19210301 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
REGULAR MEETING.
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of
Vernon, County of Los Angeles, and State of California, was held
on the 1st day of March, 19121, at 2 o'clock P. M. of
said day at the regular meeting place of said Board in said City
of Vernon, which said time and place is the time and place fixed by
ordinance for ,regular meetings of the said Board to be held.
There were present at such meeting Trustees,
J.J.Furlong.Leonia.Kn1ffin.Kornadal and Durbin
There were absent from such meeting Trustee,
lone
President Trustee J.J.Furlong presiding.
The minutes of the meeting, held on Feb.lst and Feb.19th 192.1
191 , were: read and approTecl
Application of Mrs.M.Dumler to erect a dwelling house on Lot 19
of the Be. Vernon Tract in Block a was read and approved.
Application of Mrs.Virginia eutro for permission to erect a small
cigar and newspaper stand at 49th St. and Santa Fe Ave was referred to
the Police Department.
Applications for excavation permits by the Southern Calif.Gas Co.
at 2420 East 5eth. St .and 5300 Santa Fe Ave .was read and approve.d.
Application of E.Rush for a license to conduct a resturant at 520S
Santa Fe ATe was read and approTed.
Under unfinished business the application of the Atlas Mixed Mortar Co.
for a permit to excavate in Lot 3 of the Ross Traet was taken up.The
council fOlT,the A:tlaa:'Mixed.Mortar Co.who was present outlined the:
situation.He stated that it was not the companys intention to violate any
of our ordinances. that he had read our ordinance No.2l4 and under the
instructions contained in same had filed said application. He stated that
the Atlas Mixed Mortar Co.had leased the property and had gone to expense
establishing the business in our city but had neglected to look into the
matter of our city ordinances through an oversight unintentually and that
it was their intention to abide by the law and live up to all our ordinanees
lle asked the Board to report favorably on this permit. The Board then
told him that it was their duty to act for the best interests of the
property owners and citizens.The council then stated that the property
owners had offered no objections to this sand pit. !rustee Durbin then
stated that the Board should appoint the City Attorney to intervie. the
property owners and obtain a letter from all the owners of property in
the vicinity of the pit showing they did not object to said pit being'
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their. Trustees Furlong and H.ornaday however stated that in so far a.s
the council for the Atlas M1xed MDrtar Co.had stated that the property
owners voiced no objection that the Board would allow the Council for
the Atlas Co.to obtain the conaent of the property owners in writing
and that the Boat'd would hold a special session on Tuesd~ March, 'Ith 1921
at which session the council would present the consent of the adjacent
property owners in writin' and that upon the showing by the council that
the property owners hqd no objection to the Atlas Mixed Mortar Co. con-
ducting the sand pit that the Board would grant the permit subject to the
ordinance No.2l4. The council then thanked the Board and retired stating
that he would be present on Tuesday Mar.'1th 1921.
An ordinance providing for the licensing and regulating the busines
of Private Watch and Patrol Service in the City of Vernon was read for the
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first time.
Trustee Durbin brought to the attention of the Board that it would
be to the best interests of the City that an ordinance be ordered drafted
making it necessary for all public service corporations or others having
pipes in or running through any street within the City of Vernon to order.
upon & contemplated paving of any street to cause said pipes to be
connected to the property line so that the street after once being paved
would not be subject to being continually exc&vated.!he Board ordered that
the City Attorney be advised to draft such an ordinance.
There being no further business motion was duly made,seconded and
carried that the Board adjourn until Tuesd~ March 7th 1921 at 2;30 P.M.
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