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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 330fomws; LTJ ORDIKANCE NO. D AN ORDIINANCE Or THE CITY OF AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING PICKETIING, LOITERING, ASSEridBLING, CARRYING OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR BANNERS OR SPEAKING IN A LOUD OR UN- USUAL TONNE IN PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS OR SIDE- WALKS IN THE CITY OF AZUSA, AND PROVIDING PEN- ALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in or upon any public street, sidewalk or alley in the City of Azusa to carry, show, or display any banner, transparency, newspaper, sign, insignia, badge, arm banner, band or sign, hat banner, band or sign, sash, waist band, banner or sign, in front of, near or about any factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence any person to refrain from en- tering any such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence any person from purchasing or using any goods, wares or merchandise or other article or articles manufactured, made, sold or kept for sale in said factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence any person to refrain from doing or performing, seeking or obtaining, any service or labor in any such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, or coercing any person who is performing, doing, seeking or obtaining any service or labor in any such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the pur- pose of intimidating, threatening or coercing any person from buying, selling, delivering, or receiving any goods, wares, merchandise, or articles or articles from, at or upon, or within said factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person in or upon any public street or sidewalk or alley in the City of Azusa to picket in front of, about, or near any factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment for the purpose of in- timidating, threatening, or coercing any person to refrain from entering such factory, plant, shop, or place of business or em- ployment, or for the purpose of intimidating, threatening or coercing any person to refrain from purchasing or using any goods, wares, merchandise or other article or articles manufactur- ed, made, sold or kept for sale in such factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of intimidat- ing, threatening or coercing any person to refrain from doing or performing, or seeking, or obtaining any services or labor in any such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to assemble, congregate or meet together on any public street, sidewalk or alley in the City of Azusa in front of, or near, or about any factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employ- ment for the purpose of threatening, or intimidating, or coercing any person to refrain from entering such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of threat- ening intimidating or coercing any person to refrain from buying, selling, delivering or receiving goods, wares, merchandise or other article or articles in, upon or within such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of threatening, intimidating, or coercing any person who is perform- ing, seeking, doing or obtaining any service or labor in such factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment. I -. 1 Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to utter to any other person or persons in the City of Azusa any indecent, obscene, profane, opprobrious, or insulting epithets, words or language, or to utter to or within the hearing of any person or persons any threats of violence for the purpose of threatening, coercing, or intimidating such person or persons, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing or attempting to induce or influence such person or persons to refrain from entering any factory, plant, shop or place of business or em- ployment, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence such person or persons to re- frain from bujing, selling, delivering or receiving goods, wares, merchandise, or article or articles manufactured, made, sold or kept for sale in any factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment or for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence such person or persons to re- frain from seeking or obtaining or doing or performing any service or labor in any factory, plant, shop or place of business or em- ployment. Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to utter to any other person or persons in the Cityof Azusa any indecent, obscene, profane, opprobrious, or insulting epithets, words or language, or to utter to or within the hearing of any person or persons any threats of violence for the purpose of threatening, coercing or intimidating such person or persons, or for the purpose of threatening, coercing, or intimidating such person or persons to refrain from entering any factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of threatening, coerc- ing or intimidating such person or persons to refrain from buying, selling, delivering or receiving goods, wares, merchandise, or article or articles manufactured, made, sold or kept for sale In any factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment, or for the purpose of threatening, coercing, or intimidating such person or persons to refrain from seeking or obtaining or doing or performing any service or labor in any factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment. Section 6. It. shall be unlawful for any person, in or upon any public street, alley or public place in the City of Azusa, to make any loud or unusual noise, or to speak in a loud or unusual tone, or to cry out or proclaim, for the purposes of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence, any person to refrain from entering any works or factory or any place of business or employment, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing, or attempting to induce or influence, any person to refrain from purchasing or using any goods, wares, merchandise or other article or articles, or for the purpose of inducing or influencing or attempting to induce or influence, any person to refrain from doing or performing any service or labor in any works, factory, place of business or employment, or for the purpose of intimidat- ing, threatening or coercing any person who is performing, seek- ing or obtaining service or labor in any works, factory, place of business or employment. Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person in or upon any public street, sidewalk or alley in the City of Azusa, wil- fully to block, impede or obstruct any entrance, exit or approach to any factory, plant, shop or place of business or employment so as to prevent, delay, or hinder the free passage thereto or therefrom of another person or other persons who are performing or seeking or obtaining service or labor in such factory, plant, F shop or place of business, or employment�to the.annoyance of said person or; persons,•or the free passage, thereto or there- from of any other person or persons who are seeking to trans- act business or who are seeking to buy, sell, deliver or re- ceive goods, wares, merchandise or articles or article in, upon or within such factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment, to the annoyance :of said person or persons. Section 8. No person shall at any time engage in or perform the.act of picketing, as the. same is defined in this Ordinance,.who, for a period of not less than one month, has not been a regular, as distinguished from a.casual, em- ployee of the factory, plant, shop,•place of business or em- ployment being picketed. Any act of picketing contrary to the terms of this section shall be unlawful. Section 9. 'As used in this ordinance, the word 11picket" shall,.be construed to mean -and include, to walk, march or patrol to and fro, back and forth, or in any other repeated or successive or continuous manner .to walk, march or patrol in front of, near•or about any factory, plant, shop, or place of business or employment. Section 10.. Violation of any of the terms or pro- visions of this ordinance shall be deemed unlawful and a sep- arate violation of this ordinance for each and every day within which this ordinance is violated. — � r { f • Section 11. Any person violating any of the provi- sions of this ordinance shall, for each violation thereof, be deemed,guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by any court STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. I, TIME A. HYNES, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Azusa held on September 7, 1937, in the regular Council Chambers of said City Council in said city; that said Ordinance was placed upon its first reading at said regular meeting September 7, 1937; that thereafter said Ordinance was duly and regularly passed and adopted by said Council, signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk of said city at a regular meet- ing of said Council so held in the regular Council Chambers at the next regular meeting of said City Council on September 20, 1937, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: Ayes: Councilmen ,'; ,' Noes: Councilmen Absent: Councilmen _/to/ I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic on September 23, 1937, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in said City of Azusa, and that the same was published in accordance with law. QAy' Mae A. Hynes, City Clerk the City of Azusa.