Ordinance No. 896
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ORDINANCE NO. 896
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON DETERMINING
THAT GRAFFITI OR OTHER INSCRIBED MATERIAL IS
OBNOXIOUS AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS/BUILDING TO REMOVE SAID GRAFFITI OR OTHER
INSCRIBED MATERIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT
CODE ~53069.3
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WHEREAS, graffiti on public and private property has
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increased within the City limits of the City of Vernon; and
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WHEREAS, said graffiti is and has been visible to people
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utilizing the public right of way; and
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WHEREAS, citizens of the City of Vernon have complained
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that the graffiti and other inscribed material is and was
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obnoxious.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
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DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
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hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained herein-
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above are true and correct.
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SECTION 2: Graffiti on public and private property is
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a blighting factor which not only depreciates the value of the
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property which has been the target of such malicious vandalism,
but also depreciates the value of the adjacent and surrounding
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properties, and in so doing, negatively impacts upon the entire
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community. The City has in the past undertaken to remove graffiti
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from public property but has been unable to mount a successful
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program for encouraging the owners of private property to undertake
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to remove graffiti and other inscribed materials from walls,
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structures, etc. The last session of the legislature adopted
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Chapter 330, adding ~53069.3 to the Government Code and authorizing
1 the City under certain circumstances to provide for the removal
2 of graffiti or other inscribed material. The City Council finds
3 and determines that graffiti is obnoxious and unless it and other
4 inscribed material is removed from public and private properties,
5 it tends to remain; and other properties are then in the target
6 of graffiti with the result that entire neighborhoods and indeed
7 the community is depreciated in value and made a less desirable
8 place to be. The City Council therefore determines that it is
9 appropriate that the City of Vernon develop procedures to implement
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11 the removal of graffiti and other inscribed material from both
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15 Vernon Municipal Code to the contrary, whenever the Director of
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20 the owner of the property consents to the removal by the City of
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22 document as the City may provide relative to the removal of the
23 graffiti or other inscribed material, then the Director of Public
24 Works/Building is authorized to provide for the removal of the
25 graffiti or other inscribed material. If the Director of Public
26 Works/Building provides for the removal of the graffiti or other
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where the graffiti or other inscribed material is located.
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SECTION 4: This Ordinance is deemed to be necessary in
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order to preserve and protect the public peace, health, safety,
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and general welfare and is adopted as an urgency ordinance and
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shall take effect immediately.
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SECTION 5: There being no newspaper printed, published
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or circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby
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directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
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post the same, or cause the same to be posted, in three (3) of
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the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the
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northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast
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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
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at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of
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Los Angeles, State of California.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 1980.
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'LEONIS
Mayor
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ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being
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Ordinance No.
896
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held on
February 19, 1980
, and thereafter finally adopted
9 at a regular meeting of said City Council held on February 19,
1980
, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen: Kaeser,McCormick,Gonzales, Ybarra.t;1alburg
NOES:
Councilmen:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmen:
None
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT .~F POSTING
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5 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City
6 of Vernont do hereby certify that I did, on the 20th day of
7 Februa ry , 19~, post three (3) copies of Ord i nance #896
8 Deter~ininq that Graffiti or other Inscribed Material is Obnoxious, etc.
9 one in each of the following placest to wit: At the north~est
10 corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, at the northeast cor-
11 ner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin
12 board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon, locat-
13 ed at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in said City, there being no
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Signed this 21'it day of
February
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BRUC V.~KENlf6RST, City Clerk -
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this 21st day of February _, 19~.
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Notary Public in' nd for the County of
Los Angeles, State of California.
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LOIS J. HILTON Ii>
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LOS ANGELES CO! 1~!T'f 1\
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