Ordinance No. 679
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ORDINANCE NO. 679
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON ESTABLISIDNG REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS OR OCCUPANCY
PERMITS AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon finds it
necessary to establish building and occupancy regulations to promote the
public health, safety and general welfare of the City of Vernon;
NOW1 THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Vernon
does Ordain as follows:
SECTION 1:
Before any building permit or occupancy per-
mit may be issued for the construction or occupancy of any structure,
within the City of Vernon. it must appear:
(a) That all laws of the City of Vernon pertaining to zoning,
subdivisionJ set-back lines. fire, and other laws, rules and regulations,
applicable to the property for which the permit is sought, have been com-
plied with, and that the granting of said permit will not result in a con-
travention of any such law, rule or regulation of the City of Vernon;
(b) That the lot, parcel or unit of land for which the permit
is sought has a minimum frontage of not less than fifty feet (50') on a
dedicated street with a width of not less than sixty feet (60 I). Said
dedicated street shall be suitably improved to the satisfaction of the City
Council or the City Engineer of the City of Vernon, when empowered by the
City Council to act, in accordance with standards and specifications now
or hereafter approved by said City Council, as adequate in respect to the
public health, safety and general welfare for the special circumstances of
the particular street or highway. Improvements in addition to any others
shall include water. sewers and reasonable public access.
(c) That the lot, parcel or unit of land for which the permit
is sought has drainage in accordance with good engineering principles,
has installed sewer service line and water service line adequate for the
particular structure and intended use.
(d) That the use for which said permit is sought will not
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materially increase the danger of fire or flood, or the results of fire or
flood, and will not be detrimental to health or sanitation.
SECTION 2:
The provisions of Section 1 hereinabove shall
not apply to minor repairs or remodeling of an existing structure.
SECTION 3:
Where the enforcement of the provisions of
Section 1 hereinabove would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary
hardship, or where the circumstances of the case do not require the
structure to be related to existing or proposed streets or highways, the
applicant for such a permit may appeal from the decision of the adminis-
trative officer having charge of the issuance of permits to the City Council,
and the City Council in passing on such appeal may make any reasonable
exception and issue the permit subject to such conditions as it feels neces-
sary and proper, in view of the circumstances of the particular case, and
the public health, safety and welfare of the City of Vernon.
The decision
of the City Council in all such matters shall be final.
SECTION 4: Every violation of this ordinance is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance.
SECTION 5:
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the County Jail of the County
of Los Angeles, or in the City Jail of the City of Vernon, as the committing
magistrate may direct, for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. Each
day such violation is committed or permitted to continue, shall constitute
a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
SECTION 6:
There being no newspaper printed, published
and circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to
certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post same, or cause same
to be posted, in three of the most public places in the City of Vernon,
to wit: The northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the
northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the
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bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at 4305
Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, Los Angeles County, Cali-
fornia; that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after the date of posting.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this
17 day of May
1955.
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ST ATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I~ G. A. ANDERSON, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 679 was duly and
regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Vernon held on April 5,
1955, and thereafter finally
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on May 11,
1955, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Furlong, Mailliard, Poxon
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen Anderson, Trowbridge
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
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8 I" G. A. ANDERSON, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
9 do hereby certify that I did on the (9 day of kf) 1955,
10 post three (3) copies of Ordinance No. 679, one in each of the follow-
11 ing places, to wit: At the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
12 Fe Avenue; at the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific
13 Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall
14 located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, in said City, there being no news-
15 paper of general circulation printed and published in the City of
16 Vernon.
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Signed this -----'1'1. day of ~A<O
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. G. A. ANDERSON .
City Clerk of the City of Vernon
1955.
23 Subscribed and sworn to before me
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this / q b( day of )~~"'J
1955.
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Notary Publi~;n'aru:ifor the dobnty
of Los Angeli' jState of California
My Co' Oct. 5. 1951i