ORDINANCE 463ORDINANCE NO. 463
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE MAINTENANCE
OF SWIMMING POOLS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the maintenance of private swimming
pools without adequate supervision or precautionary and protective
measures constitutes a severe hazard to the safety of the inhabi-
tants of the City of El Segundo and particularly to small children
in the City of E1 Segundo. That numerous small children have been
drowned by falling into private swimming pools in the County of Los
Angeles; that many of said,deaths could have been prevented if ade-
quate preventive measures had been required and installed. That
the hazard to children in the City of E1 Segundo is increased as
additional pools of such nature are constructed within said City.
SECTION 2. Every person in possession of land within the
City of E1 Segundo, either as owner, purchaser under contract,
lessee, tenant, licensee, or otherwise, upon which is situated a
swimming pool, shall at all times maintain on the lot or premises
upon which such pool is located and completely surrounding such
pool, lot or premises, a fence or other solid structure not less
than four (4) feet in height with no opening therein (other than
doors or gates) larger than six (6) inches square. All gates or
doors opening through such enclosure shall be equipped with a self
closing and self latching device designed to keep and capable of
keeping such door or gate securely closed at all times when not in
actual use, such latching device must be so located as not to be
easily accessible to small children; provided, however, that the
door of any dwelling occupied by human beings and forming any part
of the enclosure hereinabove required need not be so equipped.
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day during which, or during any portion o
visions of this ordinance is violated and
therefor as herein provided.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and
final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk
f whic
shall
shall
after
shall
h, any of the pro-
be punishable
become effective
the date of the
certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to
be entered in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall,
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 24th day of August,
1955.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor pro tem of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.
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SS.
I, Neva M. Elsey, 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 or-
dinance, being Ordinance No. 463, was passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor pro tem of
said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the 24th day of August,
1955, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor
pro tem Baker;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: NavAr Sal hv_
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
24th day of August, 1955•
(SEAL)
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City Clerk of the CAty of
E1 Segundo, Califor ia.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Neva M. Elsey, 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 or-
dinance being Ordinance No. 463, is a full, true and correct
originai of Ordinance No. 463 of the said City of El Segundo,
California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE MAINTENANCE
OF SWIMMING POOLS. ",
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, ap-
proved and signed by the Mayor pro tem of said City, and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the
said Council held on the 24th day of August, 1955, and that the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Frederick, Gordon, Swanson and
Mayor pro tem Baker:
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSENT: Mayor Selby.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provi-
sions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of Cali-
fornia, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 463 was duly and regularly
published according to law and the order of the City Council of
said City bn 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: September 1. 1955
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