Ordinance No. 540
1 ORDINANCE NO. 540
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON A1iENDING SECTIONS 13 and 16 of
ORDINANCE NO. 431 OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
3 NO. 482.
4 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1:
That Section 13 of Ordinance No. 431 be amended
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"Section 13. STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING.
STANDING
8 PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES. Except to avoid conflict with
9 other trafflc, or in compliance with the direction of a police
10 officer or a traffic signal, it shall be unlawful for the oper-
11 ator of a vehicle to stand in the following places:
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In an intersection;
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In any crosswalk;
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At any place in the roadway where the two right wheels
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In any place where the standing of a vehicle will ob-
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At any curb within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
Within fifteen (15) feet of a point on the curb immedi-
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7. At any place within fifteen (15) feet of an intersection
in any business district, except at designated bus stops;
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At any curb within fifteen (15) feet of any midblock
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crosswalk;
9. At any curb on Alameda Street from the north boundary
line of the City of Vernon to the south boundary line of said City.
The said street superintendent is hereby required to paint and
maintain a red line stenciled with white letters fiNo Standing" or
"No parking" upon the top of all curb lengths indicated in para-
graphs 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this section."
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Section 2: That ~ection 16 of Ordinance No. 431 be
amended to read as follows:
"Section 16. BOULEVARD STOPS. The following streets,
and parts of streets, are hereby declared to constitute boulevard
stops for the purpose of this Ordinance:
(a) Alameda Street from the north boundary line of the
City of Vernon to the south boundary line thereof;
(b) Santa Fe Avenue from the north boundary line of the
City of Vernon to the south boundary thereof;
(c) Soto Street from the north boundary line of the City
of Vernon to the south boundary line thereof;
(d) Downey Road from the north boundary line of the City
of Vernon to the south boundary line thereof;
(e) Leonis Boulevard from Pacific Boulevard easterly to
the East city limits of the City of Vernon,
(f) Vernon Avenue from the east line of Santa Fe Avenue
easterly to the east line of Downey Road;
(g) Thirty Eighth Street from the west city limits to
Santa Fe Avenue;
(h) Boyle Avenue from the north boundary line of the
City of Vernon to the south boundary line thereof;
(i) Slauson Avenue from Boyle Avenue to Downey Road.
(j) Twenty Sixth Street from Alameda Street to Downey Roa~
(k) Pacific Boulevard from Santa Fe Avenue to Fruitland
Road.
(1) Fruitland Road from Pacific Boulevard to Downe,r Road;
(m) On Alameda Street where the same intersects 25th
Street, Vernon Avenue, and 55th Street.
(n) On Santa Fe Avenue where the same intersects 25th
Street, 26th street, 38th Street, Vernon Avenue, 49th Street,
and 55th Street.
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Soto Street where the same intersects 37th Street,
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Boyle Avenue where the same intersects Fruitland Road;
Downey Road where t he same .intersects 26th Street and
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It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle
8 or street car traveling any street intersecting any such boulevard
9 ~ fail to stop such vehicle or street car at the place where such
10 street meets the nearest property line of the boulevard before
11 entering such boulevard; provided, the property line is clearly
12 marked or sign posted as required by this Ordinance. Provided, how-
13 ever, that when the intersection is controlled by a police officer
14 or by a traffic signal no vehicle shall be stopped as above pro-
15 vided when a signal to proceed has been given.
16 The Fire and !olice Committee of the City Council is here-
17 by authorized and required to place and maintain, or cause to be
18 placed and maintained, upon each and every street intersecting a
19 boulevard, at or near the property line of the boulevard, appro-
20 priate signs upon the street, or devices or marks in the roadway,
21 such signs, devices, or marks to bear the word "Stop" or the words,
22 "Boulevard Stop" in such position and with letters of a size to be
23 clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet along the
24 street intersecting the boulevard."
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Section 3:
Ordinance No. 482 ab.d..all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4:
There being no newsp~er of general circulation
printed, published, and circulated in the City of Vernon, the Cit~,
Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this ordin-
ance, and shall post the same, or cause the same to be posted, in
three of the most public places in said city, to wit: the north-
west corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northwest
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corner of 37th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; and on the bulletj_n
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board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon,
located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, in said city; that this
ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
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thirty days from the date of posting.
Adopted and approved this 15th day of July, 1941.
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of the City of Vernon, California
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I, T. J. FfUBLONG, City Clerk of' the City of'
20 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
21 duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of' the
22 Ci ty Council of the Ci ty of Vernon held on the 3rd day of
23 June, 1941, and thereafter finally adopted at a regular
24 meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of JUly,
25 1941, by the following vote:
AYES;
Messers, Scheider, Peralta
Furlong, and Richard Levy
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
J. B. Leonis
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AFFIDAVIT OF ):.Q~~'!:J.NG
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles:
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City of Vernon )
I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that I did on the {b '. ' day ~__
l~t"j?~t,,~'~~~-"'I,~I;~~.~~,t?,.S),f ~.,' ~___,.J::!;-;;n-:in the
following places to-wit~ At the northwest corner of 38th Street
and Santa Fe Avenue, at the northwest corner of 37th Street and
Santa Fe Avenue, and at the entrance to the City Hall, located
at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, there being no newspaper of general
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circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this I~ day
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