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RESOLUTION NO. 5181
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS OPPOSITION TO SECTION 131 (g)
OF PUBLIC LAW 89-285, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION
ACT OF 1965.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does resolve as
follows:
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has heretofore
enacted the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 for the purpose of
providing for scenic development and road beautification of the federal -
state highway systems and that such Act contemplates and requires action
by the several States; and
WHEREAS, Section 131 (g) of the Act requires payment of com-
pensation upon the removal of certain outdoor advertising signs, displays
and devices, such compensation to be shared by the federal government
and the States; and
WHEREAS, with respect to the State of California, payment of
compensation for such removal is unnecessary and wasteful because such
removal and the consequent securing of "effective control", as defined
in the Act, can better be accomplished under the police power of this
State; and
WHEREAS, over a period of many years the police power of the
States has become and now is the well established and judicially recognized
means of enforcing zoning and similar land use controls, and, accordingly,
the compensation provision in the Act is likely to confuse and undermine
established practices and procedures,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Azusa that this body hereby declares its opposition of Section 131(8)
of Public Law 89-285, the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, and urges
the Congress to delete said provision by appropriate amendment to the Act;
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk be, and he is hereby,
directed to prepare a certified copy of these resolutions and forward
them to United States Senators Thomas H. Kuchel and George Murphy and to
Honorable Glenard P. Lipscomb and Charles E. Wiggins, Representatives in
Congress.
Adopted and approved this 6th day of February, 19 67.
May r
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 6th day of February, 1967, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Cooney, Solem, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen:McLees
City Clerk