HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 613 ORDINANCE N0. 613
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE A "FIRE CODE" AND PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1. That certain code entitled "Fire Code", being a
published compilation of rules, regulations, and standards adopted by
the County of Los Angeles by Ordinance No. 2947 as amended by Ordinance
No. 7274 of said County of Los Angeles, compiled in book form with cer-
tain changes to facilitate its use by other jurisdictions, three full
printed copies of which, printed as a code in book form, were, by the
City Clerk, ordered filed, and have been actually filed, in the office
of the City Clerk, and which as so on file are hereby referred to and
by this reference expressly incorporated herein and made a part hereof
as fully and for all intents and purposes as though set forth herein
at length, shall be, and the same hereby is, adopted and established
as the Fire Code of the City of Azusa prescribing regulations
governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire.
SECTION 2. Whenever in said "Fire Code" reference is made
to the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles, the same
shall be deemed to refer to the territory of the City of Azusa, and
whenever in said "Fire Code" reference is made to any department,
officer, board, or commission of the County of Los Angeles, the same
shall be deemed to refer to the correspondent department, officer,
board, or commission of the City of Azusa.
SECTION 3. No person, firm, or corporation shall violate
or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or of
the "Fire Code" adopted by reference herein. Any person, firm, or
corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or of the
code adopted hereby shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not.more than
$500 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of _Azusa or in the
County Jail of the County of Los Angeles for not more than six months
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, or cor-
poration shall be deemed guilty of a separate afense for each and
every day or portion thereof during which any sixth violation is com-
mitted, continued, or permitted.
SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 474 adopted August 2, 1954, and
Ordinance No. 537 adopted May 14, 1957, hereby are repealed.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by 1 .
Approved and passed this ,5th day of October , 1959.
Mayor of th City of Azusa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MTLLRR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, hereby do
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 613 was regularly intro-
duced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
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City Council on the Bth day of eptemher , 1959, that, thereafter,
said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 5th day of October , 1959, by the following
vote, to wit:
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AYES: Councilmen: Paul, Johnson, Teasley, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Ortuno
City Clerk of the City of Azusa
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, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 12th day of October,
1959, and that the same was published in accordance with law.
C' Clerk of he t of Azusa
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Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic October 12, 1959.
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