Ordinance No. 393
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and a :;)oint 750 f':"et ~o.:Jt of th8 fest j,ounc.l.o.:LY line of .3oyle-Eiles
VerDon /wenue between t:~e ,'fost l:.ouncL.:ry line of :Soyle--::iles ~vcnue
~nd a .fJoint 'lOa feet :;outh cf t1,c South l;uumL~.l'Y line 0::' Veruon ,,',\,venue..
Boyle-l1iles AVi;;;nue between tile .-,outil :Jound[J,ry line 0:;':' ,Ternan ~j"v,::;nue
and a point 550 feet Nortl1 of Ele nart') 'sounc.lury line of le:.'n..-m ,:1.Venue.
Boyle Avenue between the North boun.dury line o:t' Vernon Avenue
'fernon, ',::olmty of Los Angeles, ~ta.te Ol' t:';_'.li:ol'nio., de2c:::'n~Cu a~; :i.'o:Llows=
in, un::'.e:..;', i),loni::~ u.~Ll aCl'O~3S tLol$e ce:.~taii1 st:i.'eet~ in tJ1C ':';i~,;y 01'
t~lCrGof' shall l:Je [:;ranteu to tLe saict City r'ree and. clear 0:( any cost)
tOl' their fire a.nd.~)olice ala.rJ<l s~,':.Jtem, l"-nJ. t.lLG c(Jn3tl.'~..:ction c.~nc..'- use
time lay fJ..n c:~tl'a duct, said :~uct to C:.J u:..:;ell by the City or' ICi;;'i:::JH
are laid in saiJ. ~-;;treets, (..ll.::: ;.H.1.ic~ COl'ljJ~\.'cnJi()n sLull at the Si.,llll;;:
1.11i::; notice, a telc;l.)}wne 6y~t:;m in conLlu.l\,s (v(;,c;n Cluid conul:.its
maintuiY'., use a.nd operate fo.t" the certain DUl"IlJSCC speci:ricHi lD
'lernon hereinafter descriljedf aDc;_ to conGtruct, e:i.'ect., LJ.y ~'Lml
undel', a.lonG and. aCl'O;;;S tllO~e certain ::;trccts in .a~.G City oi'
tion and distriGution of mineral oi18 and. tJle products tl1el'eoi',
0:' not u.ore t!lU.n seven separa.te lines of l.Jil)C 1'01' the tranSl)"JI'tu-
chise, to lllaintain and oper'at,e a l)ij,Je line SyotCJi: to be COr:lfOsed
forty years from and after the di1tc 0.1:' the grantinc of .::;ucl: fl'[:~n-
A fl'anchil:Jc grant in;; tJlQ rigl1t to lay, and i'Ol' a. llel~iod of
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City o:f 'Te1.'non, County of Los Angcle.o, ~itatc 01' Cali:fornia..
line in connection therewith in certain public streets in the
tlw prou~:...:ts tllel'eof J anll to construct and lilaintain 0. teleIlhone
pi~e~ fo~ the transportation ar0 QistribuiiaTl uf Llirle~al oils ~nd
OJ:,' GALL\/>::nA, D. franc!l.icc [;l'antin;; Ll'~ l'i it io lay a~l(.L ;llaintain
An ol~dina.nce ;::;ra.ntin; to t:,lC G:'!.l~Tj;~liU. 2.,J'~::;'ULml.T ,'::O.':::<"U::u.'l'I,)lT
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1fUsteea tt~On a~pliaation therefor; said applioation to be aooompanied
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Seotion III.
That the grantee of said franohise shall have the right to
construot and maintain BUch traps, manholes, appliances and attaoh-
mente as may be neoessary to afford proper access to saId pipes and
pipe lines for oleaning and maintaining the same and said traIls,
manholes, applianoes and attachments shall at all times be kept
flush with the surfaoe of the highway and so looated as to oonform
to any orders of the Board of Trustees in regard thereto and not
to interfere with the use of the streets for travel. The grantee
of said franohise shall have the right, subJeot to suoh regulations
as are now or m~ hereafter be in forae. to make all neoessary ex-
oavations in said high ways for the construotion and repair of said
pipe I1ne or linsa, traps, manholes, applianoes and attaohments.
Section IV.
That the pipes to be laid and maintained under said franohise
shall be of steel, of good workmanship, and of an internal diameter
of not less than three inohes nor more than ten inohes. Should
more than one pipe line be laid under said franchise, the seoond line
shall be laid as closely to the first line as praotioable.
Seotion V.
That all pipes shall be laid not less than two feet underground
and shall follow the route designated, unless the Board of Trustees
shall otherwise direct; and where it is neoessary to lay said line
or lines through the border of any paved street, the same shall be
restored to its original oondition; end in the event it is neoessary
to Cross any portion of a paved street, the same shall be done by
a tunnel or bore, so as not to disturb the foundation of suoh paved
street; and in the event the same cannot be done, the said crossing
shall be made under a speo1a1 permit to be granted by the Board o~
The term "grantee", whenever need herein, shall be held to
Inolude the grantee or grantees, hie. her, its or their suocessors
and assigns.
Seotion U.
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That every pipe line aonstruotea or maintained under the
provisions of this franchise shall be oonstructed and maintained
in aooor~ance an~ oonformity with all of the or~inanoee, rules
and regulations now in forae and that may hereafter be adopted
and presaribed by the Board o~ Trustees of the City of Vernon.
Seotion VII
That the work of laying, operating, maintaining or repair-
ing pipes or other applianoes shall be oon~uote~ with the least
possible hindrance to the use of the said streets for the purpose
of travel, an~ as soon as the laying or repairing of any pipe
or applianoe is completed, all portions of the street which have
been excavated or otherwise injured thereby, shall be placed in
ae good oonditian as the Bame ~8re before the laying of suoh pipes,
to the satisfaction of the Boar~ of Trustees of sai~ City; that any
damage or injury Buffered by any person, by reason of any ex-
oavation being improperly guar~e~ ~uring this work, an~ any ~amages
caused to said streets or to sai~ bridge, either in the oon-
struction. maintenanoe, operation or repair, of said pipe line or
lines, shall be borne by the grantee of sai~ franohise. The grantor
shall not during the li~e of this franchise be liable to the
grantee un&er any olr~stanoes, for damages that may oOBUr to
said pipe line or lines, or any part thereof.
Section VIII.
That the City of Vernon reserves the right to ohange the
grade o~ any street, or portion thereof, over whioh said franohise
ohS~l be granted, and the grant~~ o~ 8~oh ~~ancn~nQ, ~~ ~~9~V~Q9.~
with the drawings, speoifioations ani explanations Showing the
neeessity for the same. That ~uring the laying or repairing of
any suCh pipes, any trenoh or exoavation made for such purpos-e
shall. at night time, from sunset to sunrise, be barrioaded
and p~oteoted by lanterns at a distance of not more than forty
(40) feet apart. along suoh trench or exoavation.
Section VI
oonUu.'J.<J\lI\1.l ~jt~'O~~\eo. tnere:after in good faith and without un-
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Seetion X
That the work of oonstruoting and laying said system of pipe
or pipe lines shall be oommenced in good faith within not more
than six months from the granting of this ~ranohise and shall be
or assigns, shall at onoe ohange the looation of all pipes and
other applianees laid under said franohise, so as to conform to
suoh ohAnge of grade. That the grantee hereunder shall at its own
expense immediately repair any portion whatsoever of said streets
that shall be damaged or impaired in any way whatsoever by laying,
maintaining, operating or repairing of any pipe line or lines,
or other applianoes. laid or construoted under this franohise,
and suoh grantee shall replace and repair the surfaoe or paving
over and along any pipe line where artd whenever said surfaoe or
paving is damaged or impaired in any way whatsoever by reason
of the said laying, maintaining, operating or repairing the said
pipe line or line. and shall, during the life o~ this franohise,
maintain in good order the surfaoe or paving over and along said
pipe line or lines and around any onrfaoe applianoe or applianoes
attaohed to said pipe line or lines whioh are laid or plaoed by
reason o~ the privileges granted in this ~ranahlBe, all to the
sati.faotion of the Board of Trustee. of said City.
Seotion IX
That if the grant.e of .aid franohise shall fail to comply
with any of the instruotions of said Board of Truste.s with
respeot to the looation of any portion of said system o~ pipes
and pipe lines, or the repair of any damage to highways, within
ten days after the service of written notioe upon said grantee
rsgarding oomplianoe therewith, then .aid Board of Trustees may
immediately do whatever work 1s neoessary to carry out said in-
struotions, at the cost and expense of said grantee, whioh ooste,
by the aoceptanoe of' the sa.id franchise, said grantee agrees to
pay u;pon demand.
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eff'eat.
The grantee of this franohise shall have the right during
the period for whiah this franahise is granted to transport oil, gas,
gasaline or water through the said pipe line.
SECTION XIII
That said grantee shall not sell. transfer, assign or lease
said franohise, Or any part thereof. or any of the rights or priv-
ileges grantedihereby. exoept by a duly exeouted instrument in
writing, and with the consent of the Board of Trustees expressed by
Ordinanae, and nothing in said franahise aontained shall be aon-
strued to grant to said grantee any right to selll transfer or assign
or lease said franahise or any of the rights or privileges thereby
granted exaept in the manner aforesaid.
SECTION XIV
That any inability, failure, ar refusal to aomply with any
of oonditions of aaid franohise shall thereupon immediately, ipso
facto, effect a forfeiture thereof, and the said City, by its
Board of Trustees, may thereupon dealare said franahise forfeited,
and may exolude said grantee from further use of the streets of
said Cit~, under said franchise; and said grantee shall thereupon
and immediately surrend.er all rights in and to the same. and said
franohise sha~~ he deemed an~ sh~~ rema~n~ nU~~J ~~~~ ~ti~ ~I no
That in aonsideration of the granting af this franahise, the
grantee shall pay to the City of Vernon the sum of Two HUndred
Dallars ($200.0C) aash, and said grantee shall pay ta the City of
Vernon the sum of Two Hundred Dallars ($200.00) per year aammenaing
said payments af Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) ane year from the
date of the passage of this Ordinanae.
SECTION XII
neaessary ar avaidable intermissian or delay. Provided that if
said work be not so commenoed, proseauted and aompleted within
eigh.teen months from date, said franchise Bhall be forfeited.
SECTION XI
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The grant of this franchise is effective only u~on
the further oondition ~lat ~he Grantee shall at all times during the
life ,61' thi s frs.nGhise, ke ep on file wi th the said Board. of
Trustees a bond running to the said City in the penal sum of
Ons Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, with at least two good and suff-
ioient sureties, to be app-roved by said Board of Trustees, or
by a Bonding: Co:npany, apprc1ved by said Board. of' Trustees, aon-
ditioned that said Grantee shall well and truly observe. ful-
fill and perform each, and every ter~ and condition of said.
franohise, and that in ease of any breaoh or condition of said
bond. the TIhole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be
taken and deemed to be li~lidated damages, and shall be re-
ooverable from tile r:rinolpal and Buret! es upon said bond. If
said bond be not so filed, the award of said franohise will be
set aside, and any money paid therefor will be forfeited.
Seotion XVI
There being no newspaper of general oirculation
published and oirculated in the 01 ty of Vernon, the City CIe rk
shall oertl~y to the passage of this Ordinance and thereupon
shall post or oause to be posted true and correot oopias or the
same in three (3) of the most publio plaoes in ths City of
Vernon, to-wit: The Northwest corner of 37th street and Santa
Fe Avenue, and the Northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
Fe Avenue, a.nd at the entrarwe of the City Hall of said City,
looated at 4305 Santa Fe Avelme. This ordinanoe shall be in
full force and e~fect thirty days from and after the date of
posting.
Seetion XV.
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ATTEST :-
ernon
I, Thomas J. Furlong, City Clerk of the City of
Vernon. do hereby oertify that the foregoing ordinance was duly
and regularly introduoed at a
meetir~ of the Board
of Trustees of the City of Vernon, held on the
of DEe 1319~ ,l927 , and thereafter finaUy
day
adopted at
a regular meeting of
JAN 3 - 1927
the said Board held on the
of
,1921, by the ~ollowing vote, to-wit:
AYES: DURBIN ,~EONI8 LEVY FURLONG
NOES: ~
ABSENT: KNIFFIN
Vernon
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