ORDINANCE 2610
ORDINANCE X O. z61
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO RESTRICTED
LIGHTING WITHIN SAID CITY.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo,
California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. J. L. Dewitt, Lieutenant General,
U. S. Army, Commanding ?western Defense Command and Fourth
.Army, by virtue of the authority vested in him by the Presi-
dent of the United States and Executive Order No. 9066,
dated February 19, 1942, and pursuant to Public Law 503- -
77th Congress, approved :larch 21, 1942, and by virtue of his
powers and prerogatives as Commanding General of the .western
Defense Command, has issued Public Proclamation No. 10, dated
August 5, 1942, and effective August 20, 1942, which as amend-
ed by Public Proclamation No. 12, dated October 10, 1942, and
issued by virtue of the same authority, reads as follows
(omitting Exhibits incorporated therein):
"HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND
AND FOURTH ARMY
Presidio of San Francisco, California
PUBLIC PROCLAMATION NO. 10
August 5, 1942
"TO: The people within the States of Washington,
Oregon and California, and to the Public
Generally:
'•;HEREAS, by Public Proclamation No. 1, dated
March 2, 1942, this Headquarters, there were designated
and established Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2; and
WHEREAS, the armed forces of the enemy have made
attacks upon vessels of the United States traveling
along the Pacific Coastal waters and upon land in-
stallations within said Military Areas, and it is
expected that such attacks will continue; and
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';'HEftEAS , it is ne ce s sail- to provide maximum
protection for war utilities, war materials and war
premises located within the States of Washington,
Oregon and California against enemy attacks by sea
and by air;
NOON', THEREFORE, I, J. L. DeWITT, Lieutenant
General, U. S. Army, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the President of the United States and by the
Secretary of Var and my powers and prerogatives as
Commanding General of the Western Defense Command,
do hereby declare that:
1. The present situation requires as a matter
of military necessity that a ?one of ".estricteC
Lightin- be established within Military Areas Nos. 1
and 2, and that illumination within said Zone of Re-
stricted Lighting be extinguished or controlled in
such manner and to such extent as may be necessary to
prevent such illumination from aiding; the operations
of the enemy.
2. Pursuant to the determination and statement
of military necessity in Paragraph 1 hereof, a Zone
of Restricted Lighting, as particularly described in
H�xhibit A hereof, and as generally shown on the map
made a part hereof and marked Exhibit B, is hereby
designated and established. Illumination within the
entire area of said Zone of Restricted Lighting shall
be extinguished or controlled at all times at night
from sunset to sunrise, as follows:
(a) Signs, Floodlighting, Display and Interior
Lighting. Illuminated signs and ornamental lighting of
every description which are located out -of- doors, and
floodlighting which illuminates buildings or signs
(including but not limited to all exterior advertising
signs, billboards, display lighting, theatre marquee
signs illuminated poster panels, and building outline
lighting), and all interior light sources (as herein-
after defined) which emit direct rays above the
horizontal out -of- doors, shall be extinguished. The
words, "light sources 11 as used herein are intended
and shall be construed to mean and include any light
generating elements and the bright portion of any re-
flector, lens, luminaire, transparency, or other
equipment associated herewith for the control or
diffusion of light. This Section 2(a) shall not
apply to illumination for industrial or protective
purposes except to the extent provided for in Section
2(b) hereof.
(b) Illumination of Outdoor Areas; Street and
Highway Lights. Illumination of outdoor areas and
industrial and protective illumination, shall be
controlled as follows:
(1) 'Except as provided in Section 2(b) (2)
hereof, illumination on all outdoor areas
(including but not limited to automobile
service station yards, outdoor parking
areas, recreation areas and outdoor struc-
tures and roofs) shall not exceed one foot
,candle at any point when measured on a
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horizontal plane at any level of such
outdoor areas, and all outdoor light sources
shall be shielded so that no direct rays
from the light source are emitted above the
horizontal. All interior lighting of every
description shall be reduced or controlled
so that it does not contribute more then one
foot candle of illumination upon any outdoor
area. All street and highway lights shall also
be shielded so that each light source emits
no more than ten per cent of its total lamp
lumens at angles above the horizontal. Pro-
vided the foregoing requirements are met, any
further reduction or extinguishment of street
or highway illumination which would unnecess-
arily aggravate traffic hazards is not required.
(2) Variations from the foregoing requirements shall
be permitted in the case of illumination for
industrial and protective purposes, and from
industrial processes, whether interior or ex-
terior, but not includin- street or highway
lights, only when and to the extent that it
is necessary to vary from such requirements
in order to achieve and maintain maximum
efficiency; but only with the written approval
of the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board,
obtained in advance.
(c) Traffic Signs and S
and signals which are authori
mental authority for the pure
ing street or highway traffic
direct rays from the light so
horizontal in respect to ligh
above the ground, or above an
grees above the horizontal in
than ten but more than three
an angle of more than twelve
in respect to lights :counted
ground. Relative variations
are permissible to compensate
ignals. Illuminated sins
zed or maintained by govern -
ose of controlling or direct -
shall be shielded so that no
urce are emitted above the
is mounted ten feet or more
angle of more than six de-
respect to lights mounted less
feet above the ground, or above
degrees above the horizontal
less than three feet above the
in the upward limit of light
for grades.
(d.) Navigation and Railroad Lights. Authorized lights
necessary to facilitate air or water navigation, author-
ized railroad signal lights, and headlights of railroad
locomotives i:hen�in motion, are hereby excepted from all
the provisions of this Proclamation.
3. In addition to the
imposed, illumination within
restricted Lightin which is
hereinafter defined, shall be
scured at all times at night
follows:
restrictions hereinbefore
that part of the Zone of
visible from the sea, as
further diminished or ob-
from sunset to sunrise, as
(a.) Street, Hi hway and Traffic Lights. Street and
highway lights, and illuminated signs (but not signals)
which are authorized or maintained by governmental authority
for the purpose of controlling or directing street or
highway traffic and *,:hich are visible from the sea, shall
be so shielded that they are not visible from the sea at
night and so that no direct rays from the light source
are emitted above the horizontal.
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(b) Residential, Commercial and Industrial Windows.
No lightin6 shall be permitted behind windows or glazed
doors visible from the sea unless they are covered by
drapes or shades.
(c) Street and Highway Traffic. Z,lithin areas
visible from the sea, but subject to the exceptions
hereinafter stated, vehicles shall operate at night with
no more then two lighted driving lamps, regardless of
the direction of travel, and each such lamp shall provide
a. maximum of not more than 250 beam candlepower. Normal
rear lights, license plate lights and clearance lights
(where required by law) are permitted. Vehicles which
are classified as authorized emergency vehicles under
the 9JT)licable Federal, State or local law, when oper-
ated by authorized personnel, and when displaying an
illuminated red spotlJ.ght, and when responding to a. fire
alarm, or when in the immediate pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the law, or when going; to or trans- -
portin�, a person who is in apparent need of immediate
emergency medical or surgical care, or when responding
to some other emergency involving; the protection of life
or property, shall be excepted from the foregoing provision.
(d) 'Industria.l and Prot ^ctive Illuminaticn. Light
sources for industrial purposes and light from industrial
processes within areas visible from the sea, shall comply
with the requirements of Section 2(b) hereof, and shall
also be shielded so that they are not visible from the
sea at niEYht; provided, that variations from these re-
quirements may be permitted in the case of illumination
for industrial and protective purposes, and from Indus.
trial processes, whether interior or exterior (but not
includin€ street or highway lights), only when and to
the extent that it is necessary to vary from such re-
quirements in order to achieve and maintain maximum
efficiency; but only with the written approval of the
Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board, obtained in
advance.
(e) Other Illumination. Except as hereina.bove
provided in this Section 3, all other lights visible from
the see. are prohibited at night, including but not limited
to light from fire, bonfires , parked cars, flashlights
And. lanterns.
(f) Definition of "Visible From the Sea." The
phrase "visible from the sea," as used herein, is intended
and shall be construed to mean and include the folloving:
Visible at any time from the *-!esters of the Pacific
Ocean, or from the vaters of the Straits of Juan de Fuca
lying south of a line extending due east from the most
southerly point of Vancouver Island and west of a line
running due north and south throuL7h the easternmost point
of the easterly boundary line of the City of Port Townsend,
1 ^79shington, or visible from any of those bodies of water
located on the shoreline of the State of California
generally 'mown and described as follows:
Santa Monica Bay;
Santa Barbara Channel;
San Luis Obispo Bay;
Estero Bay; and
Monterey Bay;
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Provided, however, that the waters of San Francisco
Pay, lying: easterly of a line extending from Point Bonita
through Mile Pock, is not intended and shall not be con-
strued to be a part of the sca; and solely for the
purposes of Section 3(c) hereof, concerning street and
highway traffic, the phrase, "areas ;risible from the sea,
is also intended and shall be construed to mean and in-
clude that portion of streets or highways which may not
in fact be visible from the sea but which Is within
areas benera.11y visible from the sea.
4. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Proclamation, or orders issued pursuant thereto, is
subject to immediate exclusion from the territory of the
Western Defense Command, and to the criminal penalties
provided in Public Law No. 503, 77th Congress, approved
March 21, 1942, entitled "An Act to provide a penalty
for the violation of restrictions or orders with respect
to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing
any act in military areas or zones."
5. The Ninth Regional Civilien Defense Board is
hereby designated as the primary agency to aid in the
enforcement of the foregoing provisions. It is requested
that the civil law enforcement agencies and State.and
local government;;1 bodies within the areas affected by
this Proclamation assist the Ninth Regional Civilian
Defense Board in the enforcement hereof.
6. This Proclamation shall become effective
August 20, 1942.
J. L. D eWI TT
Lieutenant General, U. S. Army,
Commanding"
SECTION 2. Said Public Proclamation No. 12, in
addition to amendin� Public Proclamation No. 10 as hereinabove
set forth, contains the folloi,.ino: paragraphs:
"B. This proclamation shall become effective October
25, 1942, except those provisions of Subsection
2(b) (1) hereof, concerning street and highway
lights, t•.hich shall become effective November
12, 1942.
C. The recitals set forth ir_ the first three para-
graphs of said Public Proclamation No. 10 are
hereby reaffirmed. Except as hereinbefore
expressly amended, all the ;provisions end de-
terminations expressed in said Public Proclama-
tion No. 10 shall remain in full force and
effect."
SECTION 3. The City of El Segundo hereby recognizes
the civil end military necessity for the concurrent enforcement
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of the ?)rovisions of Public Proclamation No. 10, as amended
ns aforesaid, by the City of E1 Segundo and the federal
government.
SECTION 4. The City of E1 Segundo is within the
Zone of Restricted Lighting, designated and established by
SECTION 2 of said Public Proclamation No. 10 as amended as
aforesaid.
SECTION 5. 1,,2loever on or after October 25, 1942,
shall commit any act in the City of El Segundo contrary to
the provisions of either Section 2 or Section 3 of Public
Proclamation No. 10 as amended as aforesaid, which amended
proclamation is hereinabove set forth in full, shall be
guilty of a violation of this ordinance which violation shall
constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not to exceed q"=0.00, or by im-
prisonment in the City Jail of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, or in the County Jail of the County of Los
Angeles, California, as the committing magistrate may direct,
for a period of not more than three months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
SECTION 6. This ordinance is required for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, and shall take effect immediately. The following
is the statement of facts constitutinE; such urgency: The
United States is at war and this city by the provisions of
Public Proclamation No. 10 as amended by Public Proclamation
No. 12 is located in a military zone of restricted lighting
established as a matter of military necessity in order to
minimize the danger of enemy attack and to provide maximum
protection for war utilities, war materials and war premises.
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'y reason of the im-nediate threat of enemy attack com-
pliance with the provisions of Public Proclamation ?'1o. 10
as amended by Public Proclamation Nc. 12 is essential for
the protection of the lives and property of the people of
the City of E,1 Segundo. This ordinance shall therefore
take effect immediately upon the final passage and adoption
thereof.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the pascaoe and adoption of this ordinance and shall
muse the ba.me to be published once in the official paper
of said City, to -rjit: the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of beneral circulation, printed, published and.
circulated within said City, and which is hereby desiSnated
for that purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this __21st dad, of
October, A. D., 1942.
ATTEST :
VTOPOR *n- Ma .ARTW _
City Clerk
( SEAL) By / "� M -
Deputy
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
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CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
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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. 261, 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
21st day of October, A. D., 1942, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen wesser, Peterson and Manor Love _
NOES: Councilmen None_ ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Geraw and Selby► .
VICTOR D. McCA=
City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
By
Depaty
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. 261 , is a full, true and correct original
of Ordinance No. 261 of the said City of El Segundo,
California., entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO RESTRICTED
LIGHTING 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 ofsaid City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 21st day of October, 1942,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES : Councilmen Hesser, Peterson and Kayor Loy*
NOES: Councilmen No • ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Gerow and Sell=
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 foregoin6 Ordinance No. 261
was duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo
Herald, a viee' -Ily newspaper of general circulation, printed,
publtshed and circulated ,raithin the said City, and that
the sane was so published therein on the following date,
to-wit: October 224d, 1942 .
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this
sg,rA_ day of October ----1 1942.
VICTOR D. MCCARTELY
City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California.
(SEAL) BY Lli� '(01. "
Deputy
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