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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1941-2460 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BEST AND BEST ATTORNEYS AT LAW CYAN. BuiLO1NG RIVERSJM CALIF. ORDIN,ffNGE NO. 07 6 AN OR1/1NjiNCE OF THE CITY OF EL.STNORS: RElivTINC TO aIR ktaID PRECAUTIONS. The City Council of the City of Elsinore does ordain as follows: Section 1: as used in this ordinance the following words and phrases shall mean: "Air rain; warning signal" shall mean a signal, by siren, whistle, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration consisting of either a fluctuating or warbling signal of varying pitch or a succession of intermittent blasts of about five seconds duration separated by a silent period of about three seconds. "all clear signal" shall mean a continuous signal, by siren, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration at a steady pitch. "Period of air raid alarm" shall mean the interval of time between the giving of the air raid warning signai and the giving of the next succeeding all clear signal. "Blackout structure" shall mean any space so enclosed that any illumination maintained or existing therein is not visible from any point outside such enciosure. Section 2: The Chief of Police is hereby authorized acid directed to cause the sounding of an air raid warning signal and of an ail clear signal when, and only when, the district in which the city is located is notified so to do by the Sheriff of Riverside County. Section 3: Any person who effects ur maintains any illumination, or permits any illumination under his control to be effected or maintainer, :_t any place within the City of Elsinore during any period of air raid alarm except within a blackout structure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. -i- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BEST ANO BEST SAT LAW EVANB OVILDING Rrv[nem[, CAU e. Section 4: The maintenance or leaving of any illumina tion, except a;ithin a blackout structure, without provision for its extinguishment, with.in one minute after the commence- ment of a period of air raid alarm by a. competent person over the -ge of eighteen years attendant at the place where such illumination is controlled, is hereby prohibited. Section 5: in order to enable the Chief of Police to conform to the request of the Sheriff of Riversi.:ie County for the obscurati.on, diminution or extinguishment of any iliumina- tion, whether ;inor out of doors, which increases the vulner- ability of the City of Elsinore, or any portion thereof, to air attack, or for the regulation of traffic during the period of air r-id alarm, the City Council may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for such purposes, ::end any rule or regulations so adopted by said City Council shall be and remain in effect until rescinded and cancelled by said City Council. Violation of any such rule or regulation so adopted and promulgated is hereby aeclared to be a misdemeanor. Section 6: It shall be unlawful to disobey any lawful direction or order of a peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman given during a period of air raid alarm, which order is reasonably necessary for the maintenance of public order or safety or to effect the extinguishment or obscuration of light. Section 7: Any illumination contrary to the provision . of this ordinance, or to any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated in -ccordance with section 5 hereof, constitutes a public nuisance, and the same may be summarily seated by any peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman. Any structure may oe entered by any peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman, using reasonable force if necessary, for the purpose of abating such F nuisance by extinguishing such illumination. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BEST AND BEST, S AT LAW EYA N9 BYILOING RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Section 8: At the commencement of a period of air raid alarm, the operator of any motor vehicle shall forthwitn bring such vehicle as far as possible to the side of the street, road or highway off the main traveled portion thereof, and the operator of such motor vehicle, and the operator of any street car, shall bring such motor vehicle or street car to a stop clear of any crossins., intersection, fire house, fire plug, hospital or other emergency depot or area, and shall extinguish all lights therein or thereon and said motor vehicle or street car shall remain so siivatea during the period of air raia alarm, unless directed or ordered to move by a peace officer highway patroiman, or fire,�,an. Section 9: The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to blackout emergency vehicles, which �h�ll include the following: (1) All Army and Navy vehicles; (2) All vehicles with United States Government credentials indicating the necessity of emergency moveiaent; (3) All authorized emergency vehicles as defined in sections 44 and 44.1 of the Vehicle Code of California; (4) All vehicles of the Caiiforni.a State Guard, being operated by the California State Guard in-the transportation of troops, equipment or material. (5) All vehicles certified by the Sheriff of Riverside County,. District Attorney of i`Jverside County, and the Ca'..iforn is State IIighway Patrol, actin,{ jointly,when operated by a State, County or City off:tcial., pursuant to the Proclamation of the Governor of the State of California made and nroclai.ned on the 14th day of December, 1941, in the territorial jurisdiction of the City of - Elsinore; provided, however, that such vehicles shall conform to the uniform lighting regulations approved by the Department of motor Vehicles and the California State T.Ii.ghway -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BEST AND BEST nrrorvrveva A Evnue Bu aDING olrva HIVEPBIOe, CneIP. Patrol for blackout emergency vehicles. No certificate shall be issued which conflicts with any re,qulatlon or order of the United States Army, applicable in the area for which the certi- ficate is issued. Section 10: It shall be unlawful for any person withou autnori ty, during any air raid alarm, to use, wear, exhibit or possess any uniform, insignia, credential, or other indication of authority, or any imitation thereof, adopted and issued by any official civilian defense organization. .ection ll Any person who shall operate a siren or whistle in such amanner as to simulate an air raid warning signal. or an all clear signal, except upon order of the Sheriff or Chief of Police, shall be Cui.lty of u misdeme: nor. Section 12: During the time that the United States remains in a state of war all out of doors illumination required by or under spy ordinance or resolution of the City of Elsinore shall be, during the period between any air raid warning and the next succeeding all clear signal, hooded, covered, and guarded in such a way that said illumination is not visible from any point above its location, any provisions of any ordinances or resolutions of the City of Elsinore to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Section 13: r1ny person who shall violate any provis of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceed- ing three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. Section 14: This ordinance is required for the immed� iate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and sl go into effect immediately on its passage and publication. The following is the statement of facts constituting such a -4- 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BEST AND BEST ATTORNEYS AT LAW EVANS BUILDING Bry ... I.R. Cwua, urgency: The United States is at war and this city is in great and continuing danger of air and other attack by the enemy. Section 15: If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held .invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of tnis ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid nrovisi.on or application, and to this end the nrovialons of this ordinance are Ceclarea to be severable. Section 16: The City Clerk shall certify to The adoption of ti-,is ordinance, and cause the same to be published once in the Elsinore Leader Press. Attest: a JGJ.ivC C; City Clerk of the City of Elsinore I hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this /.T' W4 of�'t r � Mayor of the City of Elsinore State of California, City of PIlsinore, County of Riverside, ss. I, C. J. halina, the duly elected, qualified and act- ing City Clerk of the City of Elsinore, California, do hereby certify that the foregoi_ne OrdiWnce was duly and regularly introduced on the a ;? ';' ay of AC.e -¢., 1941, and was passed and adopted by the City Council of said City of Elsinf at a regular meeting of said Council held on the /d(�"day of ,JO OwN 1u47r by the following vote: �p (/ Ayes: '� cvag" 9Y/ 5'4 ---- Noes: �%La�reR„ GJ t,t�4 d-,q, A.,� 0/4-4 Absent: /%7o -,.ems (/ E3/rw City Clerk f the City of Elsinore. -5- Ordi ... c. No. 246 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELSINORE RELATING TO AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS. Me City Council of the City of Elsinore does ordain as Adlaws; Section 1: As used in this ordi- nance the folgowing words and phrases shah mean: "Air maid warning signal" shall ratan a signal, by air., whistle, born ocher audible device, of two mina ,s u':es duration consi'36ing of eibliex a fluctuating ar warbling signal of va- rying pitch or a succession of inter. mitteht blasts of about five seconds duration separated by a silent period of abealt three seconds. "All :cdear aign a" shaM mean a continuous signal, by siren, Scorn or othler audithle device, of two minutes duration at a steady pitch. "Peaiod of air raid alarm" shall mass the interval of time bekwa.n the giving of Wte air nuid warning signal and 'she giving of the next suc- ceeding all clear signal. "Blackout structuta" shall mean any spree so ;or alai) d ,that any illumi- nation mainiained or ex:sang 6here:n is not visible from any ;point outside such en9osuce. Section 2: The Chief of Pollee is hereby subhorized and dirsot -.d to cause the sounding of an air raid warning signal and of an all clear signal when, and only when, the dis- trict in which the city is located is notified so to ado by Whe Sheriff of Riverside County. Section 3: Any person who effects or maintains any illumination, or per- mits any illumination under his con- trol 4o be effected or maird iced, at any place wk :bin the City of Elsinore during any period of air raid alarm except witfhln a blackout struedmre, shall be guilty of a miwd'mammas. ;St'etion 4: The maintenance or ]raving of any illumination, except oviirbin a •blar kout structure; wtivmt provision for its oxtimgoishment, within one minute after bhe cam - meneam emt of a period of air raid alarm by a mmpoteu' pare ^n ov r line ago of eiehtion years attendant at the p1seo where ssA illumination is contra PA, is hia,sby prcfribib. d. Section 5: In order bo enable the Chief of Police fn conform to the request of the Sheriff of Riverside C,ur ty fm. c•h: obscuration, dimmu- tien sr extina,cishm'.,,,t of any Mumi- nati: n, wh' °she, in or nut of doors, whi :h increases the vulnerability of the Ci'y of Elsinore, or any portion thereof, to air attack, or for the mg- alation of traffic during the period of air mid alarm, the City Council may adopt and prnmulgatz m.w.- able rules and regulations for such purposes, and any niece or regula- !lons so •adopted by swil City Cssuncil .,tall It, and remain in effect mril ceseinded and cancelled by said City Commit Violation of any azlu mule or regulation so adapbcd and ipromvu4 gaticd is hereby declared to be a sI demeanor. Section 6: It shalt be unlawful to disobey any lawful direction or order of a peace officer, highway patrol- man, or fireman given during a pe. riod of air raid alarm, :which order is seasonably nxessary for %tie main- tenance of publie order or safelty, or to e£fact the extinguishment or db- .oration of light. Scotian 7: Any illumination con- trary to the provisions of this ordi- nance, or tto any rate or m orriMion ad'optad and promulgated In e;ocord- once with section 5 hereof, consti- totes a public nuisance, and the sauce may be summarily abated by any peace officer, highway;paatrobean, or fireman. Any nbmtotune may be or, /eyed by any peace ePflect, highway patrolman, or fireman, using rmson- able forme if necessary, for IPhe pur- pose of abating such a nuisance by extinguishing sa:h illumination. Section 8: At the commoneement of a period of air raid alarm, the a,- 'erator of any motor vehcle shall �forMtwith bring suoh vehicle as far . ,possible to bhe side of ,the street, road or highway off the main trav- eled :potion thereof, and the oper- ator of such molter vehicle, and the oP` -rotor of any skoct car, shall bring such motor vehi_le or street car to a stop Clear of any creasing, intersection, fire hauac, fine plug :hospital or other emegency depot or w., and shall extinguish all lights bIweein or thereon and said motor vehicle m s: rvdJ: oar shall remain so sitoat^.d during the period of air raid a.lvom, unbs- div'cted or oM aml to move by a peace officer, higirway patrolman, or fireman. Section 9: The provisions of this a dknaro; shall not apply 20 blackout emergency vchi,!., which shall in- clude the following: (1) All Army and Navy vehicl'ls; (2) All vc h is I•,s with United States Govermnent credentials indi -. racing the necessity of emergency ntavereent; (3) All authorized eeneitcrey ve h:c!es as defined in s :ctinns 44 and, 94.1 of ;be Vehicle Code of Califor- nia; (4) All vohinles of gibe California State Guard, being opsrabe•d by the Calif. is State Guard in the ttnane- porGrtion of troops, equipment or material. (5) All vehicles a,,Wied by qp,e Sheriff of Riverside County, Dis- triet Attorney of Riverside County, and the California State Highway :Patrol, acting jointly, when operated by a 5.a'.r., County or City official, pursuant to the Proclamation of the Governor of the State of California made and proclaimed on the 14th day of Deccmlb :r, 1041, in the territorial jutisdie`nm of the City of libdmui, provided, lanvevtr, that such Vehicles shall uonfor i to the uniform lighting regulation approved by the Depart- ment of Motor Vehisdes and the Cali- fornia State Higlevay Pai :nol for Workout emergency vehicles. No oer- bificste shall be issued which conflicts with any regulation or order of the United Sbabes Army, applicabte in the area for whiA the ocritificate is issued. Section 10: It shall be unlawful for any person without authority, during any air raid adman, to par, wo r, exhthft or passage any uniform, insignia, credential, or other indica- tion of anthor06y, or any imitation tb'erecf, adopted and issued by any official civilian defense organization, Section it Any Verson who mball operate a given or whistle in con oh a manner as to simulalte au air acid warning signal or an all clear sig- cal, eiccept -upon order of the,SWriff or Chief of Police, shall "be guilty of a misdemeanor. - Section 12: During Use time that the United States •remains in a state of war all out of doors illumination rvrquived by or under any ordinance or resolution of the City of Elsinore shall .be, during the period :between any air raid warning and the nest succeeding all clear signal, hooded, covered, and guarded in such a way that said illumination is not visible from any point above- tia location, any ;provisions of any 'ordinances; or resolutions of the City of Elsinore to she contrary matwi :&standing. Section 13: Any pemmn who shall violate any provision of this ordf- nanaa shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall 'be punish :d by a fine of not exceeding three hundred dollars or :by ,i n,risenment in the City Jail net exceding three mouble, or by lath such fine and imprisonment. Section 14: This ordinance is me quired for the nmmediate preserva- tion of flbe priblic pear:, health and safety, and shall go into effect im- mediately an its passage and publi- ,rmtion. The following is the state - mertt of facts conatitu:Srrg such ur- gency: The United Sates is at war and this city is in grant and contin- uing danger of air and other attack by the enemy. Section 15: If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof Ito any person or tri camatances, is held modid, each invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applies - tione of this ordinance which can be given effect withoart the invalid pro- vision or application, and to this end the Tmvisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. S,z1hon 16: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordi- nanee, and cause the same to 'be ;pub- lished are in ahe Elsinore Lmder- P,,a s. Alibmt: C. J. KALINA, City Clerk of the City of Clamors I hereby approve .the foregoing Ordinance this 12% day of January, 1942. N. 'MATICH, Mayen of fbe City of Elsinore State of California, City of Elsi- nore, County of Riverside, m. I, C. J. Kallina, 'the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Elsinore, California, do 'herby certify that the foregoing Ordinnanee was duly and regulmrly in'laoduced on the 22nd day of De- member, 1941, and was panned and adopted by the City Council of said City of Elsinore rat a regular neocb ing of said Council held on the 12th day of January, 1042, by the follow- ing vote. Aym: C. A. Lovejoy, Roy Macy, Henry Parfet, J. E. Mills and N. Matich. Nees: None. Absent: None. C. J. KALINA, City Clerk of the City of Elsinore.