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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1041 ORDINANCE NO. 1041 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADOPTING THE "AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE", A RECODIFICATION OF THE PERMANENT AND GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AND ADOPTING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS, TOGETHER WITH THOSE SECONDARY CODES ADOPTED BY REFERENCE AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW, SAVE AND EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS OF THE SECONDARY CODES AS ARE DELETED OR MODIFIED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND AMENDING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, the codification and publication of the permanent and general ordinances of cities is authorized by Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8 and 50022.10 of the Government Code; and WHEREAS, the Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, has compiled, edited and published a recodification of the permanent and general ordin- ances of the City of Azusa, California; and WHEREAS, there have been filed and there are now on file in the office of the city clerk, for public inspection three copies of a document entitled "Azusa Municipal Code, " containing certain definitions and other general provisions, together with three copies of each of the secondary codes therein adopted by reference; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Adoption. Pursuant to Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8 and 50022.10 of the Government Code, there is hereby adopted the "Azusa Municipal Code" containing certain definitions and other general provisions, together with the following secondary codes which are adopted by reference, save and except those portions of the secondary codes as are deleted or mod- ified by the provisions of the "Azusa Municipal Code. " (a) That certain Code entitled "County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws, 1971 Edition, " consisting of a published compilation of rules, regulations and standards adopted by said County set forth therein in four parts to wit : (1 ) The "County of Los Angeles Building Code, " the same being Ordinance No. 2225, as amended through and including . July 29, 1971; (2) The "Plumbing Code of the County of Los Angeles, " the same being Ordinance No. 2269, as amended through and including July 29, 1971; (3) The "Mechanical Code of the County of Los Angeles, " the same being Ordinance No. 9544, as amended through and including July 29, 1971; (4) The "Electrical Code of the County of Los Angeles, " the same being Ordinance No. 2252 as amended through and including June 7, 1972. (b) That certain Code entitled "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, " the 1970 Edition thereof; (c ) That certain Code entitled "Fire Code" being a published compilation of rules, regulations and standards adopted by Los Angeles County by Ordinance No. 2947 as amended by Ordinance No. 9687; save and except those portions of the preceding secondary codes as are deleted, modified or amended by the provisions of the "Azusa Municipal Code. " -1- Section 2. Title--Citation--Reference. The code hereby adopted shall be nown as t e Azusa Municipa Co•e and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "Azusa Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall 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 or repeal of the "Azusa Municipal Code." Furthur, reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the "Azusa Municipal Code" and such reference shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code. Section 3. Reference applies to all amendments. Whenever a reference is made to the "Azusa Municipal Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the city of Azusa, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made. Section 4+. Title, chapter, and section headings. Title, chapter and section headings contained therein 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 5. Reference to specific ordinances. The provisions of the "Azusa Municipal Code" shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are in- cluded within the code, but such reference shall be constructed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within the "Azusa Municipal Code", Section 6. Effective date. The "Azusa Municipal Code" shall become effective on the effective date of this ordinance. Section 7. Amendments. The following sections of the "Azusa Municipal Code" adopted on August 5, 1960, as amended, are hereby amended to read: (a) Section 2540 thereof is amended to read: "A contract exists between the council and the Board of Administration of the Public Employees Retirement System (P.E.R.S. ), providing for the inclusion of city employees in P.E.R.S." (b) Section 2800 thereof is amended to read: "The assessing of property and collecting of taxes for the city of Azusa shall be performed by the county assessor and the county tax collector, pursuant to Sections 51500--51520 of the California Government Code. " (c ) Section 3115.3 thereof is amended to read: . (t5. 3 "The duties of the Auxiliary Fire Force, subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the Chief of the Fire Department, shall be to assist the regular members of the Fire Department of this City in the prevention, control and extinguishing of fires, to aid in the functions of civilian defense, and to perform such related duties as Chief may by order prescribe. The Chief may prescribe other duties than those mentioned herein to be performed by the Auxiliary Fire Force. " (d) The last paragraph of Section 4266.1 thereof is amended to read: -2- "After hearing all facts and evidence, the city council shall, if the suspension or revocation appears warranted, affirm such suspension or revocation. Otherwise it shall reinstate such permit." (e) The first paragraph of Section 5210.7 thereof is amended to read: "A fee or such other charge as may be fixed from time to time by the city council by resolution, is hereby estab- lished as the fee to be paid to the city by the occupant or owner, as hereinafter set forth, for providing and making available a service for the collection of rubbish from each residential unit. The Light and Water Depart- ment of the City is hereby designated as theagency for the collection of such fees. A fee is hereby established for each occupied residential unit, but no change of said charge shall be effective less than thirty days from the date of the resolution changing the rate or charge. Such charge shall be collected monthly upon billing by the Light and Water Department of the City and shall be payable upon presentation of statement and shall be delinquent thirty days thereafter. " (f) Section 6144 thereof is amended to read: "Every person, not having a fixed place of business in the city, who travels from place to place, or house to house, and makes demonstrations of or solicits, takes orders or canvasses for the sale of, or who sells any goods, wares, merchandise, subscriptions to periodicals or magazines, or things or articles of value of any nature, kind or descrip- tion, shall pay a license tax of $5.00 per day, $10.00 per week, $25.00 per month or $100.00 per year. " (g) Section 6205 thereof is amended to read: "Except as hereinafter provided and except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Divi- sion 2 of the said Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of said Revenue and Taxation Code, as amended and in force and effect on April 1, 1956, applicable to sales tax are hereby adopted and made part of this chapter as though fully set forth herein. " (h) Section 8202 thereof is amended to read: "All entrances from the public streets in the City to buildings within the City shall be numbered as provided in Sections 8200 and 8201. The number of each an'_ every entrance shall be placed upon or immediately above the door or gate closing the entrance, or if said entrance consists of an open gateway, then upon some post, pillar or other prominent place at or near the entrance or gate- way; each figure of the number shall be at least three inches in height and of corresponding width and shall be distinct and legible. The appropriate number of any building shall be placed within thirty days after the receipt by the owner, occupant, lessee, tenant, or sub- tenant of the building of a notice from the Director of Public Works of the number or numbers designated for such building; and all numbers other than the numbers provided -3- for in this Chapter for the respective entrances shall be removed from the building by the owners, occupants, lessees, tenants or subtenants thereof within thirty days from the service of the notice designating the appropriate numbers to be placed thereon. " (i) The first paragraph of Section 9236 thereof is amended to read: "A map, known as 'The Official Zoning Map, City of Azusa, California, ' shall be kept in the office of the Planning Department of said city, and shall be maintained to reflect the zoning in effect in said city; which map is hereby incorporated in this section by reference as though set forth in full, and shall be the map referred to as 'The Official Zoning Map' in any other section of this code." Section 11. Repeal. The Azusa Municipal Code, adopted by Ordinance 635 on August 5, 1960, is hereby repealed. All ordinances and parts of ordinances of a general and per- manent nature of the city of Azusa not included in the code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 5th DAY OF September ,, 1972, Ztt, STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, DEAN F. KLARR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1041 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of August , 1972. That there- after, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of September , 1972 by the following vote, to wit: AYES : Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES : Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None y er I DO FURTHUR 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, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 14th day of September , 1972, and that the same was published in accordance with law. Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, September 14, 1972 _ ty Cler -4-