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ORDINANCE 254LJJ ,a. Q"U UCE ]1(). :-254. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING FIRES ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OCEAN BEACH WITHIN SAID CITY. The City Council of the City of 31 Segundo, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to light, ignite or start or maintain, or permit to be lighted, ignited, started or maintained, any open fire, or any fire the light of which is visible, in, upon or about any public or private beach within said city, or immediately adjacent to any such beach, without first having procured a permit in writing from the Chief of Police of said City so to do. Any person desiring any such permit shall make written application to the Chief of Police of said City therefor, stating the location and character of such pro- posed fire and the purpose or reason for the same. The Chief of Police may grant such permit subject to such terms and conditions as in his opinion may be necessary in order to preserve and protect the public peace, health and safety of said City, and may refuse to grant the same in the event that the granting of any such permit in his opinion would adversely affect such public peace, health and safety. It is provided, however, that the Chief of Police shall not issue any such permit during any time or period that the United States of America is at war with any foreign power, unless by further written consent of the City Council of said City first had and obtained. SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 1- D shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300.00, or by imprisonment in the County Jail of Los Angeles County, California, or in the City Jail of said City of E1 Segundo, 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. SECTION 3. That this ordinance is an emergency ordinance affecting the public peace, health and safety and general welfare of said City, and the same shall there- fore take effect immediately upon the final passage and adoption thereof. The facts constituting its urgency are as follows: The Government of the United States of America is now at war with the so- called Axis Powers, and the lighting or maintaining of fires upon the public or private beaches within said City, or the lighting or maintaining of fires which are visible in or upon such public or private beaches would be a distinct menace to the said City and the inhabitants thereof, and to the Government of the United States of America in its war effort, and it is therefore essential that any and all such fires be regu- lated and controlled in order to combat and avoid such menace. SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general oireu- lation, published and circulated within the said City and hereby designated for that purpose. 2- Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of _May , A. D., 1942. Mayor of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL) 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. 254 , 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 6th day of May , A. D., 1942, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Gerow. Hesser. Peterson. Selby and Mayor Love ; NOES: Councilmen None ; ABSENT: Councilmen. None ti AA i ty Clerk of y lr El Segundo, Cal to a ( SEAL ) 3- CLERKIS 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. Ems,, is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. _Ln&_ of the said City of E1 Segundo, alifornia,entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING FIRES ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OCEAN BEACH WITHIN 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 6th day of Mav _, 19429 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Gerow_ Hesser. Peterson. Selby and Mayor Love ; NOES: Councilmen none ; ABSENT: Councilmen 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. 254 was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the El 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: May 7th- 1942 • WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 8th day of May , 1942. i ty Clerk of o El Segundo, California. (SEAL)