Ordinance No. 557
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ORDINANCE NO. 557
AN OEDINANCE OF' THE CITY OF VEENON RELATING TO RESTEICTED
LIG:r:1TING.
TEE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY
FOLLOVVS:
VERNON DOES RESOLVE AS
SECTION I.
J. I,. DeWITT, Lieutenant General, U. S. Army, CO:rrJraand-
ing stern Defense Corm.11and and Fourth Army, by v tue of the
authori t~r vested in him by
President of the
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and Executive Order No. 9066, dated February 19, 19/12, and
pursuant to Public Law 503--77th Congress, approved l.'iaT'ch 21,
1$)42, and by virtue of his powers and plr'Broge,t
fJ 8. S C orrane rld-
lng General of the Western
feuse COll'1.'11and, bas issued Public
Proclamation No. 10, dated August 5, 1942, and effective August
20, 1942, which as amended by Public Proclarnat:ion Ho. 12, dated
October 10, 1942, and issued by virtue of the same authority,
reads as follows (omitting Exhibits incorporated thereon):
"HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEFENSE
COMYAND AND FOURTH AR~il.
Presidio of San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia
P1.JBLIC PROCIAMA1rrON NO. 10
August 5, 1942
"TO: The people within the States of Washington, Oregon
and California, and to the Public Generally":
"WliERFAS, by' Public Proclamation No.1, da h
2, 19.112, this Eeadqual'ters, there were designated and es-
tablished Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2; and
WHEREAS, the armed forces of the enemy have made
attacks upon vessels of the United States traveling along
the Pacific Coastal waters and upon land installations
within said Military Areas, and it is expected that such
attacks will continue; and
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1 VmEREAS, it is necessar-:r to provide max:lnmm pro-
tection for war utilities, wab materials and war premises
2 located within the St8.tes of' Washington, Oregon and Oal-
iforn.ia against enem~y a.ttacks b'Y' sea and by a1:r';
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. I,. DeWITT, Lieutenant General,
4 U. S. Army, by virtue of the authority vested 51: me by
President of the Unit States and by the Secretary
5 of War and my powers and prerogatives as Commanding Gener-
al of the Western Defense Cormnand, do hereby declare that:
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1. The present situation requires as a matter of
mil:ltary necessity that a Zone of Restricted Lighting be
established within Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2, and that
illu1l1ination wi thin said Zone of Restricted IJightlng be
e:xt1_nguished or controlled in such manne!' and to such
extent as may be necessary to prevent such illumination
from aiding the opeY'aticns of the enemy.
2. Pursuant to the determination and statement
of military necessity in Paragraph 1 hereof, a Zone of
Restricted Lighti.ng, as particularly described in Exhib-
It A hereof, and as generally shown on the map 11lade a.
part hereof' and marked Exh1.bit B, is hereby designated
ancl established. Illumination within the ent:i.re area of
said Zone of Re,stricted Lighting shall be extlnguished or
controlled at all times at night from StUlset to sunrise
as follows:
(a) Signs! FlOOdlighting! Display and In-
terior Lighting. Illunlinated signs and ornamental light-
ing of~ery description which are located out-of-doors,
and floodlighting which illuminates buildings or signs
(including but not limited to all exterior advertising
signs, billboards, display lighting, theatre marquee
signs, illuminated poster panels, and building outline
lighting), and all intel'ior light sources (at~ hereinafter
defined) which emit direct rays above the horizontal out-
of-doors, shall be extinguished. The words, "l:tght sources,"
as used herein are intended and shall be constI'ued to mean
and include any light generating elements and the bright
portion of any reflector, lens, lumina ire , tl'ansparency,
or other equipment associated herewith for the control or
diffusion of light. This Section 2(a) shall not apply. to
illumination for industrial or protective purposes except
to the extent provided for in Section 2(b) hereof.
(b) Illumination of Outdoor Areas; Street
and Highway Lights. Illumination of outdoor areas and
industrial and protective illumination, shall be controlled
as follows:
(1) Except as provided in Section 2(b)
(2) hereof, illumination on all outdoor areas (including
but not limited to automobile service station yards,
outdoor parking areas, recreation areas and outdoor
structures and roofs) shall not exceed one foot candle
at any point when measured on a horizontal plane at any
level of such outdoor areas, and all outdoor light sources
shall be s~ielded so that no direct rays from the light
source are emitted above the horizontal. All interior
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lighting of every description shall be reduced or
controlled so that it does not contribute more than one
foot candle of illt:!.r.l1ination upon any outdoor area. All
street and highway lights shall also be shielded so that
each light source emits no more than ten percent of its
total lamp lumens at angles above the horizontal. Pro-
vided the foregoing requirements are met, any further re-
duction or extinguishment of street or highway illumina-
tion which would unnecessarily aggravate traffic hazards
is not required.
(2) Variations from the foregolng require-
ments shall be permitted in the case of illuminati.on for
industrial and protective purposes, and from industrial
processes, whether inter'jol'" or exterior, but not includ-
ing street or highway lights, only when and to the ex-
tent that it is necessary to vary from such requirements
in order to achieve and maintain maximum efficiency;
but only with the written approval of the l'Jinth Regional
Civilian Defense Board, obtained in advance.
(c) Traffic Signs and Signals. Illuminated
stgns and signals which are authorized or maintained by
governmental authori tJ. for the purpose of contJ:>olling Ol~
directing street or highway traffic sr~ll be shielded so
that no direct rays from the light source are emitted above
the horizontal in respect to lights mounted ten feet or
more above the ground, or above an angle of mOl'e than six
degrees above the horizontal in respect to lights mounted
less than ten but more than three .feet above th.e ground"
or above an angle of more than twelve degrees above the
horizontal in respect to lights mounted less than three
feet above the ground. Relative variations in the upward
limit of light are permissible to compensate for grades.
(d) Navigation and Railroad Lights. Aut~or-
5zed lights necessary to facilitate air or water naviga-
tion, authorized railroad signal lights, and headlightE.~
of railroad locomotives when in motion, are hereby ex-
cepted from all the pl'ov1.sions of this Proclamation.
3. In addition to the restrictions hereinbefore
imposed, illumination witbin that part of the Zone of Restrict-
ed Lighting which is visible from the sea, as hereinafter de-
fined, shall be further diminished or obscured at all times at
night from sunset to sunrise,as follows:
(a) Street
and highway lights, and
which are authorized or maintained by goverrunenta1 authority
for the purpose of controlling or directing street or high-
way traffic and which are vi.sible from the sea, shall be
so shielded that they are not visible from the sea at night
and so that no direct rays from the light source are emitted
above the horizontal.
(b) Residential~ Commercial and Industrial
Windows. No lighting shall be permitted behind windows
or glazed doors visible from the sea unless tcey are cov-
ered by drapes or shades.
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(c) Street and Highway Traffic. Within
. areas visible from the sea, but subject to the exceptions
hereinafter stated, vehicles shall operate at night with
no more than two lighted driving lamps, regardless of the
direction of travel, and each such lamp shall provide a
maximurl1 of not more than 250 beam candlepower. Normal
rear lights, license plate lights and clearance lights
(where required by law) are permitted. Vehicles which are
clas::dfj.ed as authorized emergency vehicles under the ap-
plicable Federal, State or loca.l law, when operated by
authorized personnel, and when displaying an illuminated
red spotlight, and when responding to a fire alarm, or when
in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator
of the law, or when going to or transporting a person who
is in apparent need of ilTl.l1l.edj.ate emergenc~r medical or sur-
gical Cf\re, or when responding to some other snler-gency in-
volving the protection of life or property, shall ex-
cepted from the foregoing provision.
(d) Industrial and Protective Illumination.
Light sources for industr:lal purposes and light from in~.
dustrial processes within areas visible from the sea, shall
Gomply ,'lith the requirements of Section a (b' hereof, and
shall also be shielded so that they are not visible from
the sea at night; provided, that variations from these re-
quirer,len ts may be perm:U: ted in the case of' i.llu.l1lina tion for
industrial and protective pu.rposes, and from industrial pro-
cesses,whether interior or ex-tertor (but not including
street or highway lights), only when and to the extent tbI-J. t
it is necessary to vary f'rom such requirements in order to
achieve and maintain maximum efficiency; but onl:? with the
wl~itten approval of the Ninth Regional Civilian DeffEmse
Board, obtained in advance.
(e) Other illumination. Except ashereinabove
provided in this Section 3, all other lights vif;ible from
the sea are prohibited at night, including but not lhnited
to light from fire, bonfires, parked ce.rs, flashlights and
lanterns.
(f) Di'inition of "Visible From the See.." The
phrase "visible from the sea, IT as used herein, is intended
and shall be construed to :mean and incl,ude the follmving:
Visible at any time from the water~ of
the Pacific Ocean, or from the waters of the Straits
of Juan de Fuca lying south of a line extending due
east from the most southerly point of Vancouver Island
and west of a line runrLing due north and south through
the easternmost point of the easterly boundary line of
the City of Port Townsend, Washington, or vis1ble from
of those bodies water located on the shoreline
of the State of' Ca l:lf'cl'nia generally known and de scri bed
as follows:
Santa Monica Bay
Santa Barbara Channel
San Luis Obispo Bay
Estero Bay
Monterey Bay
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PROVIDED, HOi!JEVER, that the wa. tsrs of Fl"anc 1sco
Bay, lying ea.sterly of a line extending from Poi:::lt Bonita throu.gh
IHIe Rock, is not interlded and shall not be cons L1.ed to be
a part of the sea; and sole for' the purpose s of c t; ton
3((:) hereof, concerning stl'eet and highway traffie, t phrase,
"a,!'e:ls visible from the sea.," is also intended and 11 be
cons d to mean and inclLlde that portion of stre s or
highways which may not in fact be visible froll the sea but
which is within areas geneT'ally visible from the sea.
4. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Proclamation, or ox'dars issued pursuant thereto, is
subject to immediate excLudon from the territo.ry of the
VvesteL""n Defense COIrrrnand, and to the criminal penalties
provided in Public Law :;:10. 503, 77th Congress, approvod 1.1a1"'ch
21, 1942, entitled "An Act to Provide a Penalty for the
Violation of restrictions or orders with He act to Perons
entering, remaining in, Leaving or CommittinG any act in
Military areas or zones."
5. The Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board is
hereby designated as th.e primary agency to aid :tn the enfc)l"'-
ce:ment of the foregoing provisions. It is reqlH.'lsted that
the civil law enforcement agencies and State and local
gov.:H'lli.1ental bodies within the areas affected by th:ts Proc-
lamation assist the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board
in the enforcement hereof.
6. This ?l'oclama tion shall become eft'ecti va August
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J. L. DeWITT,
Lieutenant General, U. S. Army,
C om:mand ing . ff
SECTION II.
Said Public Proclamation No. 12, in addition to
amending Public Proclamation No. 10 as hereinabove set forth,
contains the following paragraphs:
"B. This proclamation shall become effective October
25, 1942, except those provisions in Subsection (2!b)
(1) hereof, concerning str'eet and highway lights,
~hich shall become effective November 12, 1942.
c. The recitals set forth in the first three oars-
g:r'sphs of said Public Proclamation No. 10 are hereby
reaffirmed. Except as hereinbefore expressly amended,
all the provisions and determinations expressed in said
Public Proclama"tion No. 10, shall remain in full force
and effect."
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SECTION III.
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The City of Vernon hereby recognizes the civil and
3 military necessity for the ~ncurrent enforcement of the pro-
4 visions of Public Proclamation No. 10, as amended as aforesaid,
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by the City of Vernon and the federal govermnent.
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SECTION IV.
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The City of Vernon is within the Zone of Restricted
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Lighting, designated and established by Section 2 of said Pub-
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lic Proclamation No. 10 as amended as aforesaid.
SECTION V.
Whoever on or after October 25, 1942 shall commit
any act in the City of Vernon contrary to the provisions of
either Section 2 or Section 3 of Proclamation No. 10 as amend-
'3d as aforesaid, which amended proclamation is ~lereil.1above
set forth in full" shall be guilty of a violation of this ordi-
nance which violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to ex-
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ceed :.;p300 .00 or by impr'isonment or not to exceed tb..'t"ce .months,
or by both such fine and imprison.l.'1lent.
SECTION VI.
This ordinance is required for the irrm1cdiate preser-
vation of the public peace, healthy and safety, aruishall take
effect iUL'11ediately. The following is the statement of fa.cts
constituting such urgency:
The United States is at war and this city by the
provisions of Public Procl8i.rl1a. tion }Io. 10 as amended by Public
Pl"OC
tion No. 12 is located in a military zone of restrict-
ed lighting esta.blished as a matter of military necessity in
order to minimize the danger of enemy attack and to provide
maximum protection for war utilities, wa.r materials and war
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premises.
By reason of the ir11lTIediate throat of enemy attack
2 compliance with the provisions of Public Proclamation No. 10
3 as amended by Public Proclamat:lon No. 12 is essent.lal for the
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protection of the lives a
property of the people of the City
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of Vernon.
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SECTION VII.
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The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
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adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause same to be posted
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in three of the most public places i.11 the city, to-wit: the
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Northeast corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the
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northwest corner of 37th Street and Santa Fe Avenue and on
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the bulletin board of the lobby of the City Hall of' the City
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of Vernon, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, in said City;
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and the same shall be in full force and effect on and after
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the date of posting.
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I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
Statje of California, do certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was duly and regularly introduced and passed for first read-
ing at a regular meeting of the City Council on October 20, 1942
and Wi\S thereafter finally a.dopted by the City Counc il of the
City of Vernon at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th
day of Ilovember, 1942, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Scheider, Levy, Poxon, Peralta, Leonis
NOES: None
ABSENTI N e
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State o-f Cali
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I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that I did on the
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day of . May
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copies of
Ordinanoe 558 in the
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following places to-wit: At the northwest oorner of 38th Street
and 5anta Fe Avenue, at the northwest corner of 37th street and
Santa Fe Avenue, a.nd at the entrance to the City Hall, locat~d
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at 4305 Santa Fe Averl'1.1e,there being no newspaper of general
c.irculation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this
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