HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4011
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, P,aDTVANCEi NO. 401
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF AZUSA LOS ANGELES
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, (RELATING TO
XU DISASTER."
WHEREAS, experience during the war and peace has
demonstrated the need for adequate disaster plans and for
mobilization of the resources of the community to cope with such
disasters; and,
WHEREAS the State of California has created a State
Disaster Council to prepare a state disaster plan,and to recommend
mutual aid. regions; and,
WHEREAS, municipalities have legal authority (Constitution,
Article XI, Section 11, and Military and Veterans Code Section 1571,
as amended by Statutes of 1945, Chapter 1024,4to create disaster
councils for the purpose of formulating local disaster plans,
including mutual aid agreements; now, therefore,
follows: The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
S ction 1. DISASTER. As used in this ordinance, the term
"disaster shall include, but is not limited to, any extraordinary
fire, flood, riot, storm, epidemic or earthquake, or any enemy
attack or sabotage, which causes or threatens to cause loss of life
or property and in which occurrences the responsibility devolves
upon the regular constituted authorities for the maintenance of
public peace and order and the preservation of life and property.
It shall not include any conditions resulting from a labor
controversy.
Section 2. DISASTER COUNCIL. MEMBERSHIP. The Azusa
Disaster Council is hereby created and shall consist of the
following:
A. The Mayor, who shall be chairman.
B. The Commander, who shall be vice-chairman.
C. The Vice -commander, appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the City Council, who, in the absence of, or
at the direction of, the Commander,shall act on his behalf on
matters within the purview of this ordinance.
D. The Chiefs of Divisions as hereinafter provided.
E. Such other representatives of civic, business, labor,
veterans, professional or other organizations as may be appointed
by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
Section 3.
be the duty of the
empowered;
DISASTER COUNCIL. POWERS AND DUTIES. It shall
Azusa Disaster Council, and it is hereby
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A. To develop a plan for meeting any disaster. Such
plan shall provide for the effective mobilization of all the
resources of the community, both public and private;
B. To prepare and recommend for consideration by the City
Council ordinances necessary to implement the disaster plan;
C. To consider and recommend to the City Council for
approval mutual aid plans and agreements:
D. Others. (As determined locally).
The Disaster Council shall meet upon call of the chairman.
Section 4. COIuMANDER. POWERS AND DUTIES. There is
hereby created the office of Commander. Such officer shall be
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City
Council.
The Commander is hereby empowered:
A. Tp proclaim the existence or threatened existance of
a disaster and the termination thereof:
B. To request the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme
emergency in the area in and around the City of Azusa when in the
opinion of the Commander the resources of the community are
inadequate to cope with the disaster:
C. To govern and direct the effort of the Azusa Disaster
Corps in the accomplishment of the purposes of this ordinance:
D. To direct coordination and cooperation between the
chiefs of divisions and resolve questions of authority and
responsibility that may arise between them:
E. To represent the Disaster Corps in all dealings with
public or private agencies pertaining to disaster preparedness.
It shall also be the duty of the Commander, and he is
hereby empowered, during a disaster or when a disaster is imminent:
A. To make and issue rules and regulations on matters
reasonably related to the protection of life and property as
affected by such disaster:
B. To obtain vital supplies, equipment and such other
properties found lacking and needed for the protection of .the life
and property of the people, and bind the city for the fair value
thereof, and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same for
public use;
C. To require emergency services of any city officer of
employee:
D. To requisition necessary personnel or material of any
city department or agency:
E. To execute all -:'thea ordinary powers of the
,mayor, city manager, chief of police, etc.., all of the special
powers conferred upon him by this ordinance, and all powers
conferred upon him by any other lawful authority.
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Section 5. EXECUTIVE OFFICER. There is hereby created
the position of Executive Officer of the Disaster Corps. The Execut-
ive.Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of the City Council. The Executive Officer shall be the
executive secretary of the Disaster Council and shall be Chief of the
Division of Personnel and Recruitment.
Section 6. DISASTER CORPS. GENERAL. Officers and employee
of the City of Azusa, together with those volunteer forces enrolled
to aid them during a disaster, and all groups, organizations and
persons who may by agreement or operation of law be charged with
duties incident to the protection of life and property in the City
of Azusa during such disaster, shall constitute the Azusa Disaster
Corps.
Section 7. DIVISIONS OF DISASTER CORPS. The functions and
duties of the Azusa Disaster Corps shall be distributed among the
following divisions of such corps, each division to be under the
direction of a Chief and, in his absence, the first deputy and
second deputy chief, respectively, appointed by the Chief, and said
division to consist of the following forces, organizations and
services, and such other forces, organizations or services as may be
included pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance. The chiefs o:
divisions shall organize and train volunteers assigned to such
divisions by the Personnel and Recruitment Division and shall
formulate the division plan which, when approved by the Disaster
Council, shall become an annex to the disaster plan. The Chiefs of
Divisions shall include in the division plans recommended mutual aid
agreements. The Chiefs of Divisions shall be custodians of special
equipment and other property which may be obtained from any source
and assigned to such division by the Commander.
A. LAW AND ORDER DIVISION. This division shall be under
and subject to the control of the chief of police, who shall be
chief of the Law and Order Division. The division shall consist
of police personnel and auxiliary police (volunteers). .
B. FIRE DIVISION. This division shall be under and subject
to the control of the chief of the fire department, who shall be
Chief of the Fire Division. The division shall consist of fire
department personnel and auxiliary fire fighters (volunteers).
C. MEDICAL DIVISION. This division shall be under and
subject to the control of the city health officer, who shall be
Chief of the Medical Division. The division shall consist of health
department personnel and medical service volunteers.
D. PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION. This division shall be under
and subject to the control of the director of public works (the
superintendent of the Light and Water Department) who shall be Chief
of the Public works Division. The division shall consist of the
department of public works personnel and auxiliary personnel
(volunteers).
E. UTILITIES DIVISION. The chief of this division shall
be a citizen, experienced and engaged in such industry, appointed
by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The
division shall consist of auxiliary personnel or volunteers.
F. TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. The chief of this division
shall be a citizen, experienced and engaged in such industry,
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City
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Council. The division shall consist of auxiliary personnel.
G. COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. The chief of this division
shall be a citizen, experienced and engaged in such industry,
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City
Council. The division shall consist of auxiliary personnel
(volunteers) and city personnel engaged in communications work.
H. PERSONNEL AND RECRUITMENT DIVISION. This division
shall be under and subject to the control of the Executive Officer.
It shall be the duty of this division to recruit all volunteer
personnel, to enroll and register such personnel, to keep adequate
records thereof, and to assign such personnel to other divisions of
the Disaster Corps. The Executive Officer may establish and oper-
ate a volunteer office.
I. AMERICAN RED CROSS. The American Red Cross in the City
of Azusa will furnish food, clothing, shelter, registration and
information service, supplementary medical service when requested,
and rehabilitation to individuals and families affected by a
disaster. The American Red Cross will provide funds with which to
finance all its relief operations. The chief of this division will
be the chairman of the City of Azusa Chapter of the American Red
Cross, or a delegated representative thereof.
J. OTHERS. (AS DETEMINED LOCALLY).
Section B. VOLUNTEERS. All persons, other than officers
and employees of the city, volunteering services pursuant to the
provisions of this ordinance, shall serve without compensation
from the city. While engaged in such services, they shall have the
same immunities as officers and employees of the city performing
similar duties.
Section 9. PUNISHMENT OF VIOLATIONS. It shall be a mis-
demeanor, punishable by a fine of not ,to exceed $500.00, or by
Imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both, for any person
during a disaster:
A. Wilfully to obstruct, hinder or delay any member of
the Disaster Corps in the enforcement of any lawful rule or
regulation issued pursuant to this ordinance, or in the performance
of any duty imposed upon him by virtue of this ordinance:
B. To do any act forbidden by any lawful rule or
regulation issued pursuant to this ordinance, if such act is of such
a nature as to give, or be likely to give assistance to the enemy,
or to imperil the lives or property of other inhabitants of this
city, or to prevent, hinder or delay the defense or protection
thereof:
C. To wear, carry or display, without authority, any means
of identification specified by the Disaster Council.
Section 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety,and shall take
effect immediately. The following is a statement of the facts
showing its urgency:
A complete and adequate disaster plan must be formulated at
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once by the Disaster Council. The plan will be based upon plans
formulated by the chiefs of divisions and upon mutual aid agree-
ments. To protect the lives and property of the citizens of the
City of Azusa, responsibility for the formulation of such plans
and agreements should be fixed immediately.'
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Section 11, The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a weekly
newspaper published and circulated in said City of Azusa and
thereupon and thereafter the same shall take effect and be
enforced.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of tCity of =zusa.
Passed, approved and adopted
this 3rd day of May, 1948.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Azusa, held on the 3rd day of May , 1948, by
the following vote of the Council, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Nasser, Ortuno, Memmesheimer,
Malone, Jumper.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None,
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 May
13th, 1948, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published and circulated in said City of Azusa, and that the
same was published in accordance with law.
City Clerk of the CT -6-f- Azusa