Ordinance No. 246
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All ORDINANCE OF TH1!: CITY OF VERNON
In THE COmITY OF LOS AliGET,ES, STATE OF C:ilLIFOroTIA.
BEI:TG
ORDIlIAlICE 110 /V'1 i.
which wa.s introduced at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of
said City of Vernon on the
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and which passed its first reading on the
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AN ORDIlIANCE GRAlTTHTG TO TH1!: ATCHIS01l,
TOPEKA ANTI SAl1TA FE RAILWAY COMFAl'Y, A CORPORATION,
ITS SUCCESSORS Al::D ASSIGliS, THE RIGm, PRIVIlEGE AND
PERliISSIOlir 1'0 LAY. CO~rsTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE
A SI1lGLE RAUROAD SPUR TRACK ACROSS 30TH STREET Ili
TH1!: CITY 0.' VEEll01f.
TH1!: hOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TliIi: CITY 0.' VERtlON DO
ORDAIK AS FOLLOWS:
S6ction 1. That the right, privilege and :permission be
a.nd the same 1E1 hereby granted The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway Company, a corporation, its successors and
aEsigne. to lay, oonstruct, maintain and operate a railroad
spur track across 30th street, in the City of Vernon, County
of ~ Angeles, 8tate of California. aE shown in y~~ow on
blue-print attached, tre center line of which is more par-
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the southern line of
eaid 30th Street produced across the said Railway Company's
right of way, distant 39,19 feet westerly, along said street
line produoed from the said Rail~ay Company's eastern right
of way line; thence northeaBterly 36.15 feet on a curve
concave to the 6outbeaf't and having a radius of 287.94
feet; thence northeasterly 27,0 feet on a curve concave
to t~e northwest and havin~ a radius of 287.94 feet to a
point in the northern line of ~aid 30th Street, produced.
distant 18.86 feet westerly along said Street line fron;
the said ea6tern right of w~ line' Tangent to curve at
said northern line o~ street intersects ea1~ street line
at an angle of 74 degrees, 35 minutes.
Section 2. The right. privilege and :permission hereby
granted shall be exercised and enjoysd subjeot to the follow_
ing conditione:
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(A) That no cars or locomotives shall be permitted at any time
to stand upon the etreet occupied b~l said spur track, except
during the time actually employed in switching, and that said
spur track shall at all times be used so as to obstruct the
use of said street by vehicles or pa,8sengers I as 11 ttle as
possible, consistent with the uses for whicb said spur track
ip to be constructed.
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(B) Tr~t said granteet ita BUccessore and aEsigns, shall con-
struct all necessary flumes or culverts for the passage of
wajer wherever and whenever necessary. and that all such flumes
or culverts e~~l be constructed in accordance with the plane
and specifications therefor approved b;y~ the City Engineer of
the City of Vernon..
(c) That said grantee, its successore or a~~1gne, will pave
and repave portions of the said street occupied by said spur
track a.nd for a distance of two (2) feet on each side thereof,
with the eame materials and undex the eame specifications and
in the same manner as such street is now or may hereafter be
paved or repaved, and that all such work shall be done unde~
the instructions and to the specification of the Board of
Trustees of the City of Vernon.
(D) That any neglect. failure or refusal on the part of the
grantee, 'te successors or a:',s1gns, to observe or comply with
any of the terms ar.d conditions of this ordinance contained,
sball effect a forfeiture of the rigbt, privilege or permis-
sion ~ereby granted. and the said City, by its Board of Trustees,
may thereupon declare euch right and privilege forfeited. and
may exclude from any further use of the street occupied by said
spur track. and the grant hereby made shall tnereupon become
and remain null, void and of no effect.
(E) That the City of Vernon expressly reserves the right to
sewer, repave or resewer said street acrose which the right to
construct said railroad spur track is hereby granted, and ~o
l~v gas, water. and other pipe therein, such work to be done
so So:;:' to injure sa.id railroad as little as possible.
(F) That no obstructions. whether its cars or rOlling stock
or iteffi of any kind wha.tsoever, shall. by the said Rail~ay
Compal~, for a period longe>> than three (3) ~ucoes6ive minuteB
at ~ny one time, obstruct, hinder or delay traffic from paseing
along and in the apace of aix (6) feet on either aide Of the
oenter line of said 30th street, and at all times when said
track is in use. the Railway Compa.l1Y shall keep, at its own
expense, a flagman or signalman thereat for the ~ur9oBe of in-
dicating, EUld who shall indicate to the public the fact tlJat
said. track is in uf.le, and who shall do all such things as are
nece86ary and proper to protect the public from danger or in-
jury by reason of such use.
(G) There being nO newspaper of general cirCulation publi~8-
ed and oiroulated in the City of Vernon, the Clerk is hereby
directed to poet this ordinance in three of the ~Bt public
p~aoeB in said City. to_wit: the northwest corner of 38th
Street a.nd. Santa Fe Avenu.~. tl:e north-west cornel' of 37th street
and Santa Fe Avenue and at the entrance of the City Hall at
the nortbweet corner of 38th Street and Irving street.
the foregoing ordinance
I hereby approve and sign
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No.__ this _.......' day of
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I hereby oertify that I am Clerk of the City of
Vernon. Cali:forLia, and that the foregoing is a true and
cor~ect copy o~ Ordinance ~o~
of said City, entitled,
AN ORDIKAliCE GRAllTIliG TO TID: ATClIISOJi. TOPEKA
Alill SAllTA ]$ RAILWAY COIiL!' AllY, A CORPORATIOli,
ITS SUCCESSORS AIill ASEIGNS, THE RIGHT, PRIV_
ILEGE AIill PERliISSION TO LAY. CONSThUCT. MAIN-
1'AIK AI:D OPERATE A SPUR ~'RACK ACROSS 30TH STREET
BY I11BE CITY OJ!' vERlTON
and that it ~~S been posted and published accoldir.C to law.
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