Ordinance No. 622
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1 OP~INANCE NO. 622
2 AN ORDINANCE 01" THE CITY OF' VEillWN GRANTING A PRLNGHISE TO THE LOS
l\.NGELES JlJNCTION RJl.ILWAY GO.fl:PANY, A CORPORIJ..TION, AND ITS SUCCESSORS
3 AND ASSIGNS, A l:'RANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN lUm OPERATE TWO
(2) SPUR TRACKS ACROSS AND upon SEVILLE AVENUE DJ IJ.1HE Grey 0l:j1 VERNON
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0!i1 VERNON DOES ORD!iIN AS POLLOWS:
Section 1: That a franchise be and the same is hereby
7 granted to Los Angeles Junction Railway Company, a corporation,
8: its successors and assigns, for a term of fifty (50) years, to
lay, construct, maintain, use and operate two (2) railroad spur
tracks upon and across Seville Avenue, in the City of Vernon, County I
of Los lU1geles, State of C~ifornia, the respective center lines I
of said spur tracks to be between the points and in the location
described as follows:
Track No.1:
Beginning at a point in the Westerl~ line of
Seville Avenue, 60 feet in width North 1 32' 16"
West thereon 342 .L~9 feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width, said point of be-
ginning being in the arc of a curve conC2.ve South-
erly having a radius of 301.94 feet bearing South
70 10' 38u West from said point of beginning;
thence Easterly along said curve 62.11 feet to a
point in the Easterly line of said Seville Avenue,
South 10 32' 161t East, 326.85 feet from said
center line of 45th Street.
Track Noo 2:
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of
Seville Avenue, 60 feet in width, North 10 32' 16\t
West thereon 328.32 feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width, said point of begin-
ning being in the arc of a curve concave Southerly
having a radius of 287 .9L~ feet bearing South 70 36'
16" VVest from said point of bej5inningj thence
Easterly along said curve 62.34 feet to a point in
the Easterly line of said Seville Avenue, South
10 52' 16" East, 311.85 feet from said center line
of 45th Street.
For further particulars, and as a part hereof, reference is
hereby made to the application therefor and the map accompanying
same, dated August 25, 1949, on file in the office of the City
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Clerk of Vernon.
Section 2: That said spur tracks which may be laid and
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operated under this franchise shall be used for the transporta-
tion of freight only and not as any part of a main line; and
shall be used solely for the purpose of receipt and delivery of
freight to and from connecting warehouses, manufactories and
other business industries and enterprises with the main .line of
the Grantee, its successors and assigns, in said City of Vernon.
Sec tion 3: That the spur tracks which m[~y be laid under
the privilege hereby granted shall be constructed of first-class
materials, with standard rails weighing not less than ninety (90)
pou...'1ds :,)er yard; shall correspond to the official grade of the
street across or along which it may be placed, as now established
by said City of Vernon, the top of rails to be flush with the
surroilllding surface of the street; and all portions of the street
occupied by the said spur tracks, including the areas within two
(2) feet outside each rail thereof, shall be paved under the in-
structions of, and to the satisfaction of, the City Engineer of
the City of Vernon.
Section 4: The riCht, privilege and permission hereby
granted shall be exercised and enjoyed subject to the following
conditions:
(a) That no cars or locomotives shall be perrdtted
at ~,-ny time to stand upon the street occupied by
said spur tracks except during the time actually
employed in switching; and that said spur tracks
shall at all times be used so as not to obstruct
the use of said stpeet b:r vehicles or pedestrians
more than is necessary, consistent with the uses
for which said spur tracks are to be constructed.
(b) That the said Grc.mtee, its successors find assigns,
shall construct and maintain all flumes and culverts
for passage of storm waters under said spur tracks
whenever or wherever directed to do so bv the City
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Council of the City of Vernon, said construction to
be in accordance with plans and specifications
therefor approved by the City Engineer.
Whenever a public storm water drain will have
been constructed in. the immediate vicini t~;T of said
spur tracks, the Grantee shall, if so directed by
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tho Clt:;, remove an:{ or all fh:mes and cU.lvol'ts
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therotofore constructed and replace same with standard
catch basins cormecting with said storm dr'8.in,
said replacement to be in accordance with plans and
specifications therefor approved by said City
3ncineer.
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(c) That the said Grantee, its successors and assigns,
shall at all times maintain said spur tracks at the
level of the official 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 portlon of the street occupied by
said spur tracks, including the area with~n two (2) foet
outside each rail ther'eof, under the instruction of,
and to the satisfaction of, said City Engineer.
(d) That the said Grantee, its successors and ass:Lr;ns,
shall, 8.t its own cost and expense, repair, maintain,
safeguard and SUPl~)ort said spur tr'acks across or along
the trench or other excavation in said street, during
construction or reconstruction of sub-surface structures
of any kind or description, the installation of which
is being done under authority of City of Vernon.
(e) That the said Grantee, its successors and assi.L;ns,
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shall at its own cost and expense, install, construct,
maintain and operate all warning signs, bells, lights,
traffic signals, electric tract: circuits and/or any
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other safety device and appurtenances for the pro-
tection or convenience of vehicles and pedestrians
in said street, which, at any time, by reason of the ex-
ercise of the rights and privileges granted herein,
may be ordered installed by any Public Body having
the authority to order such installation, construction,
rrlaintenance and opere.tion.
(f) That any neglect, failure or refusal on the part
of the Grantee, its successors and assigns, to ob-
serve and/or comply with any of the terms or conditions
herein contained shall effect a forfeiture of the
right privilege and pernission hereby granted, and
the City, by its City Council, may thereupon declare
such ri3;hts and privileges forfeited; and may exclude
said Grantee, its successors and assigns from any
further use of said street occupied by said spur tracks,
and the grant hereby made shall thereupon become and
remf:dn null, void and of no effect.
(g) That, upon such forfeiture of the rights and priv-
ileo,yes granted herein. as provided in 'oaraC"ra-oh (f)
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above, or upon the abandonment of the use 01'" the spur
tracks constructed under this franchise for any reason
whatsoever, the Grantee, its successors and assigns
shall, at its own cost and expense, when so ordered by
said City Engineer, entirely remove said spur tracks
and appurtenances, and shall restore the street paving
disturbed by such removal, together with all remodeling
required to bring the street surface in the immediate
vicinity to official grade with materials of the same
quality and thickness then existing in said street, all
of said restoration work to be done under the direction
of, and to the satisfaction of, the said City Engineer.
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Section 5: That the City of Vernon, in granting the
2 right, privileges and permission herein contained, expressly
3 reserves the right to grade, pave, macadamize or regrade,
4 repave and remacadamize the street along and across which the
5 said spur tracks are to be constructed, and to construct and
6 reconstruct subsurface structures of aI1Y and all kind l.mder
7 said spur tracks.
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Section 6:.: That said spur tracks shall be operated and
9 maintained S1.1b ject to such other regulations and conditions as
10 may be prescribed from time to time by the Council of the City
11 of Vernon.
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Section 7: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon s~all
13 certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause same to
14 be posted in three of the most conspicuous places in the City of
15 Vernon, to-wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
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Fe Avenue; at the northwest corner of 37th street and Santa Fe
Avenue; and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of
tne 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 thirty (30) days from the date of posting.
Adopted and approved this
Vernon
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I, T. J. .[i'UHLONG, City Clerk of' the City of Vernon, do
31 hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance w~s duly and regularly
32 introduced at a regular meeting of the City Oounci1 of the City
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2 thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting of said City
, 1949, and
of Vernon held on tho t, -r~ da-;'T of
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Council held on the ~Oftv day of
Sepfel"Jrl.lo e y
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5 i.YES: Andeysot'VJ PCJrlo"'71 Ma',I/."-a,..d) TroUJhr;dJe.
NOES: No n e.
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4 following vote:
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles )
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City of Vernon
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I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that I did on t~e .z/J: day o~
8 I 1949, post .L copies of ~o.-..u... )u,. 6~~ , in the
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following places to-wit: At the northwest corner of 38th Street
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and Santa Fe Avenue, at the northwest corner of 37th Street and
Santa Fe i~venue, and at the entrance to the City Hall, located
at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, there being no newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of v~:n.
Signed this :<1& day of ~
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Vernon
Subscribed and sworn to before me
day of 4:1.. L-J
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Notary Public in and for the COunty <N
Los Angeles. State of CallilAuia
My Con~ri, i' . r. res 1.~:.:rch 10, 1953
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SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
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C...!. LUMPP
VICE.PRES. & GEN. MGR.
LOS ANGELES
12s h\getes J\tl\etiol\ RaJlwa.~ Compal\~lo V~~&.~
TELEPHONE JEFFERSON 3241 (S). 'ft
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August 25, 1949
4500 DOWNEY ROAD
LOS ANGELES
Mr. Francis Bates
Vernon City Engineer
4305 Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon, California
Dear Mr. Bates:
This letter will serve as an application for permission to construct
and lay acro~~~~v.f!:.le.Avenu!l two (2) railroad tracks to serve property Westerly
of Seville Avenue, the center lines of which are indicated in red on the attached
print. The legal description of the center lines of the tracks crossing Seville
Avenue would be as follows:
No.1.
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of Seville
Avenue, 60 feet in width North 10 32' 16" West thereon 342.49
feet from the center line of 45th Street, 60 feet .in width, said
point of beginning being in the arc of a curve concave Southerly
~ving a radius of 301.94 feet bearing South 7'> 10' 38" West from
said point of beginning; thence &i.sterly along said curve 62.11
feet to the :Easterly line of said Seville Avenue.
No.2.
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of Seville Avenue,
60 feet in width, North 10 321 16" West thereon 328.32 feet from the
center line of 45th Street, 60 feet in width, said point of beginning
being in the arc of a curve concave Southerly having a radius of 287.94
feet bearing SOuth 70 361 16" West from said point of beginning; thence
Easterly along said curve 62.34 feet to the Easterly line of said Seville
Avenue.
We would greatly appreciate your approval of this application and your
submission of it to the Vernon City Council for their action.
Very truly yours,
HGE:DR
Enclosure
~ ECI~ !!NXRE 1DJ
AUG 3 0 1949
LOS ANGELES JUNcrION RAILWAY COMPANY
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'ce-President & General Manager
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