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ORDINANCE 269ORDINANCE NO. 269 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY HALL IN AND FOR SAID CITY AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER THEREIN; FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CI'T'Y COUNCIL OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SAID COUNCIL; ESTAB- LISHING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CONDUCT THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREIATI TH, INCLUDING ORDINANCE NO.167. The City Council of the City of El Segundo, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That that certain two story brick building located upon the following described real property situated within the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to -wit: Lots 9 and 10 in Block 21, of E1 Segundo, in the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 18, Page 69 of Maps, Records on file in the office of the County Recorder of said County, shall be and the same is hereby named and designated as the "City Hall" in and for the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California. SECTION 2. That the main entrance to said City Hall shall be and the same is hereby fixed and designated as 203 Richmond Street in said City. SECTION 3. That that certain room in the Northeast corner of the first floor of said City Hall, hereinabove 1- M1 designated in Section 1, approximately 35 feet by 18.6 feet in dimension and being designated as Room No. 101, on said first floor of said building, shall be and the same is hereby named and designated as the "Council Chamber" of the City Council of the City of EL Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California.. SECTION 4. That that certain door, towit: the double door with glass panels through which direct entry is made to the Council Chamber from the main ground floor hall- way of the above designated City Hall, shall be and the same is hereby fixed, designated and established as the "Council Chamber Door ". SECTION 5. That the regular meetings of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, after the 1st day of July, 1943, shall be held in said Council Chamber hereinabove de- signated, in said City Hall, on the first and third Wednesdays of each and every calendar month beginning at the hour of 7 :00 o'clock in the evening of said days. In the event that any of said Wednesdays shall fall upon a holiday, then, and in that event, the regular meeting for that day shall be held on the next succeeding business day, beginning at the same hour of such succeeding business day, and in the same place as hereinabove designated. Any such regular meeting may be adjourned to a date certain which shall be specified in the order of adjournment, and when so adjourned such adjourned ^k meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. Such adjourned meeting may likewise be adjourned and when so adjourned shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. No notice of any adjournment of any regular meeting or adjourned regular meeting, when such adjournment is made by the Council or by a member or members thereof, need be given, as all members of the Council are hereby charged with the duty 2- and responsibility of ascertaining the time and place of each, every one and all of such adjourned meetings. SECTION 6. That special meetings of the said City Council may be called at any time by the Mayor or by three members of the City Council, by written notice delivered personally to each member at least three hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting; pro- vided, however, that any special meeting of the said City Council shall be a validly called special meeting without the giving of such written notice as above provided, if all members of the City Council shall give their consent in writing to the holding of such meeting, and such consent is on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City at the time of holding such meeting: A telegraphic communica- tion from a Councilman consenting to the holding of the meeting shall be deemed to be a consent in writing, within the meaning of the terms as expressed in the foregoing sentence. At any special meeting the power of the City Council to transact business shall be limited to matters referred to in such written notice or written consent. SECTION 7. That all meetings of said City Council shall be held in said Council Chamber in said City Hall and shall be public. SECTION 8. That at any meeting of the said City Council a majority of said Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in the following manner and under the following penalties, to -wit: The Mayor, or any two members of the City Council, may sign a written order requiring the attendance of any 3» Councilman or Councilmen, as the case may be, who may then and there be absent from any such meeting and shall have the power to send a member or members of the Police force of said City with such written order to bring the absent Councilman or Councilmen, as the case may be, forthwith before the Council; and it shall be unlawful for any member of the Council to fail or refuse to immediately accompany such Police officer or Police officers to the Council Chamber upon being served with such written order, unless such member of the City Council is then and there injured, ill or incapacitated to such an extent as to reasonably preclude such attendance on his part or unless he is so precluded by the serious illness or injury of any member of his immediate family. SECTION 9, That in the absence of all of the members of the City Council from any regular meeting or adjourned regular meeting the City Clerk may declare the same postponed and adjourned to a stated day and hour, and must thereupon deliver or cause to be delivered personally to each member of the City Council a written notice of such adjourn- ment at least three hours before the time to which such regular or any adjourned regular meeting has been so adjourned. SECTION 10. That in the event any order of adjourn- ment of a Council meeting fails to state the hour at which the adjourned meeting is to be help}, such adjourned meeting may be validly held on the day specified in the order of adjournment if held at the hour herein prescribed for regular meetings. SECTION 11. That it shall be unlawful for any person to disturb any meeting of the City Council by loud or unusual noise, or by tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight, 4- or fighting. SECTION 12. That it shall be unlawful for any person present at any council meeting, and while the Council is in session, to fail or refuse to be seated or remain quiet when ordered or commanded so to do by the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore. On order of the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or of any police officer of the City of El Segundo to eject from any meeting of the City Council any person who disturbs any meeting of the Council, as prohibited under Section 11 of this ordinance, or who fails or refuses to be seated or remain quiet when ordered or commanded so to do by the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore as re- quired under this Section 12 of this ordinance. No such ejection, however, shall release or relieve the person so ejected from prosecution for any violation of either said Section 11 or this Section 12 of this ordinance. SECTION 13. That except as may be otherwise provided by law, the proceedings of the Council shall ordinarily be conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order; provided, however, that a failure to observe or enforce such Rules shall in no manner affect the regularity, validity or legality of any action or proceeding taken by said Council, and the City Council in its discretion and in accordance with its right to govern its own proceedings, does hereby reserve the right to proceed at any time otherwise than as prescribed or indicated in said Robert's Rules of Order. SECTION 14. That any person 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 Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of El Segundo, California, or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, 5.- California, as the committing magistrate may direct, for a period of not to exceed three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. SECTION 15. That Ordinance No. 167 of the City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled: 'SAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY HALL IN AND FOR SAID CITY, AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER THEREIN; FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SAID CITY COUNCIL AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERWITH. ", passed and adopted on the 9th day of May, A. D., 1930, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, effective as of and after the time upon which this ordinance becomes effective. SECTION 16. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of ordinances of said City, 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 El Segundo, California, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. SECTION 17. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and virtue on and after the lst day of July, A. D., 1943. Passed, approved and adopted this 12th day of May , A. D., 1943. A7 T: City le (SEAL) / Mayor of thVCi ty of E1 Segundo, California. M .r 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. 269 , 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 12th day of may A. D•, 1943, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Gerow. Hesser. Peterson. Selby and M yor Love ; Noes: Councilmen *Tone - Absent: Councilmen None • ( SEAL) City Clerk of/the City of El Segundo, California. 7« 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. 269 , is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 269 of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO$ CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY HALL IN AND FOR SAID CITY AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER THEREIN; FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SAID COUNCIL; ESTAB- LISHING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CONDUCT THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERDTITH, INCLUDING ORDINANCE NO. 167. ", which was duly passed and adopted by the approved and signed by the Mayor of said by the City Clerk of said City, all at a of the said Council held on the 12th day 1943, and that the same was so passed ani following vote: said City Council, City, and attested regular meeting of May , 3 adopted by the AYES: Councilmen Gerow. Hesser, Peterson. Selby and Mayor Love NOES: Councilmen None ; ABSENT: Councilmen None • 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. 269 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 131h a &rzl i WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this jgth day of May , A. D.1 1943. City Clerk of " E1 Segundo, Ca ifornia. ( SEAL) % Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ss. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, Fra- -- Z. Snow _ being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the —.._.. Edit o r I and 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 has 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 gen- eral 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 denominations, 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 ap- pear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ment; that the - ......... ....................... -•-- ................................................ - ...... • -..... of which the annexed is a printed copy as herein above stated, was published and printed in said newspaper at least ... 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