HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 777 ORDINANCE NO. 777
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE
ADDITION THERETO OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING
TO THE MOVING OR DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND
DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN URGENCY MEASURE
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended by
the addition to Article VIII of a new Chapter 3 reading as follows:
"CHAPTER 3 - MOVING OR DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
"SECTION 8300. PERMIT REQUIRED.
No person shall move any building or structure from a site
within the City or demolish any building or structure within
the City without first having obtained from the Department of
Public Works a permit so to do.
SECTION 8301. APPLICATION. ISSUANCE.
Application for any such permit shall be in writing upon
such form as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Works,
giving the name and address of the applicant, the location and
description of the building or structure and such other pertinent
information as shall be required, and shall be accompanied by a
filing fee of $25.00 per each lot involved and a cash deposit of
$250.00 per lot involved to secure and guarantee compliance with
the requirements of this Chapter. Upon receipt of such appli-
cation accompanied by the proper fee and deposit, the Department
of Public Works shall issue such permit subject to such condition,
if any, necessary to protect the public peace, health and safety
and to protect public property.
SECTION 8302. REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO REMOVAL.
Every person moving any building or structure from a site
within the City or demolishing any building or structure within
the City shall prior to such moving or demolishing:
(1) Cap all affected sewer lines.
(2) See that utility companies have removed all dis-
continued meters and services on the premises.
(3) Cap all affected irrigation lines.
(4) Fill all unused cesspools and septic tanks on the
premises.
(5) Fill, remove or permanently barricade all oil sumps,
gas tanks and reservoirs on the premises.
(6) Cap all wells on the premises.
(7) Comply with any applicable conditions contained in
the permit.
SECTION 8303. REQUIREMENTS AFTER REMOVAL.
Every person moving any building or structure from a site
within the City or demolishing any building or structure within
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the City within ten days after such moving or demolishing : shall :
(1) Clear the site of all debris, blocks, bricks, com-
bustible material and of all damaged, dead or abandoned
shrubs, plants or trees and dispose of the same.
(2) Remove all plaster, plasterboard and chicken wire
imbedded in plaster and dispose of the same.
(3) Fill or adequately barricade all holes, basements
and excavations.
(4) Remove any hazardous condition on the premises.
(5) Cut off, shear off or bend flush with the ground or
foundation all tie bolts, piping and reinforcing steel.
(6) Comply with all applicable conditions contained within
the permit.
(7) Repair or pay for all damage to public property.
SECTION 8304. USE OR RETURN OF DEPOSIT.
If, at the expiration of ten days after such moving or
demolishing, all requirements of this Chapter have been complied
with, the cash deposit shall be returned to the applicant by the
Department of Public Works. The fee shall be retained to cover
the costs of inspections and processing. If at the expiration of
such ten days any of said requirements have not been complied with,
the Department of Public Works shall do all things necessary to
complete such compliance up to the amount of the deposit and shall
report the cost thereof to the applicant and to the City Council.
The City Clerk shall notify the applicant in writing of the time
when the matter will be considered by the City Council. At such
time or any postponement thereof, the City Council shall hear any
interested person, consider the matter, and order withheld from
the deposit and transferred to the City a sum sufficient to
reimburse the City for all expenses incurred by it in completing
compliance as aforesaid. The balance of the deposit, if any,
shall be returned to the applicant.
SECTION 8305. PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE.
The provisions of this Chapter shall be cumulative and in
addition to all applicable provisions of the Building Code and of
this Code. "
SECTION 2. This ordinance is urgently needed for the
immediate preservation and protection of the public peace, health and
safety and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The facts
constituting such urgency are as follows: numerous lots within the
City have been condemned for freeway or other public purposes. The
structures thereon are about to be demolished or removed and it is
likely that the premises will be left in a dangerous, hazardous and
unhealthful condition unless adequate regulations are enforceable forth-
with.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by
law.
Passed and approved thiso day of January, 1964.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 777 was regularly
introduced and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
20th day of January , 1964, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Memmesheimer, Cooney, Jackson, McLees, Ortuno
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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City Cl-rk
I do further certify that71 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 29th day of January , 1964, and that the same was
published in accordance with law.
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Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, January 29, 1964.
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