than aix (6)
feet nor more than twelve (12) feet, of the white lines
above mentioned, and placed so that same can be observed
in proper position to be read by drivers of vehicles; In-
f/ terurban railway cars, street cars or animals lswfully
approaching such white line or lines.
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BE CT I ON 2. It s hal l b e unlawful f o r any
person driving, using or having control of any vehicle,.
or for arty person driving any animal; or for any motor-
man, or any other person operating or having charge or
control of any street car or interurban railway car or
train of cars, to fail, refuse, or neglect to stop such
interurban railway car,, or train of cars, or vehicle, or
animal, or street car, as the case may be, immediately
before proceeding to arose arq such white line so placed,.
or painted, as above set forth.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinanoe shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be puni Ehed by a fine of not more than One Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or by imprisonment in the County
Jail of Los Angeles County,. California, or in the City
Jail of the City of El Segundo, California, as the Committ-
ing Magistrate may direct, for a period of not to exceed
thirty (30) days; or by both such f ine and imprisonment at
—� the discretion of the Court.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage aid adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a week-
ly newspaper of general circulation-, printed, published
and circulated within the said City of El 3egando; and
which is hereby designated for that purpose.. Said City
Clerk shall also cause a printed copy of this Ordinance to
be conspicuously posted in each of the three following pubp
lie places in said City of E1 Segundo, to-wit: One such
copy thereof on the bulletin board at the United States
Post Of fie a in se. id. City ; one such copy t hereof on the
bulletil board at the main entrance gate. of the oil re-
finery of the Standard Oil Company of California, on.
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El Segundo Avenue; and one such copy on the official
bulletin board at the City Haul in said City.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from and after the final passage ani adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this 29th day
of July ; A. D. , 19 24.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA j
COUNTY OF 105 ANGELES ) ; SS.
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CITY OF EL.SEGUNDO )
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of the Board of Trustees
y of El Segundo, Oa lif orni a.
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I, Victor D. McCarthy, Gity Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the Board of Trustees of the said City
is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No.
108 , was duly passed and adopted by the said Board of
Trustees, approved bnd signed by the Presidemt oC said
Board, and attested by the City Clerk of said. City, all
at a regular meeting of the said Board held on the 29th
day of July , 1924, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: TRLWEES Anderson, Cannon, Gerow, Love and Binder. ;
HOES : TRUBTMS None ;
ABSER@ : TRUBTM None
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City Clark of the C f 1 "agundo,
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