Ordinance No. 001 - Enacting and Adopting the Rosemead Municipal CodeCITY OF ROSEMEAD
ORDINANCE NO. 1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD.. ENACTING AND
ADOPTING THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
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Prepared by
FERGUSON AND JUDGE
City Attorneys
128 East Amerige Avenue
Fullerton, California
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ORDINANCE NO. 1
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ENACTING AND ADOPTING
THE ROSEMEAD CITY CODE, WHICH CODE CONSISTS OF REGULATORY,
PENAL AND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND PROVISIONS
OF THE CITY, AND WHICH PROVIDES-FOR PENALTIES FOR THE VIO-
LATION OF THE SECTIONS OF THE CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOL-
SECTION 1: There hereby is enacted and adopted the Rosemead
Municipal Code as follows:
ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE
ARTICLE I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 - ADOPTION OF CODE
1100. Short Title, Reference to Code. This Code shall be
known as the Rosemead Municipal Code, and it shall be sufficient
to refer to said Code as the "Rosemead Municipal Code" in any prose-
cution for the violation of any provisions thereof. It shall also
be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, or re-
pealing, said Code, or portions thereof, as an addition or amendment
to, or a repeal of, the "Rosemead Municipal Code," or a portion
thereof.
1101. Codification Authority. This record consists of all of
I) the regu atory and Pena and o certain of the administrative ordin-
ances of the City of Rosemead.
1102. Effective Date. This Code takes effect upon the effec-
tive U-al-e o the Or finance of the City Council of the City of
Rosemead whereby this Code is adopted.
1103. Validity of Code. If any section, sub-section, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this Code is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
,jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re-
maining portions of this Code. The City Council hereby declares that
it would have adopted this Code and each section, sub-section, sent-
ence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, sub-sections, phrases, or portions be de-
clared invalid or unconstitutional.
1104. Distribution of Code. Not less than three (3) copies of
this Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in
the office of the City Clerk. At least three (3) copies duly certi-
fied to by the City Clerk shall be maintained on file in his office.
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Additional copies shall be prepared in loose-leaf form and mounted
to withstand heavy useage in such binders as the City Clerk may
prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed as determined by
the City Clerk. .
1105. Notation of Amendments. Upon the adoption of any amend-
ment or addition o said Co e, or upon the repeal of any of its pro-
visions, the City Clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an ap-
propriate notation in the volumes of said Code of the taking of such
action, noting thereon the number of the ordinances pursuant to
which such action is taken. Duly certified copies of every ordinance
making changes in such Code shall be filed in the office of the City
Clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.
1106. Amendments. The City Clerk shall prepare copies of
such changes in the Code for insertion in the loose-leaf copies
thereof. Every section of the Code so changed shall have printed
thereon a notation of the ordinance number pursuant to.which such
change is adopted.
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CHAPTER 2 - PENALTY PROVISIONS
1200. Violations, a Misdemeanor. No person shall violate any
provisions, or fail o comply wit any of the requirements of this
Code. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to com-
ply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under
the provisions of this Code, shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than Five Hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City or
County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separ-
ate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any
violation of any provision of this Code is committed, continued, or
permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.
In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition
caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of
this Code shall'be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by this City,
summarily abated as such, and every day such condition continues shall
• be regarded as a new and separate offense.
1201. Violation of Administrative Provisions. The violation of
any administrative provisions o this Code by any officer or employee
of the City may be deemed a failure to perform the duties under, or
observe the rules and regulations of the department, office or board
within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the City.
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CHAPTER 3 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
1300. Construction, Provisions Governing. Unless the provi-
sions or the context otherwise require, these general provisions,
rules of construction and definitions shall govern the construction
of this Code. The provisions of this Code and all proceedings under
it are to be construed with a view to effect its objects and to promote
justice.
1301. Headings, Effect of. Article and Section headings con-
tainec-herein shall no e eemed to govern, limit, modify or in any
manner effect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any
Article or Section hereof.
1302. Reference to Acts or Omissions Within this City. This
Code sha 1 refer only to the omission. or commission of ac s within
the territorial limits of the City and to that territory outside of
the City over which the City has jurisdiction or control by virtue of
the Constitution, or any law, or by reason of ownership or control
of property.
• 1303. Prohibited Acts, Including Causing, Permitting or Sufferin
Whenever in This Code any ac or omission is made unlaw ul, i s all
include causing, permitting, aiding,. abetting, suffering or concealing
such act or omission.
1304. Acts by Deputy. Whenever a power is granted to or duty
is imposed upon a public officer or employee the power may be exer-
cised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of such officer or .
employee or by a person otherwise duly authorized, pursuant to law
or ordinance or by an officer of the County of Los Angeles, or by
a deputy or employee of such officer when by contract with the City
of Rosemead such officer is obligated and has agreed to perform certain
duties on behalf of the City, unless this Code expressly provides
otherwise.
• 1305. Writing, Includes What. Writing includes any form of
recorded message capable o comprehension by ordinary visual means.
Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required or
authorized by this Code, it shall be made in writing in the English
language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.
1306. Reference Appies to Amendments.. Whenever a reference is
made to any portion o this Code, or To any ordinances of, this City,
the reference applies to all amendments and additions now or here-
after made.
1307. Notices, Service of. Whenever a notice is required to
be given under t is Code, unless different provisions herein are
otherwise specifically made, such notice may be given either by
personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified or by deposit
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in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid,
addressed to such person to be notified, at his last known busi-
ness or residence address as the same appears in the public records
of the City or other records pertaining to the matter to which such
notice is directed. Service by mail shall be deemed to have been
completed at the time of deposit in the post office.
1308. Proof of Notice. Proof of giving any notice may be made
by the certificate o any officer or employee of the City, or by
affidavit of any person over the age of eighteen years, which shows
service in conformity with this Code, or other provisions of law
applicable to the subject matter concerned.
1309. Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future
tenses, and mature, the present.
1310. Gender. The masculine gender includes the feminine and
neuter.
1311. Number. The singular number includes the plural, and
• the plural, the singular.
1312. Shall and May. "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is per-
missive.
1313. Oath. "Oath" includes affirmation.
1314. Person. "Person" as used in this Code or in any Ordin-
ance or Code adopEed hereby, includes any person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, company or corporation,
and any municipal, political or governmental corporation, district,
body or agency, other than the City of Rosemead.
1315. State. ."State" is the State of California.
1316. County. "County" is the County of Los Angeles.
1317. City. "City" is the City of Rosemead.
1318. Office. The use of the title of any officer, employee,
office or ordinance shall mean such officer, employee, office or
official of the City of Rosemead.
1319. Council. "Council" is the City Council of the City of
Rosemead.
1320. Street. "Street" includes all streets, highways, avenues,
lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, sidewalks, parkways., curbs, or
other public ways in this City which have been or may hereafter be
dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property as
designated in any law of this State.
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1321. Owner. "Owner" applied to a building or land, shall in-
clude any part-owner, joint owner, tenant, tenant in common, joint
tenant, of the whole or a part of such building or land.
1322. Tenant or Occupant. "Tenant" or "Occupant" applied to a
building or an shall inclu e any person who occupies the whole or
part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
1323. Sale. "Sale" includes any sale, exchange, barter or of-
fer for sale.
1324. Goods. "Goods" includes wares or merchandise.
1325. Operate. "Operate" includes carry on, keep, conduct or
maintain.
1326. Interpretation. Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance,
statute, or other matter which is adopted by reference, unless the
context requires otherwise the following references shall be given
• the following meanings:
1. "County of Los Angeles" shall mean the City of
Rosemead.
. 2. "Board of Supervisors" shall mean the City Council of
the City of Rosemead.
3. "Unincorporated Territory" shall mean the incorpor-
ated territory of the City of Rosemead.
4. "County" shall mean the City of Rosemead.
5. "County Officer" shall mean the appropriate or desig-
nated officer of the City of Rosemead.
1327. Contracts with Los Angeles County. The City Council
• shall~iave the right to contract with the County of Los Angeles pur-
suant to the laws of the State of California and the Charter of the
County of Los Angeles, for the performance and execution by desig-
nated County officials of the rights, powers and duties of officers,
officials and employees of the City of Rosemead. Whenever in this
Code, whether set forth in full or by adoption by reference, any
power or authority is granted to an officer, official or employee,
the power or authority is conferred upon the appropriate officer,
official or employee of the City of Rosemead or the appropriate
officer, official or employee of the County of Los Angeles with
whom a contract has been entered into.
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ARTICLE II - ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1 -CITY ADMINISTRATOR
2100. Office of City Administrator Created. The office of the
City Administrator of the City of Rosemead is hereby created and
established. The City Administrator shall be appointed by the City
Council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative
qualifications and ability, and shall hold office at and during
the pleasure of the City Council.
2101. Eligibility.
time of appointment, shal
ment.
No person elected to
sequent to such election,
Administrator of the City
after he has ceased to be
Residence in the City of Rosemead, at the
1 not be required as a condition of appoint-
membership on the City Council, shall, sub-
be eligible for appointment as.City
of Rosemead until one year has elapsed
a member of the City Council.
• 2102. Bond. The City Administrator shall furnish a corporate
surety bond to be approved by the City Council in such sum as may
be approved by the City Council and shall be conditioned on the
faithful performance of the duties imposed on the City Administrator
as herein prescribed.
2103. Absence. In case of the absence or disability of the
City Administrator, the City Council may designate some duly quali-
fied person to perform the duties of the City Administrator, during
the period of absence or disability of said City Administrator,
subject, however, to said person's furnishing a corporate surety
bond and conditioned on faithful performance of the duties required
to be performed, as set forth in Section 2102 herein.
2104. Removal. The City Council shall appoint the City
Administrator for an indefinite term and may remove him by a three
(3) member vote. At least thirty (30) days before such removal shall
become effective, the City Council shall by three (3) member vote
of its members adopt a preliminary resolution stating the reason for
his removal. By the preliminary resolution the Council may suspend
the Administrator from duty, but shall in any case cause to be paid
him forthwith any unpaid balance of his monthly salary and his
monthly salary shall continue to be paid for the next one calendar
month following adoption of the preliminary resolution. The City
Council in removing the City Administrator shall use its uncontrolled
discretion and its action shall be final, and shall not depend upon
any particular showing or degree of proof at the hearing, the pur-
pose of which is to allow the Administrator publicly to present to
the Council his grounds of opposition to removal prior, to its action.
2105. Removal after Municipal Election. Notwithstanding the
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provisions of the Code hereinbefore enumerated, the City Adminis-
trator shall not be removed from office during or within a period
of ninety (90) days next succeeding any general municipal election
held in said City at which said election a member of the City
Council is elected; the purpose of this provision is to allow any
newly elected member of the City Council or a reorganized City
Council to observe the actions and ability of the City Administrator
in the performance of the powers and duties of his office. After the
expiration of said ninety (90) days aforementioned, the provisions of
the preceding section as to the removal of the said City Administrator
shall apply and be effective.
2106. Compensation. The'.City Administrator shall receive such
compensation as the City Council shall from time to time determine
and fix, and said compensation shall be a proper charge against such
funds.of the City and the City Council shall designate such funds.
Said City Administrator shall be reimbursed for all sums neces-
sarily incurred or paid by him in the performance of his duties, or
incurred when travelling on business pertaining to said City under
. direction of the City Council; reimbursement shall only be made,
however, when a verified itemized claim, setting forth the sums
expended for which reimbursement is requested, has been presented to
the City Council, and by said City Council duly approved and allowed.
2107. Powers and Duties. The City Administrator shall be the
administrative head of e City Government under the direction and
control of the City Council, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of all the
affairs of the City which are under his control. In addition to his
general powers as administrative head, and not as a limitation there-
on, it shall be his duty and he shall have the power:
1. To see that the laws of the State of California per-
taining to the City and all laws and ordinances of the City are duly
enforced, and that all franchises, permits, and privileges granted
• by the City are faithfully observed.
2. To appoint, promote, discipline, demote and remove
the Chief of Police, all heads of departments, and all subordinate
officers and employees of the City except the City Clerk, the City
Attorney, and the City Treasurer; to transfer employees from one
department to another; and to consolidate or combine offices,
positions, departments, or units under his jurisdiction.
3. To exercise control over and to supervise in general
all departments and divisions of the City Government and all appoint-
ive officers and employees thereof except the City Clerk, the City
Attorney, and the City Treasurer.
4. To attend all meetings of the City Council and its
committees unless excused therefrom by the City Council, except
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5. To recommend to the City Council for adoption such
measures and ordinances as he deems necessary or expedient.
6. To keep the City Council at all times fully advised
as to the financial conditions and needs of the City.
7. To prepare and submit to the City Council the annual
budget and to administer it after adoption.
8. To prepare and to recommend to the City Council a
salary plan.
9. To purchase or cause to be purchased all supplies
for all of the departments or divisions of the City. No expenditure
shall be submitted or recommended to the City Council except upon
report or approval of the City Administrator.
10. To make investigations into the affairs of, the City
and any department or division thereof, and any contract or the
proper performance of any obligation running to the City.
11. To investigate all complaints in relation to matters
concerning the administration of the government of the City and in.
regard to the service maintained by public utilities in the City,
and to see that all franchises, permits, and privileges granted by the
City are faithfully observed..
12. To exercise general supervision over all public build-
ings, public parks, streets, and other public property which are
under the control and jurisdiction of the City Council.
13. To devote his entire time to the duties and interests
of the City.
14. To act as local Director of Civilian Defense.
15. To make reports and recommendations as may be desir-
able or as requested by the City Council.
16. To serve in any appointed office or head of department
• within the City government to which he may be qualified when appointed
thereto by the City Council and to hold and perform the duties thereof
at the pleasure of the City Council.
17. To perform such other duties and exercise such other
powers as may be delegated to him from time to time by Ordinance or
Resolution of the City Council.
2108. Ex-officio Member of Boards and Commissions. The City
Administrator shall be an ex-officio member of all Boards and Commis-
sions appointed by the Mayor or City Council pursuant to law with a
right to participate in all deliberations or actions by his voice
but without vote.
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2109. Duty of Other Officers. It shall be the duty of all
subordinate officers including the City Clerk, the City Treasurer,
and the City Attorney, to cooperate with and assist the City
Administrator in administering the affairs of the City most effici-
ently, economically, and harmoniously so far as may be consistent
with their duties as prescribed by law and the Ordinances of the
City of Rosemead.
2110. Orders and Directions. The City Council and its members
shall deal with the administrative services of the City only through
the City Administrator, except for the purpose of inquiry, and
neither the City Council nor any members thereof shall give orders to
any subordinates of the City Administrator.' '
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CHAPTER 2 - OFFICERS
2200. Assessor and Tax Collector. Pursuant to the authority
granted by Section 51501 of he overnment Code 'of the State of
California, the assessment and tax collection duties performed by
the City Assessor and Tax Collector hereby are transferred to the
Assessor and Tax Collector of the County of Los Angeles.
2200.1. Same. Abolishment of Offices. The offices of City
Assessor and Tax Collector hereby are abolished.
2200.2. Same. Transfer of Duties. Pursuant to the authority
granted by Section 51507 of the Government Code of the State of
California, the duties of the City Assessor, other than the assessing
of City property and the duties of the Tax Collector, other than the
collection of taxes, hereby are transferred to and shall be performed
by the City Clerk, or such officer of the County of Los Angeles as
may by contract with the City be designated and authorized to per-
form such duties.
• 2201. City Clerk. Duties. Any applications required to be
filed with the City or fees required to be paid to the City, pursuant
to the provisions of this Code, shall be filed with or paid to the
City Clerk, unless otherwise by this Code provided.
2202. City Clerk Bond. The City Clerk upon the entry to his
duties of~office shall execute a bond to the City in conformity with
bonds of public officers, and in conformity with the provisions of
the Government Code of the State of California relating thereto, in
the amount of $5,000.
2202.1. City Treasurer Bond. The City Treasurer upon the entry
of office shall execute a bond to the City in conformity with bonds
of public officers, and in conformity with the provisions of the
Government Code of the State of California relating thereto, in the
amount of $5,000.
2203. Removal of Papers or Documents from the City Hall. No
person unless authorize by he City Clerk, Mayor or City Attorney,
shall remove any papers or documents from the City Hall.
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CHAPTER 3 - COMPENSATION
2300. Councilmen. Compensation. Upon the submission of an
itemized account any councilman may be reimbursed for his actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official
duty, but no compensation or salary as such shall be paid to any
councilman.
2301. Officers and Employees. The salaries and compensation
of officers and employees of the City shall be as fixed and determ-
ined by resolution of the City Council, except those fixed herein.
2302. City Treasurer. The City Treasurer shall receive a
salary of $25.00 per month.
2303• City Clerk. The office of City Clerk is hereby con-
solidated with that of City Administrator and the City Clerk shall
not receive a salary. However, the City Council shall by resolu-
tion establish the salary of the officer who shall be both City
• Administrator and City Clerk.
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CHAPTER 4 - CITY FUNDS AND RECORDS
2430. Person to Present Claim. No City Officer shall, except
for his own service, present any claim, account or demand for allow-
ance against the City, or in any way except in the discharge of his
official duty advocate the relief asked in the claim or demand made
by any other person. Any person may appear before the City Council
and oppose the allowance of any claim or demand made against the City.
2431. Itemization Necessary. The City Council shall not hear
or consider or allow or approve any claim, bill or demand against the
City unless the same be itemized giving names, dates, and particular
services rendered, character of process served and upon whom, dis-
tance travelled, character of work done, and number of days engaged,
materials and supplies furnished, when and to whom, and in what
quantity furnished, the price therefor, any other pertinent details
as the case may be. Claims and demands for salaries and wages of
officers and employees of the City may, but need not be, presented
to the City in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
2432. Presenting and Filing. Claims and demands arising out of
tort and all claims and demands not founded upon contract shall set
forth the time and place the claim arose, the public property, of-
ficers or employees alleged to be at fault, the nature and extent
of the injury or damage claimed, and full details as to the nature of
the claim, shall be signed and verified to be correct by the claim-
ant or someone authorized by him, and shall be filed with the City
Clerk within ninety days after the accident or event occurred.
All other claims and demands shall be presented in writing to and
filed with the City Clerk within one year after the last item of
the account or claim accrued and need not be signed or verified.
Unless so presented and filed, no such claim or demand shall be ap-
proved, allowed or paid, and the City shall not be liable upon any
suit or action based upon any such claim or demand which is not filed
in the form and within the time herein provided.
2433. Suit. Any claim or demand against the City or against any
City officer in his official capacity, payable out of any City fund
or any fund under control of the City Treasurer, shall be filed and
presented to the City Council as herein provided before any suit may
be brought thereon. No suit may be brought on any claim until it
has been rejected in whole or in part. If the City Council refuses
or neglects to allow or reject a claim for ninety (90) days after
it is filed with the City Clerk, the claimant may treat such refusal
or neglect as final action and rejection on the ninetieth day.
2434. Method of Approval. Each claim or demand shall be present-
ed by the City Clerk to the Department Head, if any, who authorized
the same, for his written approval thereof, and each claim or demand
shall thereafter be presented to the City Administrator for his
written approval thereof. The City Administrator shall inform the
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City Council in writing of any claims or demands presented against
the City which shall fail to obtain the approval of the proper-
Department Head or which shall fail to obtain the approval of the
City Administrator. All such claims and demands, whether approved
as aforesaid or not, shall be forwarded by the City Administrator
to the'City Council for audit. The City Council shall audit said
claims and demands as required by law.
2435. Disposition of Claim. If the City Council finds that any
claim or demand is not a proper charge against the City, it shall be
rejected by resolution or minute action, and the fact of rejection
shall be plainly endorsed upon the claim by the City Clerk or his
authorized representative.. If any claim or demand is determined to
be a proper charge against the City, the same shall be allowed only
by resolution setting forth as to each claim the name of the claim-
ant, a brief statement of the claim, and the amount allowed. Any
claim may be allowed in part and rejected in part by the City Council.
2436. Approved and Allowed. If any claim or demand be approved
• and allowed by the City Council, the City Clerk shall endorse upon
each of the duplicate copies thereof the words, "Allowed by the
City Council of the City of Rosemead," together with the resolution
number allowing the same and for what amount and from what fund,
and the City Clerk shall attest the same with his signature.
2437. Warrant. If any claim or demand be approved and allowed
by the City Council, the Mayor shall draw a warrant upon the City
Treasury for the same, which warrant shall be countersigned by the
City Clerk, or his authorized representative, and the City Treasurer
or his authorized representative, and shall specify for what purpose
the same is drawn and out of what fund it is to be paid.
243$. Sufficient money in Treasury. Except as otherwise pro-
vided, no warrant shall be drawn or evidence of indebtedness issued
unless there be at the time sufficient money in the treasury legally
• applicable to the payment of the same.
2439• Acceptance by Treasurer. Upon presentation of said war-
rant, properly executed and endorsed, the City Treasurer shall pay
the same out of the funds in the City Treasury properly applicable
to that purpose.
2440. Disapproval for want of funds. When an order or demand
is not approved for want of funds and i s amount does not exceed
the income and revenue for the year in which the indebtedness was
incurred, the City Clerk shall endorse on it: "Not approved for
want of funds," with the date of presentation and his signature.
2441. Registration of Demands. The City Clerk shall number the
endorsement, register the order or demand in his records, and deliver
it to the claimant, or his order. From deliverythe order or demand
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bears interest at six (5%) percent a year. Orders or demands shall
be paid in the order they are registered.
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CHAPTER 7 - MISCELLANEOUS
2700. Council Chambers. The room designated as the Council
Chambers locate a
3964 3eRosemead Blvd.,
Rosemead, California
shall be the Council Chambers of the City Council of the City and
all meetings of the City Council shall be held therein.
2701. City Offices. The offices of all agencies, departments,
officers, and employees of the City of Rosemead, including the Council
Chambers of the City Council, shall be located and maintained at
3964 5~ Rosemead Boulevard, Rosemead, California.
2702. City Offices. Hours. The City offices of the City of
RosemeaT-shall be closed on all official State holidays as listed
in Section 6700 of the California Government Code. Said City of-
fices shall be open to the public for business from 8:30 A.M. to
5:00 P.M. on all other days of the year.
2703. Council Meetings. Regular meetings of the City Council
shall be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the
hour of 8:00 P.M., or-the next succeeding day which is not a holiday.
2704. Presenting Matter to Council. Every official, board,
commission or other body, connected with the City Government, and
every citizen, individual, corporation, committee or civic group,
having any reports, communications or other matters to be presented
at a Council meeting, shall notify the City Clerk of that fact in
writing before 5:00 P.M. of the fourth day (Sunday included) pre-
ceding the day of such meeting, whereupon the City Clerk shall pre-
pare a list setting forth such matters and the nature thereof under
their appropriate headings, and setting forth all other matters to
come before such meeting under their appropriate headings, all under
• the headings and in order specified in Section 2705 hereof; and the
City Clerk shall, on the day preceding such meeting, cause one copy
thereof to be delivered to each Councilman. Matters deemed by the
City Council to be of emergency are excepted from the foregoing
provision. The Mayor of said City may and he is hereby empowered
to call the members of.the City Council to assemble informally in
the office of the City Administrator prior to any Council meeting for
the purpose of being apprised of the various matters which will come
before the meeting and of receiving such detailed information in
regard thereto as will enable the Council to give intelligent con-
sideration to such matters when they are presented for official
action.
2705. Order of Business. Promptly at 8:00 P.M. on the night
of eac regular mee ing, t e members of the Council, City Adminis-
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trator, City Clerk, City Attorney or other officers, shall assemble
at their regular stations in the Council Chamber, whereupon the busi-
ness of the meeting shall be taken up in the order as the City
Council may from time to time prescribe by resolution.
2706. Same. Unfinished Business. Any matter, the consider-
ation of which as not been completed at any meeting of the Council
and which has not been continued to a specific date, shall be listed
ftgr Sonsdiideratign at the next regular meeting of the Council under
e ea ng of unfinished business.
2707. Protests. Under the head of protests, written communi-
cations or petitions, all persons may, personally, or by their
representatives, address the Council in regard to any matters in
which they are interested.
2708. Ordinances. Ordinances may be introduced under the head
of new business y reading the title only. Ordinances ready for
passage shall be taken up under unfinished business and be read in
full unless the reading thereof is dispensed with by unanimous vote
V of the Council present, after the reading of the title.
2709. Resolutions. Resolutions may be introduced under the
head o new business and be read in full unless the further reading
thereof is waived by regular motion adopted by unanimous vote of
the councilmen present after the reading of the title.
2710. Discussion Procedure. While discussing any question
under consideration by the Council, it shall be the duty of the mem-
bers thereof to remain seated and address their remarks to the pre-
siding officer and their fellow members. Any remarks or orders to
the audience shall be addressed by the presiding officer, or with
his permission by members of the Council.
2711. Copy of Minutes. Immediately following each Council
meeting the City Clerk s all send a typewritten copy of the minutes
thereof to each member of the City Council at their respective
• residences. Thereafter the reading of such minutes by the City Clerk
at the following meeting may be dispensed with by a majority vote of
the members present.
2712, Robert's Rules of Order. In all matters and things not
otherwise provided for herein, the proceedings of the Council shall
be governed by "Robert's Rules of Order," 1915 revised edition.
However, no Ordinance, Resolution, proceeding or other action of
the City Council shall be invalidated, or the legality thereof
otherwise affected, by the failure or omission to observe or follow
said Rules.
2713. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the City Council
may be called at any ime by the Mayor or by three (3) members of the
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City Council, by written notice delivered personally to each member
at least twenty four (24) hours before the time specified for the
proposed meeting; provided, however, that any special meeting of
the City Council shall be a validly called special meeting with=
out the giving of such written notice as above provided, if all
members of the City Council shall give their consent in writing
to the holding of such meeting, and such consent is on file in
the office of the City Clerk of said City at the time of holding
such meeting. A telegraphic communication from a Councilman con-
senting to the holding of the meeting shall be a consent in writing,
within the meaning of the terms as expressed in the foregoing sent-
ence. At any special meeting the power of the City Council to
transact business shall be limited to matters referred to in such
written notice or written consent. Notice may be dispensed with
in regard to any Councilman who is present at the meeting.
2714.
dure of the
present, the
• Council who
Mayor Pro Tem. In order t
City Council meetings, in
Council shall also elect
shall act as Mayor pro tem
o expedite the orderly proce-
the event the Mayor cannot be
some other member of the City
in his absence.
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CkABTER 8 - NOTICES AND FILINGS
2801. Public Places for Posting Notices. The following are
officially designated as public places for the posting of all ordin-
ances, resolutions or notices adopted or issued by the City:
City ~Hall-
3964 i Rosemead Boulevard
Rosemead, California
2. Los Angeles County Library
4114 North Rosemead Boulevard
Rosemead, California
3. United States Post Office
8817 East Valley Boulevard
Rosemead, California
• 2802. Posting. All Ordinances and all Resolutions required by
law to -Ee pu 1TisF_e_d or posted shall be posted in at least three (3)
of the public places as set forth in the previous section of this
Code in accordance with the provisions of Section 36933 of the
Government Code.
2803. Filing Documents. The Mayor of the City of Rosemead, the
City Clerk, the City Attorney, and the Mayor Pro Tem are each appoint-
ed the authorized agent of the City of Rosemead for the filing with
such offices and officers of the State of California and of the
County of Los Angeles, of certified copies of Ordinances and Resolu-
tions and such other documents as may be required for the proper and
efficient conduct of the City's business.
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ARTICLE III - PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 1 - FIRE PREVENTION
3100. There is hereby adopted as the Fire Prevention Code of
the City of Rosemead, except as it is hereafter amended, Ordinance
No. 2947 of the County of Los Angeles, entitled "An Ordinance
Establishing a Fire Prevention Code for the County of Los Angeles,
and repealing Ordinances Nos. 673, 749; 823, 1424, 1559, 1858, 1897,
2202, 2695, (New Series)."
Three (3) copies of said Ordinance No. 2947 of the County of
Los Angeles, California, as amended and in effect as of August 1,
1959, have been deposited with the Office of the City Clerk of the
City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained by said Clerk
for use and examination by the public.
3100.1. Said Ordinance No. 2947 of the County of Los Angeles
as herein above adopted as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of
Rosemead is amended as follows:
A. Section 105 is amended by striking therefrom the
words "unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles," and
by substituting therefore the words, "City of Rosemead."
B. Wherever in the Ordinance, other than in Section 105
thereof, reference is made to the unincorporated area of the County
of Los Angeles, such area shall be deemed to include in its true
geographical location the area of the City of Rosemead.
3100.2. Any permit heretofore issued by the County of Los
Angeles pursuant to the Fire Prevention Code of said County for
work within the territorial limits of the City of Rosemead shall re-
main in full force and effect according to its terms.
3101. All provisions of this Chapter shall be carried out and
enforced in conjunction with the law enforcement agency of the City
of Rosemead, by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the Con-
solidated Fire Protection District. The general supervision of con-
ditions and equipment which aid in control of fire, conditions con-
stituting fire hazards or danger to life or property, and the abate-
ment or minimizing of such fire hazards or dangerous conditions
shall be the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Fire Depart-
ment and the Consolidated Fire Protection District.
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CHAPTER II - FELONS
'3200. Registration of Felons. Every person who has been
convicted in any Federal Court or State Court within ten years
prior to the effective date of,:this Code, or who subsequently to
the effective date of this Code is convicted of the crime of
counterfeiting, grand larceny, embezzlement; forgery, obtaining
money or property by false pretenses, burglary, felonious assualt,
rape, robbery, arson, murder, kidnapping, extortion, violation of
any law prohibiting the carrying or possession of deadly weapons,
taking or enticing any person for the purpose of obtaining ransom,
or violation of any provisions of any National or State law relating
to the possession, sale or transportation of any narcotic, who comes
into the City from any point outside of said City, whether in trans-
it through said City or otherwise, and every such person who at the
time this Code becomes effective is residing or is present within
said City, shall report to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, or
such law enforcement officer designated by said City as the officer
responsible for law enforcement within said City, within forty-eight
• (48) hours after his arrival within the boundaries of said City,
and shall furnish to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such
law enforcement officer designated by said City as the officer
responsible for law enforcement within said City, a written state-
ment signed by such person, the true name of such person and each
other name or alias by which such person is or has been known, a full
and complete description of himself, the name of each crime herein-
above in this section enumerated, of which he shall have been con-
victed, together with the name of the place where each such crime
was committed, the name under which he was convicted and the date
of.the conviction thereof, the name, if any, and the location of each
prison, reformatory or other penal institution in which he shall
have been confined as punishment therefor, together with the loca-
tion or address of his residence, stopping place or living quarters
in said City, and each one thereof, if any, or the address or loca-
tion of his intended residence, stopping place, or living quarters
therein, and each one thereof, with a description of the character
of each such place, whether a hotel, apartment house, dwelling
house, or otherwise, giving the street number thereof, if any, or
such description of the address or location thereof, as will so
identify the same as to make it possible of location, and the length
of time for which he expects or intends to reside within the said
City.
At the time of
be photographed and
County, or such law
the officer responsi
said photograph and
anent record herein
furnishing such information, said person shall
fingerprinted by said Sheriff of Los Angeles
enforcement officer designated by said City as
)le for law enforcement within said City, and
fingerprints shall be made a part of the perm-
provided for.
3201. Change of Address. In the event that any person speci-
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fied in the preceding section shall change any such place of resi-
dence, stopping place, or living quarters to any new or different
place or places within said City other than any place last shown
in such report to said Sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such law
enforcement officer designated by said City as the officer re-
sponsible for law enforcement within said City, he shall within
twenty-four (24) hours after making such change, notify said Sheriff
of Los Angeles County, or such law enforcement officer designated by
said City as the officer responsible for law enforcement within
said City in a written and signed statement, of such change of ad-
dress, and shall furnish in such written statement to said Sheriff
of Los Angeles County, or such law enforcement officer designated
by said City as the officer responsible for lar enforcement within
said City, his new address, and each one thereuf.
It shall be unlawful for any person required by any provision
of this Code to furnish any such report, to furnish in such report
any false or fictitious address, or any address other than a true
address or intended address, or to furnish in making any such re-
port any false, untrue, or misleading information or statement re-
lating to any information required by any provision of this Code to
be made or furnished.
3202. Records. The Sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such law
enforcement officer designated by said City as the officer respons-
ible for law enforcement within said City shall cause to be made a
permanent record of all information, photographs and finger prints
required by the provisions of the preceding sections to be furnished
to or by him, and to forthwith furnish a copy of said records,
photographs and finger prints to the District Attorney of Los
Angeles County;said records, photographs and fingerprints shall at
all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any peace officer
having jurisdiction within the boundaries of said City.
3203. Paroled Persons. The provisions of this Code relating
• to the registering of felons shall not apply to any person who has
received a full pardon for each such crime whereof he shall have
been convicted, nor to any person who is on parole or probation under
the laws of the State of California, or whose parole or probation
period under such laws has expired without any revocation of such
parole or probation having been made.
3204. Sex Registration. Every person convicted of Sections
265, 277+, 26-1.-2-, 311.3 and 311.5 of the Penal Code of the State of
California, shall register with the Sheriff within forty-eight (43)
hours after arriving in the City.
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CHAPTER III - TRAFFIC,*AREGULATIONS
3300. Reference is hereby made to Ordinance No. 6544 of the
County of Los Angeles, known as "The Traffic Ordinance," being an
ordinance regulating traffic upon public highways and repealing
Ordinances No. 2177, 3549, 3922, and 6383 of said County.
3301. Said County Ordinance No. 6544, known as "The Traffic
Ordinance," is hereby adopted and approved as the Traffic Code of
the City of Rosemead.
3302. The Sheriff shall remove to a safe place every vehicle
which has been parked or left standing upon a highway for one
hundred twenty (120) or more consecutive hours.
3303. As used in this Chapter the words "safe place" include,
but are not confined to, any garage, parking lot, or open space,
owned by, maintained by, or under the jurisdiction of the County
of Los Angeles, and also every privately owned garage the owner
or proprietor of which will accept such vehicles.
3304. All traffic markings, stop signs and traffic signs
which are existing in the City on the date of incorporation there-
of, which were erected and placed by the officers and officials of
the County of Los Angeles, are hereby declared to be the official
traffic signs and regulations of the City of Rosemead, and,all
matters pertaining thereto are hereby ratified and confirmed by
the City Council.
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CHAPTER V - FIREARMS
3500. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3503.hereof,
it shall be unlawful in the City of Rosemead for any person, firm,
or corporation, to sell, give, lend or in any way furnish, or to
cause or permit to be sold, given, lent, or in any way furnished,
to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, any gun, re-
volver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot,
or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of dis-
charging, any dangerous missile.
3501. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3503 hereof,
it sha be unlawful in the City of Rosemead, for any person, firm,
or corporation, to sell, give, lend, or in any way furnish, or to
cause or permit to be sold, given, lent, or in any way furnished,
to any person under the.age of eighteen (18) years, any cartridge,
shell, ammunition, or device containing any explosive substance,
designed, or intended to be used in, or fired from any gun, revolver,
pistol, or firearm.
3502. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3503 hereof,
it shall be unlawful in said City of Rosemead, for any person under
the age of eighteeen (18) years to fire, discharge, shoot or oper-
ate, or to assist or participate in the firing, discharging,
shooting, or operating, or to have in his or her possession, care,
custody, or control, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring'gun,
air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to
discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile, or
any cartridge, shell, ammunition, or device containing any explosive
substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired from, any
gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm.
3503. Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed or construed to .
prohlit in said City of Rosemead the selling, giving, lending, or
furnishing to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years,
. upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person,
any article mentioned in Sections 3500 and 3501 hereof; nor to
prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years.from having
in his or her possession, care, custody or control any article
mentioned in Section 3502 hereof in the event that such possession,
care, custody, or control of such article is had with the consent
of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct
supervision and control of some adult person; nor to prohibit any
such person under the age of eighteen years from firing, discharging,
shooting, or operating any article mentioned in Section 3502 hereof
when,sueh person is accompanied by, and under the direct care and
control of, some adult person and is engaged in hunting any wild
game or predatory bird or animal which may be lawfully hunted and
killed in said City of Rosemead, or is lawfully engaged in shooting
at any inanimate target, or trapshooting device, while accompanied
by, and under the direct care and control of, some such adult person.
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3504. It shall be unlawful for any person except a duly
elected or appointed peace officer to carry concealed upon or about
his person any revolver, pistol, dagger, dirk, slug, or sling shot,
billy or other deadly weapon or instrument without first having
obtained a written permit from the Sheriff of the County of Lod
Angeles.
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3505. All concealed weapons found on persons violating the
provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction of said person
be confiscated upon order of the court in which said conviction
has been had.
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CHAPTER 6 - POUND REGULATIONS
3600. Except as hereinafter provided, Ordinance No. 4729
as amended and in effect August 1, 1959, of the County of Los
Angeles, being the Pound Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles,
be and the same is hereby adopted by reference as the Pound
Ordinance of the City of Rosemead, and may be cited as such.
Three (3) copies of said Ordinance No. 4729 of the County of
Los Angeles as amended and in effect August 1, 1959, have been
deposited in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead
and shall be at all times maintained by said City Clerk for use
and examination by the public.
3601. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Ordinance No. 4729 of the County of Los Angeles as amend-
ed, each such name or term shall be deemed or construed to have
the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:
• 1. "County" or "County of Los Angeles" or "Unincorporated
Area" shall mean the City of Rosemead.
2. "Board of Supervisors" shall mean the City Council
of the City of Rosemead.
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CHAPTER II - DISORDERLY CONDUCT, NUISANCES, ETC.
4200. Disorderly Conduct. No person shall engage in any dis-
orderly or boisterous con uc or disturb the peace by assaulting,
striking or fighting, or be found in an intoxicated or,drunken con-
dition upon any premises within the City, or expose his person or any
part thereof in any place in the City where there are other persons
to be offended or annoyed thereby, or make in any place; or suffer
to be made on his premises or upon premises under his control, any
disorder or tumult, to the disturbance,of the public peace, or utter
in the presence of two or more persons, any bawdy, lewd or obscene
words or epithets or address another any words, language or expres-
sions having a tendency to create a breach of the peace, or utter or
use within the hearing of one or more persons, any seditious language:
4201. Unnecessary Noises. No person shall make, cause or suf-
fer, or perms to be made upon any premises owned, occupied, or con-
trolled by him any unnecessary noises or sounds which are physically
annoying to persons of ordinary sensitiveness or which are so harsh
or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their use, time, or place
as to occasion physical discomfort to the inhabitants of any neigh-
borhood.
4202. Loitering. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter
or to stand or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk
or cross walk so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free
passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing along the
same, or so as in any manner to annoy or molest persons passing
along the same.
4202.1. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter
or to stand or sit in or at the entrance of any church, hall, theater
or place of public assemblage so as in any manner to obstruct such
• entrance.
4210. Gates. It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any gaEe in any fence in such manner that such gate may be opened
outward over any portion of any public highway open for either pedes-
trians or vehicular traffic.
4210.1. Same. It shall be unlawful to cause or permit any gate
in ante to be or remain opened outward over any portion of any
public highway open for either pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
4211. Aircraft. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to drive, or cause to be driven, or to conduct, or
cause to be conducted any aircraft, as defined in this chapter, in
the air at a distance of less than 400 feet from the ground, except
when said aircraft is ascending from or descending to the ground.
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4211.1. Same. The word "aircraft" used in this Chapter shall,
for the purpose of this Chapter, be construed as follows: The word
"aircraft" comprises all balloons; whether fixed or free, kites,
airships, or flying machines.
4212. Horses. Speed. No person shall drive or ride any horse
or other animal upon any public highway or thoroughfare, within the
corporate limits of the City, immoderately, or beyond a moderate gait,
or in such a manner as to endanger the safety of persons on said
highways or thoroughfares.
4220. Illicit Sexual Intercourse. Lewd Acts. It shall beun-
lawfu or any person in any rooming house, lodging house, hotel, inn
or on any public highway, or in any other place in the City of
Rosemead to solicit any person of the opposite sex to whom he or she is
not married to have sexual intercourse with such person so soliciting,
or to solicit any person to have sexual intercourse with any person
to whom the person so solicited is not married:
• 4220.1. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person in any, room-
ing house, lodging house, hotel, or inn, or on any public highway,
or in any other place in the City of Rosemead, to solicit any person
to commit any lewd or lascivious act.
4220.2. Resorting. No person shall resort to, visit, or be
present at or contrib7Ee to the support, or maintenance of, or be-
come any inmate of, or persuade or assist any other person to visit,
or maintain, or operate any disorderly house, house of assignation
or ill-fame.
No person shall resort to, visit, or be present at any rooming
house, lodging house, hotel, inn, motel, trailer court, or other place
in the City for the purpose of having therein sexual intercourse with
a person to whom he or she is not married, or for the purpose of com-
mitting therein with any person any lewd or lascivious act.
• 4220.3. Registration Under False Name. It shall be unlawful
for any person o register at any rooming house, lodging house, hotel,
inn, or other place in the City of Rosemead, under the name of any
other person or of a fictitious name, or any name other than the true
and correct name of the person so registering, or so giving or sign-
ing or causing his or her name to be signed.
4220.4. Obscene Pictures, Etc. No person shall write, compose,
stereotype, print, pu lis , sell, distribute, keep for sale, or ex-
hibit any obscene or indecent writing, paper or book; or design, copy,
draw, engrave, paint or otherwise prepare any obscene or indecent pic-
ture or print; or mold, cut, cast, or otherwise make any obscene or
indecent figure.
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4230. Illegal Dumping. No person shall place, deposit, throw
or dump, or cause to be p aced, deposited, thrown or dumped, any
garbage, swill, cans, bottles, papers, ashes, dirt, sand, rock,
cement, glass, metal, carcass of any dead animal, offal, refuse,
plants, cuttings or trash, or rubbish of any nature whatsoever, or
any nauseous, offensive matter in or upon any public or private
road, highway, street, alley, public way, or any public or private
property of any kind whatsoever.
4231. Flowing Mud or Water on Highway. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, or corporation, to deposit, drain, wash, allow
to run or divert into or upon any public road, highway, street or
alley, drainage ditch, storm drain, or flood control channel owned
by or controlled by any public agency within the City, any water, mud,
sand, oil or petroleum.
4232. Damaging Property. No person shall wilfully or malic-
iously break or destroy any window, windowsash, door, blind or pane
of glass of any occupied or unoccupied house or outhouse in the City
. or enter any unoccupied house or outhouse and commit any nuisance
therein or break, destroy or injure anything therein or any part of
said house or outhouse, or any fence, or improvement whatever, or
aid, abet or assist anyone to commit such nuisance or injure said
property. .
4233. Tramps. No person of the class commonly known as "tramps"
shall visit any house within the City for the purpose of soliciting
food or clothing or alms, or shall in any public place in said City
solicit alms or money from any person.
4234. False Reports. No person shall inform or report to a
peace officer that a crime has been committed whether a felony or
a misdemeanor, unless he, in good faith, believes that such crime has
been committed.
• 4235• False Impersonation of Sheriff_ or District Attorney or
City Prosecutor. No person shall falsely impersonate or cause or
permit to be falsely impersonated the Sheriff, District Attorney or
City Prosecutor, or member of the State Highway Patrol, or a deputy
of, representative of, or connected with either. No person shall
wear the uniform of the Sheriff, State Highway Patrol, or deputies
thereof, or any part of such uniform or any uniform, part of which
is similar to the uniform of the Sheriff or State Highway Patrol or
deputies thereof, unless such a person is a member of such organiza-
tion.
4236. Gate-Crashing. No person, with intent gratuitously to
avail himself of he entertainment or recreation furnished or the
privileges conferred therein, shall enter any theater, stadium,
athletic club, ball park, golf course, golf club, tennis club, beach
club, bathing beach, or other place of amusement, entertainment or
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recreation, for admission to which an admission fee or membership fee
is charged, without first paying such admission fee or membership fee.
Any person who is a bona fide guest of a member of any club may enter
such club in accordance with the rules thereof. Any person may enter
any place which is within the purview of this section with the consent
of the owner or manager thereof. This section shall not be deemed to
apply to the entry into any such place by a law enforcement officer
acting within the scope and course of his official duties.
4237• Capping - Impersonation. No person shall act as a look-
out for a gambling game, house of prostitution or other illegal act.
4237-1. Same. No man or boy shall dress as a girl or woman
witho'57 -apermi~from the Sheriff except for the purpose of amusement,
show or drama.
4237.2. Same. No person shall wear a ask or disguise without
a permit from the Sheriff on a public street.
. 4238. Radios Receiving Police Calls. No person shall equip a
vehicle with a radio capable of receiving police, sheriff, state high-
way patrol, forester and fire wardens' calls.
4239. Trespassing. No person shall trespass in, upon, on or
across the property of another, without the permission and consent
of the person in charge or control thereof,=.provided that such person
shall have posted at each of the corners of the property, a notice in
writing, upon either a metallic or wooden sign, or other substantial
material, which said sign shall be at least one square foot in area,
and shall be placed three (3) feet above the normal level of the
ground, and upon which said posted notice there appears in legible
letters, at least two inches (2") in height, the words, "PRIVATE
PROPERTY - NO TRESPASSING," and such other words as may be desired
indicating thattxespassers are subject to prosectuion. The sign
shall have either a white or black base, and in the event the white
base is used, the letters shall be in black, and if a black base is
used, the letters shall be in white; provided, further, that in the
event said property exceeds a total area of one acre, in addition to
the posting of such notices at the corners thereof, there shall be
posted at intervals of three hundred (300) feet, or less, on or
near the boundary lines of said property, notices of similar character.
These provisions shall have no application to a trespass com-
mitted by any officially authorized peace officer or law enforcement
agent when such trespass is coramitted in the execution of such of-
ficer or agent's official duty, nor to any person visiting or calling
at the residence or place of business of another person for the pur-
pose of transacting any legitimate business.
4240. Picking Flowers. No person shall pick any flower or
flowers growing in any public park, or place, of the City, except
the express authorization of the Superintendent thereof.
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4241. Closing Hours, Amusement and Entertainment Places. No.
person shall carry on or assist in carrying on any amusement or
entertainment to which the public is invited, or in which the pub-
lic may participate, at any time between the hours of 2:00 o'clock
A.M. and 6:00 o'clock A.M.
4241.1. Same. Special Permission. Any person who shall desire
to carry on or conduct such amusement or entertainment for one night
only, during the hours prohibited by the foregoing section, may ap-
ply in writing to the Sheriff for permission so to do and the
Sheriff may grant such permission to such applicant when in his dis-
cretion the conduct of such amusement or entertainment at such time
shall not be detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or
welfare. The Sheriff shall either grant or deny such application
within three days after such application has been presented to him
and if he does not grant the same within such period such applica-
tion shall be deemed to have been denied.
4241.2. Same. Application to City Council. Any person who
shall desire to carry on or conduct any such amusement or entertain-
ment, during the hours prohibited by the foregoing sections and for
a longer period than one night, shall file a written application
therefor with the City Clerk for presentation to the City Council.
Such application shall contain a detailed statement of the type of
amusement or entertainment which the applicant desires to carry on
or conduct and a statement of the reasons which in his opinion warrant
the granting of the same. Such application shall be filed with the
City Clerk at least five days prior to the date upon which the ap-
plicant desires the granting of such permission and five days prior
to the meeting of the City Council next succeeding the filing of
such application. Thereupon the City Clerk shall refer said appli-
cation to the Sheriff for investigation and his recommendation
thereon. The City Council may grant such permission to such appli-
cant when in its discretion the nightly conduct of such amusement
or entertainment will not be detrimental to the public health,
safety, morals or welfare.
4242. Curfew. No person under the age of eighteen years shall
loiter about the public streets, parks or other public places be-'
tween the hour of ten o'clock P.M. and the time of sunrise of the
following day when not accompanied by his parent or legal guardian
having legal custody and control of such person, or spouse of such
person over the age of twenty-one years of age.
No parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care,
custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen years
shall allow or permit such minor to violate the provisions of this
section.
4243. Billiard and Pool Halls. All places where billiard
tables or pool tables are main ained for public use shall be and
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remain closed everyday between the hours of 2:00 o'clock A.M. and
6:00 o'clock, A.M. of any day.
No person under the age of eighteen years shall be,permitted
to play at any game or lounge about or in any public billiard hall,
pool hall or other gaming place within the City, unless accompanied
by his parent or guardian or upon the written consent of his parent
or guardian.
No owner, proprietor or operator of any such establishment shall
permit a violation of the foregoing section within his establishment.
4244. Smoking on Busses. No person shall smoke or possess any
burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, on any motor bus or vehicle used to
transport passengers for hire except in a smoking compartment if
provided, or in a taxi cab.
4245. Smoking at Polling Places. It is unlawful to smoke in a
polling place during an election.
4246. Throwing Missiles. It shall be unlawful for any person
to throw upon, along, or across any public highway, road, street,
alley, sidewalk, any missile capable of causing personal injury or
damage to personal property at or towards any person, or any vehicle.
4247. Parades. No person shall hold, manage, conduct, carry
on, or participain, any parade, march or procession of any kind
or any other similar activity or bear or play any drum, triangle,
tambourine, or any wind or string instrument upon any public street
or alley in the City without first having applied for and obtained
a permit therefor from the Sheriff with the approval of the City
Clerk as provided in this Chapter.
4247.1. Same. Application for Permit. Any person desiring to
do any of-the acts specified in Sec ion 2 7 hereof shall file an
application with the City Clerk upon a form to be supplied by the
City without charge to the applicant setting forth the following in-
formation in regard to the proposed event:
1. The name and address of the applicant;
2. The purpose;
3• The date and time;
4. The place and/or route.
4247.2. Same. All applications filed pursuant to Section
4247.11 SHaTl be acted upon by the City Clerk within a reasonable time
from the date of filing.
Should the Clerk after an investigation of the applicant and
the facts contained in the application determine that the applicant
has stated true facts in his application and the event as proposed will
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not interfere unduly with the use of the streets and will not tend
to cause a breach of the public peace, he shall issue a permit, with
the approval of the Sheriff endorsed thereon, designating the time,
place and route of such event.
4247.3. Same. In the event the application is denied, appli-
cant may file with the Clerk a statement and the reasons why it is
believed the Clerk or Sheriff acted improperly. The City Council
at its next regular meeting held after the date on which such appeal
is filed with said City Clerk, shall hear the appeal and determina-
tion of said City Council thereon shall be final.
4248.1. Sound Amplifying Equipment. The words "sound ampli-
fying Fq=upment as used herein shall mean any machine or device for
the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound.
"Sound amplifying equipment" as used herein shall not be construed
as including standard automobile radios when used and heard only by
occupants of the vehicle in which installed or warning devices on
authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning devices on
40 other vehicles used only for traffic safety purposes.
4248.2. Same. No person shall use or cause to be used a sound
truck writs sound amplifying equipment in operation for any non-
commercial purpose in the City without filing a registration state-
ment with'the City Clerk in writing.
4248.3. Same. Registration Statement. A registration state-
ment shall be filed in duplicate and s a 1 state the following:
1. Name and home address of the applicant;
2. Address of place of business of applicant;
3• License number and motor number of each sound truck
to be used by applicant;
4. Name and address of person who owns each sound truck
to be used by applicant;
5• Name and address of person having direct charge of
each sound truck to be used by applicant;
6. Names and addresses of all persons who will use or
operate any sound truck;
7. The purpose for which the sound truck or trucks will
be used;
8. A general statement as to the section or sections of
the City in which each sound truck will be used.
9. The proposed hours of operation of each sound truck;
10. The number of days of proposed operation of each
sound truck;
11. A general description of the sound amplifying equip-
ment which is to be used;
12. The maximum sound producing power of the sound ampli-
fying equipment which is to be used :h or on each sound truck; State
the following:
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a. The wattage to be used;
b. The approximate maximum distance for which sound
will be thrown from each sound truck.
4248.4. Same. Registration Statement Amendment. All persons
using or causing to be use any sound truck for non-commercial pur-
poses shall amend any registration statement duly certified by the
City Clerk as a correct copy of said application. Said certified
copy of the application shall be in the possession of any person
operating any sound truck at all times while the sound truck's sound
amplifying equipment is in operation and said copy shall be display-
ed and shown to any policeman of the City upon request.
4248.5. Regulations for Use. Non-commercial use of sound trucks
in the City with the sound amplifying equipment in operation shall be
subject to the following regulations:
1. The only sounds permitted are music or human speech;
2. Operations are permitted for 3 hours per day, except
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays when no operations are author-
ized. The permitted three-hour operation shall be between the hours
of 11:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon and 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.;
3. Sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated un-
less the sound truck upon which such equipment is mounted is operated
at a speed of at least 10 miles per hour except when said truck is
stopped or impeded by traffic. Where stopped by traffic the sound
amplifying equipment shall not by operated for longer than one minute
at each such stop;
4. Sound shall not be issued within 100 yards of hospitals,
schools, churches, courthouses, or courtrooms, or county buildings,
or the city hall.
4249. Vehicles, Commercial Advertising. No person at any time
shall operate, drive or park or cause to be operated, driven or park-
ed upon any street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or public property with-
in the City, without first obtaining written permission therefor from
• the City Clerk, any advertising vehicle, sound truck or commercial
vehicle with its sound amplifying equipment in operation or with any
sound or signalling device in operation for the purpose of advertis-
ing goods, wares, or merchandise sold at or from such vehicle or
for the purpose of attracting or calling attention to such vehicle.
Application for the permission required hereunder shall be made to the
City Clerk in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may
prescribe therefor and such permission shall be given only if the
operation of any such advertising vehicle, sound truck or commercial
vehicle will not be inimical to the public welfare, health or safety
or cause such sounds or noises to be emitted or created as will dis-
turb the peace of the citizens of the City.
4249.1. Same. The City Clerk must refer the application to
the County Sheriff and may in his discretion rely on the decision of
the County Sheriff whether the same will be inimical to public wel-
fare, health or safety, or will disturb the peace.
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4250. Handbills. No person shall distribute, scatter, hand
out or circu-la commercial or non-commercial handbill, circular,
tract, or leaflet in any place or under any circumstances which does
not have printed on the cover, front or back thereof the name and
address of:
1. The person who caused the same to be printed, written,
compiled or manufactured;
2. The person who caused the same to be distributed;
3. In the event the person who caused the same to be
printed, written, compiled or manufactured, or distributed, is a
fictitious person or club, there shall appear on said handbill,
circular, tract or leaflet, in addition to such fictitious name, the
true name of the owner, manager or agent of the person sponsoring
said handbill.
4250.1. Same. No person shall post, hand out or distribute
• any commercial or non-commercial handbill, circular, tract or leaf-
let which reasonably shall tend to incite riot or other public dis-
order or which advocates disloyalty to, or the overthrow of the
government of the United States by force and arms or other unlawful
means, or which urges any unlawful conduct or encourages or reasonably
tends to encourage a breach of the public peace of the community.
4251. Disorderly House. No person shall keep a riotous or
disor erly house, or perms any riotous or disorderly conduct in his
house, yard, or permies connected with his house, or be guilty of
any riotous or disorderly conduct in any house, yard or premises,
whereby the peace, quiet or decency of the neighborhood of such
house or of any person may be distrubed.
4260. Charitable Solicitations. No person shall solicit any
contribution for any charitable purpose unless he exhibits a permit
from the City Council.
4261. Soliciting in City or County Buildings. No person shall
solicit in any manner for any purpose in any city or county buildings.
4262. Unsightliness. Any person, H.rm, or corporation who owns
or has the care or management of any real property and wilfully per-
mits any part of the property to become so unsightly as to detract
from the appearance of the immediate neighborhood, and who fails
to remedy the condition within 30 days from being ordered to do so
by the City Council upon recommendation of the City Planning Com-
mision is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4263. Vendors. It is unlawful to sell goods on any public
street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk within the City.
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4264. News Vendors. It is unlawful to sell newspapers or
magazines on any portion of a public highway.
4265. Gambling Prohibited. It shall be unlawful in the City
of Rosemead for any person, irm, corporation or association, either
as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, to conduct,
manage, carry on, maintain, operate, open, deal or deal in, or to
cause or permit to be conducted, managed, carried on, maintained,.
operated, opened, dealt or dealt in, any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award,
payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token, credit,
goods, wares, merchandise, property or thing of value, is or is to
be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and
wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor
of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game,
operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, oper-
ated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or
placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any
perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle,
container, object or thing having marked, designated or identified
thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter,
design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, designating, turn-
ing, indicating; choosing.or projecting of any such figure, number,
character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any device, apparatus,
or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing,
selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container
of any ball, disk, object, substance or material marked, designated
or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol,
letter, derV'gn or mark, any such figure, number, character, symbol,
letter, design or mark hereinabove referred to, corresponding to,
duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, any figure, number, character, symbol,
letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface,
object, substance or thing, held, used, operated or maintained by
any player or participant therein or by any person, where, by any
• pre-determined or pre-arranged, or by any rule, method, scheme, de-
sign or procedure any person is found, declared or determined to be,
or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such
prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or
gratuity, in the event that any such player or participant pays,
deposits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly,
or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or
pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit,
property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase
for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gaining
admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or
transaction is or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained
or operated, or to aiy place or premises;
Provided, however, that no provision of this Ordinance shall
be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the
provisions of Section 320, or of Section 320a, or of Section 330 of
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the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the
State of California, it being the intent of the City Council to
prohibit by this Ordinance all games, operations or transactions
herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general
law of this State, including all games, operations or transactions
for profit commonly known as Keno, Tango, Movie Tango, Bingo, Beano,
Sill Ball, Fortune, Quintain, Fascination or Inspiration, and all
games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever
name they may be designated.
4265.1. Same. It shall be unlawful in the City of Rosemead for
any person to participate in play, play in or engage in, either
directly or indirectly any game, operation or transaction prohibited
by the provisions of Section 4265 of this Chapter.
4265.2. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
corporation or association, owning, leasing, managing, controlling or
having any interest in any property or premises lying within the City
of Rosemead to cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on
• such property or premises, having knowledge, or after reasonable
notice, of the existence thereof, of any game, operation or trans-
action declared by the provisions of Section 4265 of this Chapter
to be unlawful.
4266. Gambling Information. No person, either as principal,
agent, employee or otherwise, shall let or lease any telegraph or
telephone line or wire knowing that it is to be used for the purpose
of conducting or carrying on a pool room, or for the purpose of
conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races
or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result
of any race or contest. And no person shall transmit any message
over any telephone or telegraph line or wire owned, controlled or
leased by any person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool
room or in conducting the business of making books or selling pools
on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon
• the result of any race or contest, knowing that such message is to
be used in conducting or carrying on such pool room or business.
4266.1. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to have in his or its possession in the City of Rosemead
any written or printed form, chart, table, list,sheet, circular
or publication of any kind, giving or purporting to give, or repre-
sented as giving, any list, or probable or possible list, of
entries for any horse race or other contest thereafter anywhere to
take place or which is anywhere taking place, if there be written
or printed or published as part thereof, or in connection there-
with, or in any other publication, printing or writing accompany-
ing the same or referring thereto or connected therewith, any tip,
information, prediction, or selection of, or advice as to, or any
key, cipher, or cryptogram indicating, containing or giving any
tip, information, publication or selection of, or advice as to the
winner or probable winner, or a loser or probable loser, or the result
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or probable result of any such race or other contest or the stand-
ing or probable standing of any horse or other contestant therein,
or any statement as to, or comment upon; or reference to, the form,
condition or standing of any horse or other contestant, or the
actual, probable or possible result of any race or contest, or
the actual, probable or possible state, past, present,,or future,
of the betting, wagering or odds upon or against any horse or other
contestant named in such list, or probable or possible list, of
entries unless the names of such horses or other contestants shall
be arranged in such list, or probable or possible list, in.alpha-
betical order, and shall all be printed in type of the same size and
face and of identical appearance, and shall all be printed flush
with the left side of the column in which the same are printed, or
all in equal distance therefrom.
4266.2. Same. For the purposes
is defined to be a room or place where
upon the result of races or contests is
of this Chapter a pool room
betting or laying of wagers
carried on as a business.
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CHAPTER 3 - CAPPING OF WELLS
4300. As used in this Chapter, "Person" means any individual,
firm, corporation, co-partnership, joint venture, association, social
club, fraternal organization, estate, trust, business trust, receiver,
syndicate, city, or any other group or combination acting as a unit,
and the plural as well as the singular number.
4301. "Shall" is mandatory. "May" is permissive.
4302. If any portion of this Chapter or the application there-
of to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of
the Chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
4303. Every person who digs, drills, excavates, constructs,
owns or controls any abandoned water well or abandoned oil well,
and every person owning or having possession of any premises on which
any such abandoned well exists, shall cap or otherwise close the
• mouth of or entrance to such well in such a manner as to prevent
persons from falling therein and in such a manner that such capping
or covering cannot be removed by accident or inadvertence or such
persons shall fill such a well.
4304. Whenever any person fails or refuses to perform any act
required by this Chapter the City may itself cap, cover or fill
such well. It'is not necessary to follow the provisions of this
section as a condition precedent to any criminal prosecution.
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CHAPTER IV - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
4400. Drinking Upon Public Streets. No person shall drink any
malt,--=p ritous or vinous 1quor con aining more than one-half of one
percent of alcohol by volume upon any public street, alleyway, side-
walk or parkway, or in any public buildings, public lavatories, auto
park, or lobby or entrance way to any building within the City.
.4401. Same. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated person,
or any person in an intoxicated condition, wilfully to appear, re-
main or be in or on any public highway, street, alley, way, park,
playground or public place in the incorporated territory of the City
of Rosemead, whether such person is or is riot in or upon any automo-
bile, street or interurban car, vehicle or conveyance.
4402. Public View. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated
person, or any person in an intoxicated condition, wilfully to appear
remain or be in any place open to public view or in any store, rail-
way depot, stadium, or other place to which the public is admitted
is or invited; or in or on any private premises or in any private house
to the annoyance of any other person.
4403. Set Ups. No person shall serve "set ups" between 2:00
A.M. and 6:00 A.M., if they are to be used with distilled spirits.
4404. Alcoholic Beverage on School Grounds. No person shall
consume any alcoholic beverage on the grounds of any public school
or any stadium or athletic field while being used by a public school.
4405. Drinking in Vehicle. No person shall enter or remain in
a vehicle while any other occupant is consuming any alcoholic bever-
age while such vehicle is on a public street, alleyway, or public
highway.
4406. Disorderly. No person shall lie and sleep on any of the
sidewalks, streets, or other public places within the City, or appear
therein in such a state of intoxication or drunkeness as to be unable
to take proper care of himself, or disturb the peace or quiet of any
person, family or neighborhood, by drunkenness or by making loud and
unusual noises, or by violent or offensive languange, or by boister-
ous, tumultous or offensive conduct, or by the threatening, traduc-
ing, quarreling, fighting or offering or challenging to fight, or in
any other way or manner whatever shall disturb the peace, quiet and
decency of any person, street or neighborhood.
4407. Consuming Liquor. Every person who goes upon or remains
upon any part o a pu c ghway, while he is consuming any alco-
holic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4408. Same. Every person who enters or remains in any vehicle
while such vehicle is on any part of any public highway when such
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person or any other occupant of such vehicle is consuming any alco-
holic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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ARTICLE V - SANITATION AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL
5100. Reference is hereby made to Ordinance No. 3275, as
amendecT,-of the County of Los Angeles, being the Health Code of
the County of Los Angeles.
5101. Said County Ordinance No. 3275, as amended, being
the Heal7h Code of the County of Los Angeles, is hereby adopted
and approved as the Health Code of the City of Rosemead.
5102. Three (3) copies of said Ordinance 3275, as amended,
of the County of Los Angeles, have been deposited in the office
of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be maintained
by said City Clerk for use and examination by the Public.
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ARTICLE VII - STREETS
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL
7100. Except as hereinafter provided Ordinance No. 3597, as
amended and in effect August 1, 1959, of the County of Los Angeles,
which Ordinance regulates Streets and Highways and provides for
permits for the moving of buildings and the making of excavations
in public streets and the laying, constructing and repairing of
curbs and sidewalks, be and the same-is hereby adopted by reference
by the City of Rosemead as if set forth in full herein.
Three (3) copies of Ordinance No. 3597 as amended of the
County of Los Angeles, are on deposit in the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained
by said City Clerk for use and examination by thepublic.
7101. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Ordinance No. 3597 of the County of Los Angeles, each such
name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning
ascribed to it in this section as follows:
1. "County," "County of Los Angeles," or "Unincorporated
Area" shall mean the City of Rosemead.
2. "Superintendent of Streets" shall mean the Road
Commissioner of the County of Los Angeles or such other person
as may be appointed to act in such capacity,by the City Council of
the City of Rosemead from time to time by resolution or minute order.
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ARTICLE VIII - BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1 - BUILDING CODE
8100. Except as hereinafter provided, Ordinance No. 2225 as
amended and in effect August 1, 1959, of the County. of Los Angeles,
adopting, except as provided in said Ordinance No 2225 as.amended,
that certain Building Code known and designated as "Uniform Building
Code," 1958 Edition, Volume 1, prepared by the International Confer-
ence of Building Officials and including Sections 2312, 4801, 4082,
4803 and Chapter 51 of the Appendix to said Uniform Building Code,
the text of which is set forth in the Los Angeles County Building
Laws, 1958 Edition, be and the same is hereby adopted by reference
as the Building Code of the City of Rosemead and may be cited as such.
Three (3) copies of said Ordinance No. 2225, as amended, and
said Los Angeles County Building Laws,. 1958 Edition, are on deposit
in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be
at all times maintained by said City Clerk for use and examination
by the public.
8101. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Los Angeles County Building Laws, 1958 Edition, or in said
Ordinance No. 2225 of the County of Los Angeles, as amended, each
such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning
ascribed to it in this Section as follows:
1. "County" or "County of Los Angeles" or "Unincorpor-
ated Area" shall mean the City of Rosemead.
2. "Building Official" shall mean the County Engineer.
3- "Building Department" shall mean the Building and
Safety Division of the Department of County Engineer.
40 4. "Board of Supervisors" shall mean the City Council
of the City of Rosemead.
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CHAPTER 2 - ELECTRICAL CODE
8200. Except as hereinafter provided, Ordinance No. 2252,
as amencTed and in effect August 1, 1959, of the County of Los
Angeles, the provisions of which are set forth in the Los Angeles
County Building Laws, 1958 Edition, be and the same is hereby adopted
by reference as the Electrical Code of the City of Rosemead, and may
be cited as such.
Three (3) copies of such Ordinance No. 2252 of the County of
Los Angeles, as amended, and the Los Angeles County Building Laws,
1958 Edition, are on deposit in the Office of the City Clerk of the
City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained by said City
Clerk in the City Hall for use and examination by the public.
8201. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Ordinance No. 2252 of the County of Los Angeles, as amended,
or are used in Los Angeles County Building Laws, 1958 Edition, each
such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning
ascribed to it in this Section as follows:
1. "County" or "County of Los Angeles" or"Unincorporated
Territory" or "Unincorporated Area" shall mean the City of Rosemead.
2. "Chief Electrical Inspector" shall mean the supervis-
ing Electrical Engineer of the Building and Safety Division, Depart-
ment of County Engineer.
3. "Building Official" shall mean County Engineer.
4. "Building Department" shall mean Building and Safety
Division of the Department of County Engineer.
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CHAPTER 3 - PLUMBING C
8300. Except as hereinafter provided, Ordinance No. 2269 as
amended, and in effect August 1, 1959, of the County of Los Angeles,
the provisions of which are set forth in the Los Angeles County
Building Laws, 1958 Edition, be and the same is hereby adopted by
reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Rosemead, and may be
cited as such.
Three (3) copies of said Ordinance No. 2269 of the County of
Los Angeles, as amended, and said Los Angeles County Building Laws,
1958 Edition, are on deposit in the office of the City Clerk of the
City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained by said City
Clerk for use and examination by the public.
8301. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Ordinance No. 2269 of the County of Los Angeles, as amended,
or as set forth in said Los Angeles County Building Laws, 1958
Edition, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have
• the meaning ascribed to it in this Section as follows:
1. "Administrative Authority" shall mean the County
Engineer.
2. "Unincorporated Territory or "County of Los Angeles"
shall mean the City of Rosemead.
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CHAPTER 4 - SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
8400. The City Council finds, determines and declares that
a chartM~of this Code providing for the regulation for sanitary
sewers and deposit or discharge of sewage and industrial waste
in the City of Rosemead is necessary to preserve the public health,
safety and welfare of the City.
8401. There is hereby adopted as a Sanitary Sewer and
Industrial Waste Code of the City of Rosemead, except as it is here-
after amended, Ordinance No. 6130 of the County of Los Angeles,
as amended and in full force and effect on August 1, 1959, entitled:
"An ordinance providing regulations for sanitary sewers, and the
deposit or discharge of sewage and other waste matter in the un-
incorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles.'
Three copies of said Ordinance No. 6130 of the County of Los
Angeles, as amended, have been deposited with the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be at all times main-
tained by said City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
8402. Said Ordinance No. 6130 of the County of Los Angeles
as amended and as hereinabove adopted as the Sanitary Sewer and
Industrial Waste Code of the City of Rosemead, is amended as fol-
lows:
1. Section 1002 is amended by striking therefrom the
words "unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles" and
by substituting therefor the words, "City of Rosemead."
2. Whenever in the said Ordinance No. 6130, other than
in Section 1002 thereof, reference is made to the unincorporated
area of the County of Los Angeles, such area shall be deemed to
include in its true geographical location the area of the City of
Rosemead.
3. The following is added to Section 5212 of said Ordin-
ance No. 6130: "The City of Rosemead shall not be held liable or re-
sponsible for reimbursement to subdividers for any fees paid to
the County of Los Angeles."
4. Section 5204.1 of said Ordinance No. 6130 of the
County of Los Angeles is hereby repealed.
8403. Any permit heretofore issued by the County of Los
Angeles pursuant to the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste
Ordinance of said County for work within the territorial limits of
the City of Rosemead shall remain in full force and effect accord-
ing to its terms.
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map of the County of Los Angeles which has until the incorporation.
of this City, governed the zoning of this area. The zoning shown n
this Map of all property formerly in the County and now within this
City, shall be, and is hereby declared to be the zoning of such
property now that it is within the City, and governed according to
classification by the zoning ordinance of the County of Los Angeles
as referred to in the preceding section.
9102. Master Plan of Streets and Highways. The Council hereby
adopts, in conjunction wi this Article, he Master Plan of High-
ways of the County of Los Angeles, insofar as it affected the area
now within the City of Rosemead before incorporation, the intention
of this section being that the said Master Plan shall have the same
effect on the area as it did before incorporation, The City Clerk
is directed to keep on file in his office for use by the public
three (3) copies of the Master Plan of Highways of Los Angeles
County.
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CHAPTER 3 - REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS
9300. Reimbursement District. "Reimbursement District"
shall mean that territory which may benefit from utilization of
further or additional sewer facilities constructed or agreed to
be constructed at the expense of the County of Los Angeles General
Fund, pursuant to contracts entered into between subdividers and
the County of Los Angeles, in accordance with Section 11543 of the
Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
The exterior boundaries of such Reimbursement Districts have
been heretofore or may be hereafter established and are or may be
reflected in reimbursement maps placed on file with the County of
Los Angeles, and with the City of Rosemead.
9301. Reimbursement Maps. "Reimbursement Maps" are those
maps on file with the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Rosemead,
designating the exterior boundaries of Reimbursement Districts and
reflecting the reimbursement fees chargeable to included territory
. as a condition of utilization of the sewer facilities for which
County of Los Angeles funds were expended.
9302: Reimbursement Fees. "Reimbursement Fees" are those
charges, the imposition of which is authorized by the provisions
of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California, imposed on
territory within Reimbursement Districts, to recoup the cost of
further and additional facilities constructed at the cost of the
County of Los Angeles. Such fees are reflected on those Reimburse-
ment Maps heretofore referred to in Section 9301.
9303: Payment of Reimbursement Fees. No permit shall be
issued for the connection of property lying within a Reimbursement
District to a public sewer until applicant shall have first paid to
the County of Los Angeles all reimbursement fees attributable to
the connecting property as indicated on the reimbursement map.
Reimbursement fees shall be paid to the County Engineer of the
County of Los Angeles, and payments so made shall become the prop-
erty of said County in accordance with the provisions of those
contracts entered into pursuant to Section 11544 of the Business
and Professions Code.
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CHAPTER 2 - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
9200. General. (a) The City Council finds, determines and
declares:
That the City of Rosemead was incorporated on August 4, 1959•
That immediately prior to the date of incorporation, the Sub-
division Ordinance of the County of Los Arg eles regulated the area
which now constitutes the City of Rosemead.
That in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare,
it is necessary that some subdivision regulations be in effect for
the City of Rosemead until such time as a full and complete subdivision
ordinance covering said City can be adopted.
That this Chapter is adopted as a temporary interim subdivision
ordinance;'
• That three (3) copies of the Subdivision Ordinance of the County
of Los Angeles, being Ordinance 4478, as amended, are on file in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be at
all times maintained by said City Clerk R)r use and examination of
the public.
(b) The City Attorney hereby is directed to
prepare or cause to be prepared, a Subdivision Ordinance to be pre-
sented to the City Council for adoption.
(c) That the Los Angeles County Ordinance No.
4478, as amended, known as the Subdivision Ordinance, is adopted by
reference, as the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Rosemead, and
no subdivisions shall be built, and no building permits shall be
issued for subdivisions, which are in conflict with, or in viola-
tion of said Los Angeles County Subdivision Ordinance. Any permit
issued to the contrary shall be void.
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ARTICLE IX - PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1 - ZONING REGULATIONS
9100. General. (a) The City Council finds, determines, and
declares:
That the City of Rosemead was incorporated on the 4th day of
August, 1959;
That immediately prior to the date of incorporation the Zoning
Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles regulated and governed and was
applicable to the area in said county now known as the City of
Rosemead.
That in order to protect the public peace, health, safety, and
welfare it is necessary that some zoning regulations be in effect
for the City of Rosemead until such time as a full and complete zoning
ordinance covering said City can be adopted, pursuant to the pro-
visions of Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the State
16 of California;
That this Chapter is adopted as a temporary interim zoning
ordinance, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 65806 of
said Government Code;
That three (3) copies of the Zoning Ordinance of the County of
Los Angeles, being Ordinance No. 1494, as amended, are on file in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, and shall be at
all times maintained by said City Clerk for use and examination of
the public.
(b) The City Attorney hereby is directed to
prepare or cause to be prepared a zoning ordinance to be presented
to the City Council for its adoption.
(c) That until such ordinance can be prepared
and adopted no building permit or other permit shall be issued by
any officer of the City for any building, structure, or use of any
real property in the City, which building, structure, or use is or
would be in conflict with or in violation of said Zoning Ordinance
of the County of Los Angeles, as it was in effect and applicable
to that area of said County now incorporated and known as the City
of Rosemead on the date immediately preceding the date of incorpora-
tion of said City.
(d) Any permit issued contrary to the pro-
visions of this Chapter shall be void.
9101. Temporary Zoning Map, Adoption of. Due to the conditions
referred to in the prece ing section, he City Council further here-
by adopts as a temporary interim zoning map for the City, the zoning
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SECTION 2: This Ordinance hereby is declared to be for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
and is being enacted to take effect immediately in accordance with
Section 36937 of the Government Code of California.
The City of Rosemead has this day become a legal entity, having
been certified officially to be an incorporated City. Prior to
being incorporated, the present City was a part of the unincorporated
area of the County of Los Angeles, and governed in local matters by
the ordinances of said County of Los Angeles. Upon incorporation
the said county ordinances have become ineffective and inoperative as
to the area within the City of Rosemead, and so the City is at this
time without 'any laws regulating local matters such as were formerly
regulated by County Ordinances.
It is therefore apparent that to wait the period of more than
a month ordinarily required to effect ordinances would leave this
City without local laws for that period and would cause disorder
and confusion in this City, since there would be no local legal
10 restraints upon persons in their conduct and use of. their property.
It is therefore necessary, and the Council hereby determines
that it is necessary, under Section 36937 of the California Govern-
ment Code, that this Ordinance take effect immediately.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and cause the same to be published or posted in the manner required
by law and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Rosemead
at the first meeting of said City Council held this 4th day of
August, 1959, by the following-called vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
C~
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
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ATT
ITY C R - SHE CITY/ `
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OSEMEAD, CALIF.
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I, , City Clerk of the
City 0f Rosemead, o hereby certify that he oregoing Ordinance
was introduced and passed at the first meeting of the City Council
held on the 4th day of August, 1959, and was passed at said meeting
as an emergency ordinance by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK, CITY OF R 'EMEA ,-CA IF.
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