ORDINANCE 236ORDINANCE NO. 236.
AN ORDINJ4NCL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CAT MRNIA, REGULATING TIC ESTABLISBUENT
AND OPERATION OF REST HOMES, BOARDING
HOMES, HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS OR SANITORIUMS
IN SAID CITY, AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That for the purposes of this
ordinance a rest home, boarding home, hospital, sanitarium
or sanitorium is hereby defined to be any institution,
place or premise used for the reception or care, temporary
or continuous,of one or more sick, injured, aged, feeble,
helpless or dependent persons, or used or maintained for
the treatment and care of one or more persons suffering or
afflicted with any mental or physical disease or bodily
injury, not including, however, any private home or private
residence used for the care of any member of the family occu-
pying such private home or residence.
SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, association or corporation to establish,
maintain or conduct, keep open or manage any rest home,
boarding home, hospital, sanitarium or sanitorium, as
defined in this ordinance, within the corporate limits of
the City of El Segundo, California, without first having
obtained a permit in writing from the City Council of said
City so to do as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm, association or cor-
poration desiring a permit under the provisions of Section 1
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of this ordinance, shall make written application there-
for and shall file such application with the City Clerk
of said City. Such application shall set forth the
correct name and address of the applicant; the exact
location, giving street number, if any, and the legal
description, of the premises upon which the rest home,
boarding home, hospital, sanitarium or sanitorium is pro-
posed to be established and maintained; the maximum number
of persons who will be cared for, boarded, treated or main-
tained in such rest home, boarding home, hospital, sanitarium,
sanitorium or institution; the purpose for which it is to
be conducted or maintained; the accommodations for the
inmates thereof, including a particular statement with re-
ference to the sanitary facilities to be provided; the
nature and kind of treatments to be given or proposed to
be given therein; the name and address of the person who
shall actually conduct and manage such rest home, boarding
home, hospital, sanitarium, or sanitoriur.; and such
further information or details as the City Council may
require, Any such application shall be presented by the
City Clerk to the City Council at the next regular meet-
ing of such Council following the filing thereof. The
City Council may thereupon make such investigation as such
Council in its discretion may deem necessary or advisable,
and may grant any such permit subject to such terms and
conditions as said Council may prescribe, or may refuse
to grant any such permit. The City Council may hold a
hearing or hearings on any application hereunder and the
decision of said Council upon any such application after
hearing shall be final and conclusive.
SECTION 4. Every rest home, boarding home, hos-
pital, sanitarium or sanitorium, conducted, maintained
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or managed by any person, firm, association or cor-
poration, under the provisions of this ordinance, shall
at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of
the health officer of said City, or by any person duly
appointed by said City Council to make such inspection;
and said City Council is empowered hereby to inspect
the same, or cause inspection to be made, whenever and
as often as they may deem proper. If upon any such in-
spection said Council shall find any such rest home,
boarding home, hospital, sanitarium or sanitorium to be
conducted or maintained in violation of the terms of the
application hereinbefore referred to, or in violation of
any of the provisions of this ordinance, or of the permit
granted hereunder, or in violation of any of the provisions
of any of the laws of the State of California, or of the
City of E1 Segundo, then such City Council shall revoke
such permit issued to such person, firm, association or
corporation for the conducting, managing and maintaining
of such rest home, boarding home, hospital, sanitarium
or sanitorium, or said City Council may revoke said permit
for any other good and sufficient cause which in its
discretion may seem necessary for the protection of the
public peace, health, safety and comfort.
SECTION 5. Isolation Doom. Every such rest home,
boarding home, hospital, sanitarium or sanitorium wherein
ten (10) or more patients are housed shall be equipped
with a separate room or space for isolation purposes,
which shall be equipped with a separate toilet and bath.
SECTION 6. Sleeping Quarters. No person shall
be kept, cared for, or maintained as a patient in any room
or ward in any rest home, boarding home, hospital, sanitar-
ium or sanitorium which provides less than five hundred
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a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub-
lished and circulated within the said City of E1 Segundo,
and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
SECTION 19. That this ordinance shall become
effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after
the date of the final passage and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this Stn day of
October , A. D., 1940.
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Mayor of the City of E1 Segun o,
California.
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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 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.
236 is a full, true and correct original of
Ordinance No. 236 , of the said City of E1 Segundo,
California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGIUND0,
CALIFORNIA REGULATING THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND OPERARON OF REST HOMES, BOARDING HOMES,
HOSPITALS, SAIUTARIUMS OR SANITORIUMS IN
SAID CITY, AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.",
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the iviayor of said City, and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the stn day of October ,
1940, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
.AYES : Councilmen Gerow. Hesser, Love. Selby and
Mayor Binder ;
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Nn,,.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the
provisions of Section 898 of Act 5233 of the General Laws
of the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition) as amended
to date, that the foregoing ordinance No. 236 was duly and
regularly published according to 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 pub-
lished therein on the following date, to-wit: October
10th x„1940
WITUESS my hand and the seal of said City this
11th day of 0(tnl-pr , A. D.$ 1940.
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is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, .dyet
the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that -1i ? +:
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wand publisher of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub-
lished and circulated WEEKLY in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said news-
paper had been so printed, published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one
year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is,
and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning
of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said
newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general
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 for the enter-
tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for
any number of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or demoninations, and that said 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 such classes,
professions, trades, callings, races or denominations, or any of such classes, professions, trades 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 full, true, 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, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
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of Los Angeles, State of Califor a.
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Deputy City Clerk of Said City.
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the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that -1i ? +:
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wand publisher of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub-
lished and circulated WEEKLY in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said news-
paper had been so printed, published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one
year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is,
and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning
of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said
newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general
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 for the enter-
tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for
any number of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or demoninations, and that said 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 such classes,
professions, trades, callings, races or denominations, or any of such classes, professions, trades 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 full, true, 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, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
ment; that the -__. oxaiu ana. e---13 6 ............... _ ..... .....................................................................................................
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news -
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of Los Angeles, State of Califor a.
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Deputy City Clerk of Said City.
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(500) cubic feet for each such patient. Beds shall be
maintained at least three (3) feet apart.
SECTION 7. Patients' utensils. All bedpans,
urinals, and other utensils used for patients and inmates
shall be free from cracks or chips. They shall be properly
cleansed and sterilized immediately after use.
SECTION 8. Toilets. Toilet and utility rooms
shall be provided for all bed patients. Where ten (10) or
more ambulatory patients or inmates are cared for or housed
there shall be provided at least one (1) toilet, two (2)
lavatories, and two (2) baths or showers for each ten (10),
or fractional part thereof, patients of each sex. All
toilet rooms, lavatories, baths and showers shall be main-
tained free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, or
corrosion.
SECTION 9. Sanitation of Rooms. All walls, floors,
ceilings, woodwork, curtains and furnishing shall be main-
tained in a good, clean, sanitary condition, free from the
accumulation of dirt and filth, and every room shall be
provided with adequate ventilation, lighting and heat.
SECTION 10. Protection of Heaters. A barrier or
other protection shall be placed around each stove or fire-
place, and gas space heaters must be connected to the
supply line with a continuous metal pipe.
SECTION 11. Screens. All windows and doors shall
be screened and maintained in good condition so as to ex-
elude flies and other insects.
SECTION 12. Linen and Bedding. There shall be
maintained an adequate amount of bedding, linen, hand and
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bath towels, in good, clean condition, and each bed shall be
supplied with good springs and a clean, comfortable mattress;
and all beds and mattresses shall be kept in a sanitary
condition and shall be thoroughly cleaned before being used
by another person.
SECTION 13. Kitchen and Food. Every kitchen
shall be adequately lighted, provided with suitable plumb-
ing, and ventilated, and conducted with strict regard to
the influence of such conditions upon the health of the
operators, employees, or other persons therein employed,
and the purity and wholesomeness of the food therein pre-
pared, served, kept, handled or stored. The term "food"
shall include all articles used for food and drink, and
all substances and ingredients used for the preparation
thereof. All dishes, glasses and implements used in the
preparation or serving of food shall be thoroughly cleaned
and sterilized after each use. All such utensils shall be
free from cracks or chips of any kind.
The floors, side walls, ceilings, fixtures,
receptacles, utensils, sink drainboards, implements, dishes
and machinery in every kitchen or place where food is
prepares, served, kept, handled or stored shall be kept
in a healthful and sanitary condition. Unhealthful or
unsanitary conditions shall be deemed to exist if food in
process of preparation, handling, or storing is not
securely protected from flies, dirt, dust and other
poisonous or contaminating influences. The sine walls and
ceilings of every kitchen shall be well plastered and
painted, and kept clean with soap and water, or otherwise
kept in a sanitary condition. Every kitchen shall have an
impermeable floor which can be flushed or washed with water.
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SECTION 14. Drugs in Kitchen. No drugs,
medicines, or poisonous insecticides shall be kept in
the kitchen.
SECTION 15. Kitchen Workers. No owner or
employer shall require, permit or suffer any person to
work, nor shall any person work, in a kitchen where food
is prepared, served, kept, handled or stored, who is
afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease.
SECTION 16. Garbage. All garbage and kitchen
wastes must be kept in a tight, flyproof, metal container,
and removed from the premises and disposed of in a sani-
tary manner at reasonably frequent intervals.
SECTION 17. That any person, firm or corpora-
tion violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed
$300.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City
of El Segundo, California, or in the County Sail of Los
Angeles County, California, as the committing magistrate
may direct, for a period of not to exceed three months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the Court.
Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for every day during any portion of which
any violation of any provision of this ordinance is com-
mitted, continued or permitted by such person, and shall
be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance.
SECTION 18. 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,
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