Ordinance No. 923
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ORDINANCE NO. 923
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON AMENDING SECTION 16.14-1 OF CHAPTER
16 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALI-
FORNIA 1959, BY AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OF
SEMI-TRAILERS UPON VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS
CONTAINED THEREIN AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH
7 WHEREAS, persons and businesses owning and operating
8 semi-trailers have been leaving said semi-trailers unattended
9 and parked upon City streets; and
10 WHEREAS, the parking of said semi-trailers on City
11 streets prevents the free flow of traffic; and
12 WHEREAS, the majority of semi-trailers have
13 registrations that are out of state and the issuance of citations
14 is not adequate to prevent the parking of said semi-trailers
15 on City streets; and
16 WHEREAS, ~22651 of the Vehicle Code authorizes the
17 removal of vehicles from a highway by a peace officer or any
18 regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in
19 directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of
20 a City in which a vehicle is located within the territorial
21 limits of said City provided said local agency adopts a
22 resolution or ordinance providing therefor; and
23 WHEREAS, there is an urgency in adopting this Ordinance
24 for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
25 safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the City
26 of Vernon and its inhabitants.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
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3 SECTION 1: Any person, association of persons or
4 corporation who violates any of the provisions set forth in
5 Section 16.14-1 shall be deemed guilty of a traffic infraction,
6 and upon conviction thereof shall be punished upon a first
7 conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and
8 for a second conviction within a period of one (1) year by a
9 fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), and for a
10 third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one (1)
11 year by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
12 SECTION 2: In addition, a peace officer or any regular-
13 ly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing
14 traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations shall remove
15 said semi-trailers from, the public streets if said semi-trailers
16 violate Section 16.14-1.
17 SECTION 3: That the Chief of Police and Director of
18 Community Services are hereby instructed to cooperate in the
19 securing and placing of signs to comply with ~2265l(n) of the
20 Vehicle Code of the State of California.
21 SECTION 4: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
22 hereby declares that there exists an urgency in adopting this
23 Ordinance, and therefore this Ordinance shall be effective
24 immediately upon the approval of a majority of the City Council
25 of the City of Vernon and thenceforth the same shall be in full
26 force and effect.
27 SECTION 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
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SECTION 6: There being no newspaper printed, published
2 or circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby
3 directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
4 post the same, or cause the same to be posted, in three (3)
5 of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the
6 northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the
7 northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and
8 on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City,
9 located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon,
10 County of Los Angeles, State of California.
11 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 1981.
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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. 923
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7 at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon,
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held on
December 15, 1981
, and thereafter finally adopted
9 at a regular meeting of said City Council held on December 15,
1981
, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen:McCormick,Ybarra, Malburg ,Gonzales ,
Davis
NOES:
Councilmen: None
ABSENT:
Councilmen: None
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
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I, BRUCE V. K~LKEWdORST, City Clerk of the City
of Vernon, do hereby certify that I did, on the 17th day of
Decembe; 81 Ordinance No. 92J
Alll~lU.ll11g g~L:L.i.uu US .\4bfP<(;5~pHH:er6 (at tfU?i~8dgfc;f th~ City of
Vernon, Ca. 1959, By Authorizing the Removal of Seml-Tralle:s upon
-V.i.ula.L.i.uu of tIle Requirements conta.incd thGrein gnd Repe '" 1, ng .!'Ill.
n,.-('H nanc.eB-,B.nn- p,.arts n..f ordinaces in conflict therewith
-on'e'--J.n- -eacu--tn: ,'Cue- fcrrlowln;s pLaces, t:o W~t:: At the northwest
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corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Av~nue, at the northeast cor-
ner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin
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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
14 newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City
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Signed this 17th day of December
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this 17 day ofnpC'pmhp,.- ,l9..BL.
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or the County 0
California.
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