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ORDINANCE NO. 604
AN ORDINANCE OF TEE CITY OF VERNON GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO WS ANGELES
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. A CORPORATION AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT. MAINTAIN AND OPERATE TWO (2) SPUR TRACKS ACROSS
AND UPON SOTO STREET IN THE CITY OF VERNON.
TEE CITY COlmCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOYffi:
Seotion 1: Tha.b a franohise be and the same is hereby granted to I,os
Angeles Junotion Rej.lway C01llpap...y. a oorpore.tion, its suocessors e.nd assigns,
for a term of fifty (50) years, to lay, construot, maintain, use and operate
two (2) railroad spur traoks upon and across Soto Street, in the City ot
Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, located alone respective
center lines desoribed as follows:
Traok No.1: Beginning at the point of interseotion of the
easterly line of Soto Street and a line drawn
parallel with and distant northerly 340.00
feet from the northerly line of Lot 16 of the
500 Acre Traot of the Los An~les Fruit Land
Association; thence along the westerly pro-
longation of said parallel line, 80.00 feet to
the westerly line of said Soto Street.
Traok No.2: Beginning at the point of intersec.tion of the
easterly line of Soto Street and a line drawn
parallel with and distant southerly 331.00
feet from the northerly line of Lot 16 of the
500 Acre Tract 01' the Los Angeles Fruit Land
Assooiation.; 'l:;hence along the westerly pro-
longation of s~id parallel line, 80.00 feet,
to the westerly Une of said Sota Street.
Section 2: That said spur tra.oks which may be laid and operated under
this franohise shall be used for the transportation of freight only and not
as any part of a main line; and shall be used solely for the purpose of
reoeipt 8rl.d delivery of freight to and from conneotinG warehouses, manu-
factories am other business industri"s and enterprises .wi th the me:i.n line
of oonneccing railroad oomp8.ny or companies.
Seotion 31 That the spur tr8.oks whioh nay be laid under the privilege
hereby granted shall be oons.l:;ructed of first-01ass rnaterials, with sta.ndard
ra.ils weighing not less th3. n ninety (90) pounds per yard; shall corresi)ond
to the official grade of the street; /'\oross or along which it may be plaoed..
as now established by said City of Vernon, the top of rails to be flush with
the surrounding surfaoe of the str~et; and all portions of the street oocupied
by the said spur traoks, inoluding the areas within two (2) feet outside each
rail thereof, shall be paved under the instructions of, and to the satisfaotion
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of the City Engineer of tlle City of Vernon.
Seotion 4: The right~ privilege and permission hereby granted shall
be exeroised and enjoyed subjeot to the following conditions:
(a) Tha.t no oars or loeomo.Uves shall be permitted at a.ny
time to stand upon the street oooupied by s!\id spur tra.oks
exoept during the time aotual1y employed in switohing; and
tha.t said spur tracks shall at all times be used so as not
to obstruct the use of said street by vehicles or pedestrians
more than is neQessar,y, consistent with the uses for which
said spur traoks are to be construoted.
(b) That the said Grantee. its successors and assigns, shall
oonstruct and maintain all flumes and culverts for passage
of storJll _ters under said spur traoks whenever or wherever
directed to do by the City Council of the City of Vernon,
said construotion to be in aocordance with plans and speci-
fications therefor approved by the City Engineer.
Whenever a public storm water drain will have been con-
structed in the ~nediate vioinity of said spur traoks, t}~
Grantee shall, if so directed by the City, remove any or
all flumes and culverts theretofore construoted and replace
same with standard oatoh basins oonneoting with said storm
drain, said replaoement to be in aooordanoe wi~~ plans and
speoifioations therefor approved by said City Engineer.
(0) That the said Grantee, its suooessors and assie;ns, shall
at all times Imlintain said spur tracks at the level of the
offioial grade and to the full width of said street, as now
established or as may hereafter be established by said City
of Vernon; and shall repair, pave or repave that portion of
street occupied by said spur tracks. inoluding the area
within two (2) feet outside eaoh rail thereOf, under the
instruotion of. and to the satisfaotion of said City Engineer.
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(d) That the said Grantee. its suocessors and assigns, shall,
at its own oost and expense. repair, maintain, safeguard
and support said spur traoks across or along the trench or
other excavation in said street, during construotion or
reconstruotion of sub-surface structures of any kind or
desoription, the installation of ~ioh i8 being done under
authority of City of Vernon.
(e) That the said Grantee. its successors and assigns, shall
at its own oost and expense, install, construct, maintain
and operate all warning signs, bells, lights, traffio signals,
electric track cirouits and/or any other safety device and
appurtenanoes for the protection or oonvenience of vehioles
and pedestrians in said street. whioh, at any time, by reason
of the exeroise of the rights and privileges granted herein.
mAy be ordered installed by any Public Body havin& the
authority to order such installation, construoti9n, maintenance
and operation.
(f) That any neglect, failure or refusal on the part of the
Grantee, its suocessors and assigns, to observe and/or oonply
with any of the terms or oonditions herein oontained shall
effect a forfeiture of the right, privilege and permission
hereby granted, and the City, by its City Council, may there-
upon declare such rights and privileges forfeited; and may
exclude said grantee, its suocessors and assigns from any
further use of said street oooupied by said spur traoks,
and the grant hereby Jll9.de shall thereupon beoome and remAin
null, void and of no effeot.
(g) That, upon suoh forfeiture of the rights and privileges
granted herein, as provided in paragraph (f), above, or
upon tIle abandonment of the use of the spur tracks oonstructed
under this franchise for any reason whatsoever. the Grantee,
its suooessors and assigns. shall. at its own oost and
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expense I when so ordered by sd d Ci 1fr Engineer, entirely
remove said spur traoks and appurtenances. and shall re-
store the street paving disturbed by suoh removal, together
with all remodeling required to bring the street surfaoe
in the i~nediate vicinity to offioia1 grade with F~teri8.ls
of the same quality and thickness then existing in said
street, all said restoration work to be done under the
direction of and to the satisfaction of the said City
Engineer.
Section 5a That the City of Vernon, in granting the right, privileges
and permission herein contained, expressly reserves the right to grade, pave,
lllllcadamize or regrade, repave and remaoadamize the street along and across
which the said spur tracks are to be oonstruoted, and to construot and recon-
struct subsurface structures of any and all kinds under said spur traoks.
Seotion 6: That said spur traoks shall be operated andmaint"l.ined sub-
ject to such other regulations and conditions as may be presoribed from time
to time by the COlmoil of the City of Vernon.
Section 7: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinanoe, and shall cause the same to be posted in three
of the most oonspiouous plaoes in the City of Vernon, to-wit. at the north-
west corner of 38th street and Santa Fe Avenue) at the northwest corner of
37th Street and Santa Fe Avenue,; and on the bulletin board in the lobby ot
the City Hall of the City of Vernon. looated at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue. in said
City,; that this Ordinance shall be in full foroe and effect from and after
thirty (30) days from the date of posting.
Adopted and aIProved this I f day of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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County of Los Angeles )
I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon. do hereby
oertify the.t the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regula.rly introduced at
a. regular meeting of the City Counoil of the City of Vernon held on the
4th day of February
, 194~. and thereafter finally adopted at a
regulaI' meeting of said Ci'by CounoH held on the 18th day of F'ebruary
1947, by the following vote:
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AYEs:Fur1ong, Anderson, Mai11iard, Leonis
NOES: None
ABSENT. Trowbridge
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SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
J. B. LEONI~ MAYOR
OP'P'ICER8
T. J. FURLONG. CLERK
F. G. FRENCH. TREASURER
THOMAS V. CASSIDY. CITY ATTORNEY
FRANCIS BATES. CITY ENGIN"ER
ERNEST GILES. CHI"F OF POLICE
OR. H. F. BECKER. HEALTH OFFIC"R
C. B. HUBBARD. POLICE JUDGE
F. H. DONNELLY. FIR" CHIEF
CITY COUNCIL
C. H. MAILLIARD
C. W. TROWBRIDGE
G. H. ANDERSON
J.J. POXON
TELEPHONES
CITY CLERK LAFAYETTE 8878
POLICE DEPT. .. 8964
ENGR. DEPT. _ 0946
FIRE DEPT. KIMBALL 21522
HASKINS Be SELLS. AUDITORS
G. A. ANDERSON. D"PUTY CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
43015 BANTA FE AVENU"
IN REPLY REFER TO:
VERNON-11. CALIFORNIA
February;, 1947
File: 4-c-8
Honorable City Council
City of Vernon
Vernon, California
Gentlemen:
There are now two spur track crossings in Soto Street,
as hereinafter described, which were constructed by J. B. Leonie,
Inc., under authority of reservation of such right retained by
the latter in the deed of conveyance of Soto Street to the City
of Vernon.
Since these ~ur track crossings will eventually be
connected with respective drill tracks of the Los Angeles Junction
Railway Company, it was suggested that it would be to the best
interest of the City that a Franchise be granted to the latter,
thus avoiding any divided responsibility as to their future maint-
enance.
J. B. Leonis, Inc., has agreed to such a program and I
therefore submit herewith, for your approval, a proposed Ordinal ce
No. 604 which would grant to the Los Angeles Junction Railway
Company the right to maintain and operate two spur tracks across
Soto Street on center line locations described as follows:
Track No. 1 - Beginning at the point of intersection of the
easterly line of Soto Street and a line drawn
parallel with and perpendicularly distant
northerly' 340.00 feet from the northerly line
of Lot 10 of the 500 Acre Tract of the Los
Angeles Fruit Land Association: thence along
the westerly prolongation of said parallel
line, 80.00 feet, to the westerly line of said
Soto Street.
Honorable City Council
Page Two
February 3, 1947
Track No. 2 - Beginning at the point of intersection of the
easterly line of So to Street and a line drawn
parallel with and perpendicularly distant
southerly 331.00 feet from the northerly line
of Lot 16 of the 500 Acre Tract of the Los
Angeles Fruit Land Association: thence along
the westerly prolongation of said parallel
line, 80.00 feet, to the westerly line of
said Soto Street.
Respectfully submitted,
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Francia Bates,
City Engineer
FE/bre
AFFIDAVIT OF P~1TINO
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State or California )
County of Loa Angeles I
City of Vernon )
I, G. A. Anderson, Deputy CIty Clerk of the Oity of Vernon,
Oal1roy>nla, do hereby certlf7 that I did on tl1e c}...v day Of;)~--<-~
1947, post .J "" copies of Ordinance No. ~'"' in the followIng
places to-wit = At the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe
Avenue, at the northw6s't corner of 37th Street and Santa }1e Avenue,
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and at the e~,t~anoe to tha CIty Hall, looated at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue,
there being no newspaper of general cl:roulnt1on prlntAd .end publlohed
1n the C1 ty of' Vernon.
Signed thlo -W day of <t-~
, 1947.
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lr. A. ~nC1er8on, t.Seputy dlty
Clerk, City of Vernon, CalifornIa