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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1949-772 Refuse burning (Repealed by 1087)772 ORDINANCE NO. 772 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE REGU- LATION OF BURNING RUBBISH AND DEBRIS. The City Council of the City of National City, California, does ordain, as follows: SECTION I. The burning of rub- bish, trash, debris, grass, weeds, brush, building, or debris from any wrecked building, or any kind is pro- hibited within the corporate limits of the City of National City except in accordance with the following reg- ulations: (a) No person shall set fire to or cause or procure fire to be set to any rubbish, trash, debris, grass, weeds, brush, inflammable mater- ial on any street, alley, court, yard, vacant lot or any other space unless a written permit so to do shall first have been secured from the Fire Marshal or his dep- uties, and in strict accordance with the terms of the permit. The Fire Marshal and his deputies shall include in such permits such safeguarding restrictions or pre- cautions as may be reasonably necessary to prevent damage to life, or property or prevent the commission of a nuisance and shall have the power to refuse, re- voke or postpone permits when necessary for the protection of life and property. (b) Having secured a permit to do any burning mentioned in this or- dinance shall not relieve any per- son doing such burning from re- sponsibility for damage to prop- erty of another which may occur as a result of such burning. (c) Any fire, regardless of whether a permit has been obtained for same or not, must be extinguished when so ordered by the Fire Mar- shal, or his deputies, and it shall be a violation of this ordinanee for any person to refuse to com- ply with any such order. (d) Some adult person must be in constant attendance when inflam- mable material mentioned in this ordinance is being burned and it shall be unlawful to leave any fire mentioned in this ordinance unat- tended. (e) Care must be taken when burn- ing to guard against any nuisance from excessive smoke, offensive odors, and flying ashes and cin- ders. SECTION 2. Any accumulation of combustible or inflammable material, boxes, broken wood, trash, waste pa- pers, rags, or other debris of any kind whatsoever back of fences or signboards, or in or near buildings, stairways, cellars, basements, or any other location, which is located so as to be liable to cause fire, is hereby prohibited, and it shall be unlawful to place or allow any such material named in this section to remain in such location named herein. SECTION 3. Cotton batting, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid or oth- er highly inflammable materials shall not be used for decoration purposes in show windows or stores without a permit, provided, however, that noth- ing in this section shall be held to prohibit the display of saleable goods permitted and offered for sale in the store. None of the above material, nor paper or cloth not used as wall paper or surfacing shall be used in dance halls, night clubs, auditoriums, or places of assembly unless suitably treated to make them flame -proof. Electric light bulbs in stores or pub- lic halls shall not be decorated with paper or other combustible materials unless materials shall first have been rendered flameproof. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon ,,onviction thereof shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in foi ce on the thirty first day from and after its pzssage. SECTION 6. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this ordi- nance on,.e in the National City News, a newspaper of weealy circu- lation, printed and published in the City of National City, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 1st day of No- vember, 1949, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Adams, Curry, Matthews, Thatcher, Fritz. NAYS: Councilmen None. ABSENT, None. GILBERT E. FRITZ, Mayor of the City of National City, California. ATTEST : Irene M. Alston, City Clerk. I hereby approve the foregoing Or- dinan,.e this 1st day of November, 1949. GILBERT E. FRITZ, Mayor of the City of National City, California. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 772 of the Ordinances of the City of National City, Califor- nia, as adopted by the City Council of said City, .; approved by the Mayor of said bity on the lst dayy of November, 1949` (S'igne IRENE M. '14.STON, City Clerk of the City of National City, California. (SEAL) News: it; 11-4; Jno. 2121. AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the same has been duly published ac- cording to �,,w. City Clerk, City of National City, California.