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ORDINANCE NO. 219
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 12
OF SAID CITY., ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO LICENSING AND
REGULATING CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSINESS
TRANSACTED AND CARRIED ON IN SAID CITY
AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. ",
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 11, 22 AND 35 THEREOF,
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 45 OF SAID CITY.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 11 of Ordinance No. 12
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
LICENSING AND REGULATING CERTAIN KINDS
OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED AND CARRIED ON IN
SAID CITY AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR VIOLA-
TION THEREOF. ",
passed and adopted on the 14th day of March, 1917, as amended,
be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows,
to -wit:
"SECTION 11. (a) For every person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business of contracting,
maintaining, using or leasing bill boards or sign
boards, or posting, sticking, tacking, affixing or
painting bills or signs or both upon the same, $10.00.
per annum for each such bill board or sign board pay-
able in advance, provided however, that before any
bill board or sign board may be erected upon any
premises within the City of E1 Segundo, application
shall be first made to the City Council of said City
for a permit so to do, which said application shall
show the name and address of the applicant; a sketch
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of the proposed bill board or sign board; a
specification of materials of which the same is to
be constructed; and a description of the premises
upon which the same is proposed to be located. Said
application shall be filed with the City Clerk of
said City, and shall be by him delivered to the City
Council at the next regular meeting thereof after the
filing of the same. Said City Council upon considera-
tion of said application, may either allow or disallow
said application as the public interest, convenience
or safety of said City in the discretion of said Council,
may require. Upon the allowing of such application,
said Council shall direct the City Clerk to issue a
permit therefor, showing among other matters thereon,
the person, firm or corporation to whom the same is
issued, the character of the board to be erected, the
location upon which the same is to be erected and in
addition to any other matter thereon contained shall
be printed the following;
tThe City Council reserves the right to revoke
the within permit at any time upon refunding to the
holder thereof the pro rata portion of the license fee
paid therefor, whenever in the discretion of said
Council the public interest and necessity or safety of
said City demand that the same be removed.' ,
which said right is hereby expressly reserved to the
City Council of said City; provided however, that no
permit for any bill board or sign board shall be issued
unless the same is to be constructed of galvanized iron
or steel of not less than 26 gauge, the bottom of said
board to stand not less than one foot above the sur-
face of the ground, and the whole thereof to be sub-
stantially built to withstand a wind pressure of at
least 40 miles an hour.
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(b) For every person, firm or corporation carry-
ing on the business of advertising by posting, sticking,
tacking, affixing or painting bills or signs to or upon
posts, fences or buildings, or the business of distribut-
ing or of advertising by distributing posters, dodgers
or printed advertisements of any kind, $5.00 per day;
provided, however, that each such person, firm or cor-
poration must and shall before the issuance of any license
under this section obtain from the City Clerk of said
City a permit to engage in such business within said City,
which said permit shall only be issued on written appli-
cation therefor, stating the name of the person, firm
or corporation responsible for the advertising, posting,
sticking, tacking, affixing or painting, and, or dis-
tribution of such dodgers, posters or printed statements
or advertising, provided, however, that it shall be
unlawful for any person to throw, or deposit, or place
with the intention of leaving, in any public street
within said City, any sample or samples of goods, wares
or merchandise, or any posters, dodgers or printed
advertising matter."
SECTION 2. That Section 22 of said Ordinance No. 12,
as amended, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
"SECTION 22. For every person, firm or corpora-
tion carrying on a packing house during the time they
are in actual operation, $3.00 per quarter."
SECTION 3.. That Section 35 of said Ordinance No. 12,
as amended, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
"SECTION 35. For every person, firm or cor-
poration conducting or carrying on any business of
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any kind whatever not hereinbefore designated, or
conducting or carrying on any business in any store
or place where goods, wares or merchandise of any
kind, nature or description are sold, $3.00 per
quarter."
SECTION 4. That said Ordinance No. 12, as amended,
is hereby amended as hereinabove in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of
this ordinance set forth.
SECTION 5. 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 E1 Segundo Herald, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published
and circulated within the said City of E1 Segundo, and which
is hereby designated for that purpose.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30) days from and after the date of the final
passage and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this 22nd day of
11arch , A. D. , 1939.
Mayor of he City of E1 Segundo,
California.
ATTEST;
V' or D. Ile ar
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUND 0 . )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 219,
was 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 22nd day of March, 1939, and that
the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder
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NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Selby
y Clerk o the- City o
E1 Segundo, California.
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CLERKIS 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
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 219,
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 219,
of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 12 OF
SAID CITY, ENTITLED: 'AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO LICENSING AND REGULATING
CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED AND
CARRIED ON IN SAID CITY AND FIXING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.V, BY AMENDING SECTIONS
119 22 AND 35 THEREOF, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
NO. 45 OF SAID CITY. ".
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 22nd day of March, 1939, and
that the same was so passed an�Tc adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen 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. 219 was duly and
regularly published according to the law and the order of the
City Council of said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation printed, published and cir-
culated within the said City and that the same was so published
therein on the following date, to-wit: March 30th, 1939
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 31st
day of March, A. D., 1939. i
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