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ORDINANCE 7154 3 (- %* ORDINANCE NO. 715 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOW- ING SECONDARY CODES THEREIN ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN CODE EN- TITLED "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 1967 EDITION, VOLUME I, " ITS APPENDIX AND THE "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1967 EDITION, VOLUME III, " PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, MAY 1966 EDITION, " INCLUDING APPENDICES A, B, C, D. AND E, PUBLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "PUBLIC HEALTH CODE" ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THERE- OF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "UNIFORM MECHANI- CAL CODE (BUILDING CODE), 1967 EDITION, " AND ITS APPENDIX, PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSO- CIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILD- ING OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; AND THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, INTER- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANI- CAL OFFICIALS UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDI- TION, " INCLUDING APPENDICES A, B, C, E AND F, PUB- LISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 518 AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Adoption of the "El Segundo Municipal Code.." That certain document entitled, "El Segundo Municipal Code," three copies of which have been filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection, together with the secondary codes therein adopted by reference, is hereby adopted as a comprehensive ordinance code for the City of E1 Segundo, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022. 1 through 50022. 10 of the Government Code of the State of 4 3 R'7 California. Each and all of the provisions, terms and penalties of said Code on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, incorporated herein, and hereby made a part hereof as though fully set forth in this ordinance. SECTION 2. Title -- Citation -- Reference. This code shall be known as the "El Segundo Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "El Segundo Municipal Code" in any prosecu- tion for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction of, or repeal of the "El Segundo Municipal Code. " Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" and such reference shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in this code. SECTION 3. Reference applies to amendments. Whenever a reference is made to this code as the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the City of El Segundo, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions here- tofore, now, or hereafter made. SECTION 4. Codification authority. This code consists of all of the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California, codified pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 50022. 1 through 50022. 10. SECTION 5. Definitions and rules of construction. In the construction of this code and of all ordinances of the city, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Council or the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) City. The words "the city" or "this city' shall be con- strued as if followed by the words "of E1 Segundo." (b) Computation of time. The time in which any act provided -2- by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a holi- day and then it is also excluded. (c) Council. Whenever the word "council" is used in this Code, it shall be construed to mean the City Council of the City of El Segundo. (d) County. The words "the county" or "this county" shall mean the County of Los Angeles. (e) Day. A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following. (f) Daytime, nighttime. "Daytime" is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. "Nighttime" is the period of time between sunset and sunrise. (g) Gender. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (h) In the city. The words "in the city" shall mean and in- clude all territory over which the city now has, or shall hereafter acquire jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers. (i) Joint authority. All words giving a joint authority to three or more persons or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such persons or officers. (j) Month. The word "month" shall mean a calendar month. (k) Number. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. (1) Oath. "Oath" includes an affirmation. (m) Officers, departments, etc. Officers, departments,boards, commissions,and employees referred to in this Code shall mean officers, departments, boards, commissions, and employees of the City of El Segundo, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (n) Official time. Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall mean Pacific Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time, as may be in current use in the city. (o) Or, and. "Or" may be read "and, " and "and" may be read "or, " if the sense requires it. (p) Owner. The word "owner, " applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner,. joint owner, tenant in com- mon, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of such building or land. (q) Person. "Person" includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or company. (r) Personal property. Includes every species of property, except real property, as defined in this section. -3- 43 f1`9 (s) Preceding, following. The words "preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively. (t) Process. Includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. (u) Property. The word "property" shall include real and per- sonal property. (v) Real property. Shall include lands, tenements and heredita- ments. (w) Shall, may. "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive. (x) Signature or subscription by mark. "Signature" or "sub- scription" includes a mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signerts or subscriberts name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriberts name; but, a sig- nature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto. (y) State. The words "the state" or "this state" shall be con- strued to mean the State of California. (z) Tenant or occupant. The words "tenant" or "occupant" applied to a building or land, shall include any person hold- ing a written or an oral lease of, or who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others. (aa) Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present. (bb) Week. A week consists of seven consecutive days. (cc) Writing. Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. When- ever any notice, report, statement or record is required or authorized by this Code, it shall be made in writing in the English language, unless it is expressly provided other- wise. (dd) Year. The word "year" shall mean a calendar year, except where otherwise provided. SECTION 6. Title, chapter, and section headings. Title, chap- ter, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section hereof. SECTION 7. Effect of Code on past actions and obligations. That the repeal provided for in this ordinance shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the operative date of this 4374 ordinance; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City or autho- rizing the issue of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the Cityts indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall such repeal affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of theCity Council not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code; nor shall it affect the annual tax levy; nor shall it affect any right or franchise conferred by ordinance or resolution of the City on any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating to the salaries of City officers or employees; nor shall it affect any ordinance annexing territory to the City; nor shall it affect any ordi- nance naming, opening, accepting or vacating streets or alleys in the City; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating to zoning; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating to state employees' retirement contracts; nor shall it affect any ordinance establishing special and general City funds; nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered on or prior to the operative date of this ordinance. SECTION 8. Severability. If any section, subsection, sen- tence, clause, phrase, portion, or part of this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent juris- diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, parts, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 9. Repeals. "The Code of the City of El Segundo, California, 1958, " as adopted on February 24, 1958 by Ordinance No.518, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A REVISION AND CODI- FICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ENTITLED tTHE CODE -5- 4371 OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 19581, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDI- NANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES HEREIN- AFTER SET OUT. "; is hereby repealed together with all amendments thereto except that the following ordinances shall remain in force after the operative date of this ordinance: Ordinances Nos. 708, 709, 71010 712, 713, and 714. The provisions of each of the foregoing ordinances shall prevail over and control conflicting provisions in the "El Segundo Municipal Code. " SECTION 10. Zoning Map Amendments. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9 of this Ordinance, ordinances amending Ordinance No. 518 by amending the Zoning Map attached to "The Code of the City of El Segundo, California, 1958," shall remain in full force and effect as amendments to the Zoning Map on file in the office of the Director of Planning unless and until such ordinances are otherwise amended or repealed. SECTION 11. Effective date. This Ordinance shall become effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the final passage and adoption thereof, and shall become operative on the first day of the month following the effective date. SECTION 12. That the City Clerk shall 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 pass- age 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 El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circu- lated within said City of El Segundo and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of April, 1969. ATTEST: ayor o e i y of e n California. 4, City Clerk (SEAL) -6- 4371 ,-A STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, EUNICE U. CREASON, 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. 715, is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 715 J of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOW- ING SECONDARY CODES THEREIN ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN CODE EN- TITLED, "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1967 EDITION, VOLUME I, " ITS APPENDIX AND THE "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1967 EDITION, VOLUME III, " PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE ": THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, MAY 1966 EDITION, " INCLUDING APPENDICES A, B, C, D, AND E, PUBLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "PUBLIC HEALTH CODE" ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THERE- OF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "UNIFORM MECHANI- CAL CODE (BUILDING CODE), 1967 EDITION, " AND ITS APPENDIX, PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSO- CIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILD- ING OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; AND THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED, "INTER- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANI- CAL OFFICIALS UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDI- TION, " INCLUDING APPENDICES A, B, C, E AND F, PUB- LISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE "; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 518 AS SPECIFIED HEREIN., 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 28th day of April, 1969, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: f 4371-6 AYES: Councilmen Balmer, Frederick, Nagel, Stephens and Mayor Carr; NOES: Councilmen None; ABSENT: Councilmen None. I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 715 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: City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL) By ........ ............................... Deputy 4.3 7/- C Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) Ro.semary .. . . . ..... Forem. .an . ............ ....... ....... ... 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 ------------ ........ _...._..... -- - ..... .......................F.xinci pal.... C. 1. e. rk.............................._................................ ............................_.. Editor 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 newspaper 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 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 general character, having a -bona fide subscription list of payir_g subscribers; that said newsnaper 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 mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin- ations, or any of such clr.sses, professions, trades, callings, 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 appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ment; that the ....... Ordinance .... 7. 15 ._ ............................................. of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news- paper at least ..... on.ce..... week .1y,, by ........one ................ consecutive publication ......... commencing on the .14 ............. day of ----------- hay. ... ...... ..................... _. A. D...196^ and ending on the ........14.................. day of .......May.......... .......... A. D. 19 ... .6�., and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- larly issued, to -wit: ..._ .....................May 14. 1969 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .....�.. ...... day of ...... y...... A. D. 19...4 . ... � City clerk of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California. By.................. ..----- .--- .--- ....- ---- .------------ ........ ..... ................. ..---- Deputy City Clerk ad said City.