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ORDINANCE 1921313 ORDINANCE NO. 192 . AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, CREATING A BOARD OF C ONMWATION IN AND FOR THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, DEFINING BUILDINGS WHICH CONSTITUTE A MENACE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PFOVIDIN G TIC MEANS OF ASCERTAIN- ING SUCH FACT AND ABATING SUCH BUILDINGS. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali fD rnia, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of this ordinance, a "building constituting a menace to public safety" is defined as: (a) Any building or other structure so constructed as to more than ordinarily endanger the safety of persons therein in case of fire, or so situated as to more than ordinarily endanger other buildings or property in the vicinity in case of fire, or so constructed or situated as to render the same peculiarly susceptible to fire, from within or without; or (b) Any building or other structure in the City of El Segundo, California, which, by reason of rot, weakened joints, walls, floors, underpinning, roots, ceilings, in- secure foundations, or other cause, has become so dilapidated or deteriorated as to endanger the safety of persons therein or nearby. That for the purpose of this ordinance "ovaler" is defined to mean the holder or holders of the record title, and all recorded interests therein, on the day upon which the notice of hearing is issued. 1- (f' 131. SECTION 2. That every "building constituting a menace to public safety ", as hereinabo ve defined in this ordinance, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and as such shall be subject to abatement. SECTION 3. A Board of Condemnation is hereby created which shall consist of the Chairman of the Committee of Public Health and Safety of the City Council, the Building Inspector and the Chief of the Fire Department of the said City of E1 Segundo. SECTION 4. Said Board of Condemnation is hereby granted the power, after hearing, to conclusively find and determine whether any building constitutes a menace to public safety, within the meaning of this ordinance. Said Board may, as part of said hearing, inspect such building and the facts observed by said Board at such inspection shall constitute evidence upon which it may base its find- ings. Notice of the hearing above referred to shall be given by said Board by posting in a conspicuous place on the building at least ten days prior to the date of hearing, a notice directed to "all persons having or claiming any interest" in the building sought to be condemned, stating the purpose of said hearing, the grounds therefor and the time and place of such hearing. A copy of said notice shall be sent by registered mail at least ten days prior to such hearing to each owner at his last known address, or if such address cannot, after due diligence, be ascertained, then to said ovm�e r at "El Segundo, Cali fornia. " SECTION b. Whenever said Board shall have de- termined that a building constitutes a menace to public safety, as above provided, it shall thereupon conclusively find and determine what repairs or alterations are necess- ary or whether the total destruction of such building is 2- ` 1315 necessary in order that such building shall not constitute a menace to public safety. Said Board shall conclusively determine and find the length of time necessary to complete such repairs, alterations, or destruction, such time to begin to run upon service of findings, and said Board may for good cause, extend such time for not to exceed thirty days. SECTION 6. The findings, rulings and/or determi- nations of said Board shall be in writing and shall be served upon the owner personally, and if after dua diligence he cannot be found, shall in lieu thereof, be posted for ten days in a conspicuous place on the building. SECTION 7. Whenever any owner is aggrieved by any ruling, finding, determination or act of the Board of Con- demnation, such owner may within five (5) days after such ruling, finding or determination is made, or act is done, appeal to the City Council of the City of El Segundo by filing with the City Counc it a written statement of the rulings, findings, determinations or acts complained of and the reasons for taking such appeal. The City Council shall thereupon appoint a time for hearing said matter, which time shall be not less than five (5) days nor more than fifteen (15) days from the time said statement is filed, and shall hear the same and receive evidence in said matter and make its findings within seven (7) days from the time of such hearing. The City Council may confi3m, modify, or set aside the findings, rulings, determinations or acts of the Board of Condemnation. The findings and determinations of the City Council shall b.e final and conclusive. SECTION 8. It shall be unlawful and puni shabl e by a fine not exceeding 9300 or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, California, or the City Jail of the City of E1 Segando, California, as the c ommi tong magistrate may determine, for not more than ninety days, 3- 1316 or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court, for any owner of any building which has been found by said Board of Condemnation to constitute a menace to public safety to fail, after service of such findings, rulings and /or determinations as provided in Section 6 hereof, to destroy, alter or repair such building in accordance with the findings, rulings and/or determinations of said Board and within the time allomd. by said Board, provided such owner had the legal power to so destroy, alter or repair such building, and it shall be unlawful and similarly punishable for any owner after he has received the notice of hearing above provided to disable himself from destroying, altering or repairing such building. Each day's failure to so alter, destroy or repair such building shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. SECTION 9. Every building constituting a menace to public safety as the same is defined in Section 1 of this ordinance, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and said nuisance may be abated amunarily, or by civil action. SECTION 10. Every building found by said Board of Condemnation to constitute a menace to public safety, if not destroyed, altered, or repaired within the time allowed by and in accordance vd th the findings of the Board, shall be deemed, sad every such building is hereby declared to be, a public nuisance, and every such nuisance may be abated. summarily or by civil action. The cost of any abatement, referred to in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, shall be a charge against the owners of the property upon which such building or structure is located, and shall be a lien upon the real property upon which same was abated, and the City of E1 Segundo may proceed to collect the same by suit or by foreclosure of lien at the option of the City Council of said City. 4- SECTION 11. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, and shall cause the same to be published once in the official paper of said City, to -wit: the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated within said City, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. SECTION 12. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and virtue thirty days from and after the date of the final passage and adoption thereof. Passed, approved and adopted this 25th day of July , A. D., 1934. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. 1317 Mayor of e i o f E1 egnndo, Cali f, rni a. I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clark of the City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five: that the foregoing ordina -ce, being Ordinance No. 192 , was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk thereof, all at a reguIar meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of July , A. D., 1934, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser and Mayor B#nder ; NOES: Councilmen None ; ABSENT: Councilmen Love and Selby h i y erko a ityo (SEAL.) El Segundo, California. 5- 1318 CLERK'S CERTIFICATE. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. I, Victor D. McCarthy, 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 f iv e ; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 192 is a full, true and correct or nal of Ordinance old. —12p- — of the said City of Z1 Segundo, California, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, CREATING A BOARD OF CONDEM- NATION IN AND FOR THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, DEFINING BUILDINGS WHICH CONSTITUTE A MENACE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PROVIDING THE MEANS OF ASCERTAINING SUCH FACT AND ABATING SUCH BUILDINGS.", which was duly passed and adopted 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 regular meeting of the said Council held on the 25th day of Jul , 1934, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser and Mayor Binder Noes: Councilmen None Absent : Councilmen Love and Selby . I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 878 of Act 5233 of the General Laws of the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition) as amended to date, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 192 was duly and regularly published according to the law an =e order of the City Council of said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so published therein on the following date, to -wit: Ju1X27th, 1934 . WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 28th day of August, A. D., 1934. City Clerk of t e City El Segundo, California. ( SEAL) Affidavit of'. "�cao STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, V w .................Frank L. aio.................................................................................... being first duly sworn, deposes and 4 at he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of Calif he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the Instrument hereunto attacliAll ES ............ ................. .... and ................................................. ............................................................................... N�Ml publisher of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation,, pr*4d, pub- V-shed and circulated WEEKLY in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that *40- news - " paper had been so printed, published and circulated at regular Intervals of one week for,mor* (0an one year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said 'l per is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within thy -tdeaning of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said seettbn, said newspaper Is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of aleneral MIN" character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the Interests, or published forJbe enter- tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or deno ti, or for any number of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or demoninations, and that news- paper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it at any of the times herein mentioned. devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing sucl;; tlasses, professions, trades, *callings, races or denominations, or any of such classes, professions, tijA.eis call- ings, races or denominations. That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page_..._ numbered ... --- ---......• ...... ........ / ...... .................................................................... ........... . ........ ........ ........................... ................... ................ hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, Is a fult_trne, and correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures -'exactly as published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of the same was preceded with words -printed in black-face type not smaller than nonpareil,. • describing and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinan ce, resolution - or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed'instru- Ordinance No. 192 ment; that the ...------•------ -•---- -------- -•-- ----- - - -.--- ----------------- . ..... ....................................................... ............ . ..... . ...... . ................ of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in *d news- P-11per at least --- ..... week......, by ............ ....................consecutive publication..._, commencing on the 20h A. D. 193-4...., and ending on the ............................ day of ........................ day of .... ----_--_ ----- T41—Y ............ A. D. 193___ -.__ -, and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- .... larly issued to-wit: ....................................................... T hursday . . .... ....... ............... ................................. I ...... - ................. .......................... ..................................................................... ........................ ............... ......................... .......................................................... ..................... ............................................................................... I .. . . ... .. ...... L._S� Subscribed and orn to before me this ----- V.- Subscribed pando.rnt.o se of ... .... .. .... ....................... A. D. 193.4 ay . . ............... . . .... ... ..... ..... ................. ... City Clerk of the City o ndo. Co ty of Los Angeles, State of Califor a.iy By------ ------ -_--_-_- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy City Clerk of Said City. 1 :1'319 ORDINANCE NO. 193 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN OF THE TERRITORY INCLUDED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS TAX DISTRICT NO. 12 CERTAIN OF SUCH TERRITORY AS TAX DISTRICT NO. 22 AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TERRITORY INCLUDED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS TAX DISTRICT NO. 32 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVENIENCE IN THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES WITHIN SAID PORTIONS OF SAID CITY AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 152 OF SAID CITY. N. B. The ordinance titled as above, was intro- duced by Councilman Gerow, August 1st, 1934. The requirement therefor not being apparent after said introduction, Councilman Gerow, with consent of the Council, withdrew the same at a regular meeting of said Council held August 29th, 1934.