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THE CITY f ERK'S OFI=ICE
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ESTABLISHING
AND CREA TING FIRE ZONE 4. PRESCRmING
CONDITIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
THEREIN AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING THA T THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: There is hereby established in the City of Seal Beach a
certain area designated as Fire Zone 4 in said city described as follows:
Commencing at the point \\here the boundary of the City
of Seal Beach intersects the easterly edge of Pacific Coast
Highway, also known as US Alternate 101, thence in a southerly
direction along said easterly edge of said Pacific Coast Highway,
to the point where the prolongation of the northerly edge of
Bolsa Avenue intersects said Pacific Coast Highway, thence
easterly along the said northerly edge of Bolsa Avenue and its
prolongations to the point of intersection of said northerly edge
of said Bolsa Avenue and the westerly edge of Bay Boulevard,
thence northwesterly along the westerly edge of Bay Boulevard,
to the point of its intersection with the City Boundary, thence
along the City Boundary northwesterly and westerly to the point
of beginning.
EXCEPTING therefrom all lots and parcels zoned R-1 and R-2.
SECTION 2: That no building or structure withi.n said Fire Zone 4 shal
25 be altered or constructed on any lot or parcel therein, except upon the following
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27 (a) The application for a building permit therefor shall include
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plans providing for a fire lane street of not less than 40 feet in width, and if
automobile parking is to be aLLowed thereon, such fire lane streets shall be
51 feet i.n width.
(b) There shall be provided a fire lane street along and immediately
32 I adjacent to the front, back and each side of any building or structure to be
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altered or constructed and there shall be provided a turn-a-round or
cul-de-sac at any deadend of any such fire lane street, which turn-a-round
or cul-de-sa shall be 70 feet in diameter. Fire lane streets shall be surfaced
in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Fire Chief of the City of
Seal Beach.
(c) The owner or the applicant for any such building permit shall
provide vehicle access to the lot or parcel involved from the nearest public
or dedicated street.
(d) No building or structure hereafter altered or constructed wit hi
said Fire Zone 4 shall be occupied untU or unless a certificate of occupancy
is issued by the Building Department of the City and such certificate shall
not be issued until or unless all conditions required by this ordinance are
fu lfilled.
SECTION 3: No City business license or permit provided for under
the Licensing Code of the City of Seal Beach for any person or' firm to engage
in business in Fire Zone 4 shall be issued until the owner of the property
upon which the business is proposed to be conducted, or the applicant for
such license has installed the fire lane streets and cul-de-sacs and accesses..
required by Section 2 of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: This ordinance is adopted for immediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect immediately upon
passage and adoption and the City Council does hereby find and determine
that the facts constituting the urgency are:
For the past twenty-five years the property lying within Fire
Zone 4 has produced 500/0 of all fires within the City during the months of
June, July, August and September, There have been constructed over 600
homes in said area and there still exsists the fire hazard for the eucalyptus
grove, as well as the rearsh area. The access to that portion of the area
lying northerly of the subdivision has been greatly impaired and has created
an additional problem for the control of fires. In addition, automobile drag
race<l and motorcycle races have been held in the area creating an additional
fire hazard. Since the priod of greatest fire hazard is now at hand it is
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necessary to take immeliate controls by enacting an ordinance for the
proper prevention and the fighting of fires in the area. described in this
ordinance constituting Fire Zone 4.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this Ordi.nance and cause the same to be published once in the "Seal Beach
Post and Wave, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated
in the City of Seal Beach_
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Seal Beach at a &6--U C If-/Z- meeting thereof held on the I t ~ day
of ~ , 1959.
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ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF 'ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I. F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, and ex-offici
clerk of the City Council do ereby certify to the passage and adoption of the
foregoing ordinance by the qty Council at a ~~A~ meeting thereof
held on the /-6lR day of ~ , 1~ tne fOllowing vote:
A YES: C~cilmen r:;.I'I.v"ptPI'I4I v.o..v4":5 ~AJ?f!. Z>
74,f/a~~ ~Q5..s
NOES: Councilmen A/OA/tF
ABSENT: Councilmen $t'J4/tY'
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