Ordinance No. 623
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ORDINANCE No.623
AN ORDIlt-'~ITCE OF THE CITY Or' V.8mWN GRJ\.lifTING A FRANCHISE TO 'rHE LOS
ANGELES JUNCTION Wi- ILWAY COl\iPANY, A CORPORATION, il..lifD ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIffirs, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ~lliINTAIN AND OPElli~TE THREE
(3) SPUR TRi\CKS AC RO SS AND UPON SEVILL3 11. VENUE IN THE CITY OF
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~ection 1: That a franchise be and the sane is hereby
7 granted to Los Angeles Jilllction Railway Company, a corporation,
8' its successors and assigns, for a term of fifty (50) years, to
9 lay, construct, maintain, use and operate three (3) railroad spur
10 tracks upon and across Seville Avenue, in the City of Vernon,
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COl~nty of Los Angeles, State of California, the respective center
lines 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 Westerly line of
Seville Avenue, 60 feet in width, South 10 32' 16"
East thereon 345.49 feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width; thence Easterly
parallel with said center line of 45th Street, 60.00
feet to the Easterly line of said Seville Avenue.
Track No.2:
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of
Seville Avenue 60 feet in width, South 10 32' 16"
East thereon 340.41 feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width; thence from said
point of beginning North 800 17' 28" East 7.)+0 feet
to the beginning of a tangent curve concave Northerly
having a radius of 287. 9l~ feet; thence Easterly along
se.id curve 5)-1-.27 feet, more or less to a point in the
easterly line of said Seville Avenue, South 10 32'
16" East 326.64 feet from said center line of 45th
Street.
Track NO.2:
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of
Seville Avenue, 60 feet in width, South 10 32' 16"
East thereon 326.24 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 Northerly
having a radius of 590.27 feet bearing North 90
11' IOU West from said point of beginning; thence
Easterly along said curve 5.39 feet to a point of
compound curve concave Northerly having a radius of
273.94 feet, a radial line from the point of beginning
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of said compo1md curve bears North 90 42' 32lt
West; thence Easterly along last said curve
56.46 feet, more or less, to a point in the
Easterly line of said Seville Avenue, South
10 32' 16u East, 311.79 feet from center line of
said 45th street.
For further particulars, and as a part hereof, reference is
hereby made to the application therefor and the map accompanying
7 same, dated August 25, 1949, on file in the office of' the City
8' Clerk of Vernon.
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Section 2: That said spur tracks which may be laid and
10 operated under this francllise shall be used for the transporta-
11 tion of freight only and not as any part of a main line; and
12 shall be used solely for the purpose of receipt B...'1.d delivery of
13 freight to and from connecting warehouses, manufactories and
14 other business industries and enterprises with the main line of
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15 the Grantee, its successors and assigns, in said City of Vernon.
Section 3: That the spur tracks which may be laid under the
17 privilege hereby granted shall be constructed of first-class
181 materials, with standard rails weighing not less than ninety (90)
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pounds per 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
surrounding 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, sb211 be paved u...l'1der the in-
structions of, and to the satisfaction of, the City Engineer of
the City of Vernon.
Section 4: The right, privilege and permission hereby
granted shall be exercised and enjoyed subject to the following
conditions:
(a) That no cars or locomotives shall be permitted
at any time to stand upon the street occupied by
said spur tracks except during the time actually
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employed in switching; and that 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 necessary, consistent with the uses
for which said spur tracks are to be constructed.
(b) That the said Grantee, its successors and 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 by the City
Council of the City of Vernon, said construction to
be in accordance with plans and specifications
therefor approved by the City Engineer.
Vihenever a public storm water drain will have
been constructed in the immediate vicinity of said
spur tracks, the Grantee shall, if so directed by
the City, remove any or all flumes and culverts
theretofore constructed ij,nd replace same with standard
catch basins connecting with said storm drain,
said replacement to be in accordance with plans and
specifications therefor approved by said City
Engineer.
(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 and repave that portion of the street occupied by
said spur tracks, including the area within two (2) feet
outside each rail thereof, under the instruction of,
and to the satisfaction of, said Ci ty En:=;ineer.
(d) That the said Grantee, its successors and assigns,
she.ll, at its own cost and expense, repa.ir, m.aintain,
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safeguard and support s~id spur tracks 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 ~ssibns,
shall at its own cost and expense, install, construct,
maintain and operate all warning signs, bells, liShts,
traffic signals, electric track circuits and/or any
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 rizhts and privileges granted herein,
may be ordered installed by any Public Body having
the authority to order such installation, construction,
rraintenance and operation.
(f) That any neglect, failure or refusal on the ~)art
of the Gre.ntee, it.s successors and assiSns, to 00-
serve and/or comply with any of the terms or' conditions
heroin contained shall effect a forfei ture of t:he
ri~;ht, privilege and rermission hereby granted, and
the City, by its City Council, may thereupon declare
such rights 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
remain null, void and of no effect.
(g) That, upon such forfeiture of the rights and priv-
ileges granted herein, as provided in paragraph (f),
above, or upon the abandonment of the use of the spur
tracks constructed under this franchise for any reason
whatsoever, the Grantee, its successors and assigns
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shall, at its own cost and expense, when so ordered by
said City Engineer, entirely remove said spur tracks
and appurtenances, and sball restore the street paving
disturbed by such removal, together with all remodeling
required to bring the street surface in the immediate
vic:i.ni ty 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.
Section 5: That the City of Vernon, in granting the
right, privileges and permission herein contained, expressly
reserves the right to grade, pave, macadamize or regrade,
repave and remacadamize the street along and across which the
said spur tracks are to be constructed, ~~d to construct and
reconstruct subsurface structures of any and all kind under
said spur tracks.
Section 6: That said spur tracks shall be operated
and maintained subject to such other regulations 8.nd conditions
as may be prescribed from time to time by the Council of the
City of Vernon.
Section 7: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause same to
be posted in three of the most conspicuous places in the City of
VeI'non, to-wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
Fe Avenue; at the northwest corner of 37th Street and Santa Pe
Avenue; and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of
the City of Vernon, located at 1!-305 Santa Fe Avenue, in said City;
that this Ordin~~ce shall be in full force and effect from and after
thirty (30) days from the date of posting.
Adopted and approved this , 1949
ATTEST:
Vernon
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3 I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
4 hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
5 introduced at a regular meetin,; of the City Counci.l of the City
6 of Vernon held on the 6th day of September
, 19L!-9, and
7 thereafter finally adopted at a regular meetinG of said City
8i Council held on the 20th day of
September
, 1949, by the
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following vote:
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AYES:
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ABSENT:
Anderson, l"Urlong, Mailliard, Trowbridge
None
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
5 I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
6 hereby certify that I did on the ...z/~ day of ~. I.....<
7 1949, post j copies of ~ Ao. ':<.~ , in the
2 State o:f California
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following places to-wit:
At the northwest corner of 38th street
9 and Santa 1"e Avenue, at the northwest corner of 37th Street and
10 Santa Fe Avenue, and at the entrance to the City Hall, located
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at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, there being no newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed thisO</~ day Of~, 1......
Subscribed and sworn to before me
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i\1(\ta~7 Public in and for the CountY '"
Los Angeles. StaLe of CalWA'WlIl
My Commission Expires M""d. 10, 19Bi
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C...!. LUMPP
VICE.PRES. & GEN. MGR.
LOS ANGELES
TELEPHONe JEFFERSON 3241
4500 DOWNEY ROAD
LOS ANGELES
Mr. Francis Bates, Vernon City Eilgineer
4305 Santa Fe A venue
Vernon, California
August 25, 1949
Dear Mr. Bates:
This letter will serve as an application for permission to construct and lB3"
i,cross Sey~11e..AY_~l!~~..I three (3) railroad tracks to serve property Easterly and 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.
Beginnin~ at a point in the Westerly line of Seville Avenue, 60 feet
in width, South 1 321 16" E:l.st thereon 345.49 feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width; thence Easterly parallel with said center line
of 45th Street, 60.00 ,feet to the Easterly line of said Seville Avenue.
No.2.
Beginnin~ at a point in the Westerly line of Seville Avenue, 60 feet
in width, South 1 321 16" East thereon 340.L.J. feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width; thence frOlIl said point of beginning North
800 171 28" East 7.40 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave Northerly
having a radius of 287.94 feet; thence l!b.sterly 'a.long said curve 54. '47 feet to
the l!asterly line of said Seville Avenue.
No.3.
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of Seville Avenue, 60 feet
in width, South 10 321.16" East thereon 326.24. feet from the center line of
45th Street, 60 feet in width, said point of b~gimU.ng being in the arc of a
curve concave Northerly having a radius 9f 590. Z7 feet bearing North 90 11' 10"
"West frOlIl said point of beginning; thence Easterly alongrsaid curve' 5.39 feet to
a point of compound curve concave Northerly having a radius of 273.94 feet, a
radial line frOlIl the point of beginning of said compound curve bears(North
90 421 32" 'West; thence Easterly along said COlIlpound. curve 56.46 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.
1l5)ECEIVE~
~ CITY ENGINEER JUI
Very truly yours,
LOS ANGELES JUNCTION RAIIMAY COMPANY
AUG 3 0 1949
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V e-President & General Manager
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