ORDINANCE 352Xw_i "0 7
ORDINANCE N0. 352
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE SALE OR DIS-
PENSING OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR SUB-
STANCES TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN SAID CITY.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo,
California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. No self service of any Class I, Class
II, or Class III inflammable liquid or substance, as herein-
after defined, shall be allowed or permitted in or at any
place of business in the City of E1 Segundo, California,
where the sale of such liquids or substances is made to
the public.
Delivery of such liquids or substances shall be
made only by the owners, lessees or regular employees of
such places of business.
When unattended by an owner, lessee or regular
employee of such place of business, all pumps and other
facilities of such place of business for the delivery of such
liquids or substances, shall be locked, or other effective
means provided, to prevent access to such supplies of such
inflammable liquids or substances.
SECTION 2. Definitions:
(a) Inflammable Liquid or Substance: deans any
liquid or substance with a flash point below 187 degrees
Fahrenheit, closed cup tester.
(b) Class I Inflammable Liquid or Substance: Means
any liquid or substance with a flash point below 25 de-
grees Fehrenheit, closed cup tester.
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(c) Class II Inflammable Liquid or Substance;
Means any liquid or substance with a flash point above
that for Class I and below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, closed
cup tester.
(d) Class III Inflammable Liquid or Substance;
Means any liquid or substance with a flash point above
that for Class II, and below 178 degrees Fahrenheit,
closed cup tester.
(e) Flash Point: Beans the lowest temperature
to which a liquid or substance must be heated to give
off vapors which, when mixed with air will produce an
explosive mixture.
SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300.00, or by
imprisonment in the County Jail of Los Angeles County, Cali-
fornia, 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 4. That this ordinance is an emergency
ordinance affecting the public peace, health, safety, comfort,
convenience and general welfare of said City, and the same
shall therefore take effect and be in full force and virtue
immediately upon the final passage and adoption thereof. The
facts constituting its argency are:
The City Council is informed of the proposed estab-
lishment and operation within said City of certain self service
stations or sales points, at which members of the public will
themselves be permitted, as part of the operation, to place
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inflammable liquids or substances of the classes hereinabove
referred to in receptacles, or in tanks of automobiles or
vehicles owned or operated by such members of the public from
containers or devices operated by the stations or businesses
offering or permitting such type of service. Said City
Council does not deem such method of handling such liquids or
substances safe, or in the public interest, and that this
ordinance is, therefore, urgently needed in order to preserve
the public peace, health, safety, comfort, convenience and
general welfare of said City of 31 Segundo.
SECTION 5. 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 E1 Segundo
Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published
and circulated in said City, and which is hereby designated
for such purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of
April A. D., 1949.
Mayor of tEe---C-Ity o eguno,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGEIES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
F.1 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. 352, 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 6th day of April A. D. , 1949, and
that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Thompson, Swanson and
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MAYnr Slhy-
NOES : Co unc i lmen None.
ABSENT: Councilmen Peterson.
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E1 Segundo, Cal
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. 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. 352,
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 352
of the said City of E1 Segundo, en t e :
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING
THE SALE OR DISPENSING OF INFLAMMABLE
LIQUIDS OR SUBSTANCES TO THE PUBLIC
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 April 1949,
and that the same was so passed and adopts by e ollowing
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Thompson, Swanson and Mayor Selby.
NOES: Councilmen None.
ABSENT: Councilmen Peterson.
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. 352 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 news-
paper of general circulation, published and circulated within
the said City, and that the same was so published therein on
the following date, to wit: April 14, 1949
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 15th
day Of April , 1949.
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, } ss.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
Anna Marie bladi.sII 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......
Editor.................................... ............................... .
Adftw of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newsapaper has been so 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 here-
in 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 entertainment 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 newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentionej 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, callings, races or denominations.
` That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page....... numbered
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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. QY' dine( 1@„ Pei52 .. .............................:.
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said
newspaper at least.. OAe „week...., by ... One ........ %nsCCttCipe Publication...., commencing on the
14th day of �P.ril.!........ .. , A. D. 1949., and ending on the.. .2e41�.h .day of
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this..^`!c.�.
day of A D. 19. !.
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo County
of Los Angeles, State of Cal rnia.
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Deputy City Clerk 0 f id City.