Ordinance No. 445
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Beginning at a point on the west line of Downey
Road, (35 feet wide as now established) 128.9 feet
northerly, measured along said west line from the
north line of Lot 21, John R. Taylor's Vernon Ave.
Villa lots, as per map recorded in Book 4, page 42,
of MapsJ r~cords of Los AnGeles Oounty) California;
thence southeasterly 70.63 feet along s curve con-
cave to the southwest and having a radius of 287.94
feet to a point on the east line of said Downey Road,
distant northerly 67.6 feet measured along saiQ east
line from the prolongation easterly of the north line
of said Lot 21 of John R. Teylor1s Vernon Ave. Villa
lots.
Section 2. That the spu.r track which may be laid and
construoted under the privilege hereby granted shall correspond
to the offioial grade of the street acrose or along which it
~y be placed, as now established by said Oity of Vernon; the
Section 1. That the right, pr1vilege and permission be,
and the same is hereby grantee to LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE R~IL-
ROAD CO~A~~J a corporation, its successors and assigns, to lay,
construct, maintain, use and operate a railroad spur track upon
aJ.ld across Downey Road, in the City of Vernon, County of Los
Angeles, State of Oalifornia, between the points and in the
location next here1nafter described:
Al: ORDINA1'TOE GF.AlITINCi TO LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE
RAILROAD OOMPA~IT, A OCRPORATION1 THE RIGHT) PRIVI-
LEGE AND PER;:ISSION TCkH AND CONSTRUCT Al!D THERE-
AFTER TO lJAU'TAIN, USE AND OPERATE A RAILROAD SPUR
TRACK IN THE CrTY OF VERNO~.
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tops of the rails to -be flush with the surrounding surface of
the stl'eet and in the event such street shall be graded, paved,
or otherwise improved under the authority of said City of Vernon,
then such spur track over or "llpOn such street and the ground fer
a distance of two feet on each aide thereof, shall be by Gra,ntee,
or its assig-ns, made to conforlt. to said grade, and shall be so
maintained by said Grantee, its successors or assigns, with the
to?~ of said rails flush with the surface of the str~eta
Section 3. The right, privilege and permission hereby
granted shall be e~ercised and enjoyed subject to the following
con<iitions:
(1) That no cars or lOColllotlves shall be permitted
at any time to stand upon the Eitreets occupiea by said spur track
except during the time actua~ly employed in switching, loading cr
unloading Cars plaoed ther~on; and that said spur track shall at
all times be used so as to obstruct the use of said streets a:ad
alleys by vehicles cx passengel's as litHe as possible consistent
with the uses for WhiCh &a1d spur track is to be oonstructed;
(2) That the said Grantee, its CUcceS60rS and assigns,
shall construct all necessary fl~es and culverts for the passage
of water under said track whenever or wherever necessary and that
all such flumes or oulverts Ehall be constructed in accordance with
the plans and specifications therefor approved by the City Engineer
of the City of Vernon.
(3) That the said Grantee, its successcrs and assigns,
will plank and replank, gravel and regravel, pave and repave all
portions of the street occupied by said spur track, and for a dis-
tance of two (2) feet on each iJide thereof with the same material
and under the same specificat:Lllns and in the salte manner as said
streets and alleys are now, O~ ~y hereafter be planked or re-
planked, graveled or :reg:rave1.~~(:, paved or repaved, and that all
such work sba1.1 be done \.mder tile instructions of> a.nd to the
sat1.sfact1.on of the Board of 'r:l:ustee.e of the City of' Vernon.
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Sect ion 5. The City Clerk shall cert1fy to the passage
of this ordinance, and ehall cause the same to be printed end
(4) That any neglect, fai~ure or refusal on t"e part
of the Grantee, its s"Ucceaso:rs and assigns, to observe or comply
with any of the terms or conditions in this oXdinance contained
shall effect a forfeiture of the right, privilege and permission
hereby granted, and the City, by its Board of Trustees, may there_
upon dec1are such rights and ~rivilege6 forfeited, and may exolude
said Grantee, its suocessors s,nd assigns, from any further use of
the streets and alleys occupied by said spur track1 and the grant
hereby made shall thereupon become and remain null, void and of
no effect.
(5) That the City of Vernon expressly reserves toe
right to pave, macadamize, seWer or repave 1 remacadamize or Ie-
sewer the said street across which the right to constl'uct said
railroad spur track is hersby granted, and to lay gas, water and
other pipes therein, such work to be done so as to injure said
railroad as l1ttle as possible.
Section 14.. The Rc~1.1.:t:oe.d Company shall at the time said
spur track 1s construoted, oonstruct a crossing across, in and
along said Dovmey Road at t~e p~ace of crossing extended two
feet from the rails, the sa~e class of pavement as the rest of
the street, so as to make good ann SUfficient crossing for teams
ana. wagons, and. it and its successors and assigns shall at all
times while said spur is maintained, maintain said crossing in
like good manner, and. failine: therein) said. City of Vel'non shall
have the right to construct said crossing and maintain the
same, and aaid Railroad Oompa::q, itb successors ane.. assignsJ
shall pay to the City wh&teve:r amount it shall have expended
for suoh oonstruction and IDa.intenanoe.
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'l'r,eside!'l.t of t e' Bo~r<1 <if Trustees
of the City of Vernon.
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Adopted and approved this
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Attest:
1932.
posted as required by law.
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ABSENT: "
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llOES: "
AYES: TrusteE~S, Durbin, Levy, Leonis, Martin & Furlong
Ja.nuary, 1932~ and thereafter finally adoptee. at a reg,'ular
meeting of said Board of Trust".s held on the 1st day
February
of~, 1932, by the following vote, to .Iit:
18th doy of
Trustees of the Oity of Vernon held on the
duly and regularly introduced at a meet ing of the Board of
Vernon, do hereby certify tha~ the foregoing Ordinance was
, Olerk of the Oity of
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T.J. FIJRLONU