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ORDINANCE NO. 109
An Ordinanoe of the City of Seal ~each
to establish fire districts in said
City and detern.ine the class of
buildings to be erected in ~articulQr
districts.
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6 The ~oard of Trustees cf the City of Se~l ~eaoh
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8 SECTIOd 1. That that ~~rtion of the City of Seal
Beaoh ~ithin the follo~ing desoribed exterior ooundaries
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Beginning at the interseotion of the
center lines of Ooean Avenue and Eighth Streets
as per map of Bay City reoorded in Uap Book 3,
Page 19. Reoords of Orange County, California;
runniz:g then a:l northea,6terly along the oenter
line of Eighth Street to the intersection \lith
the center line of alley in Block 8 of the aoove
tract; thenoe southeasterly along the center line
of said alley to interseotion with the oenter
line of alley running northeasterly through the
center of Block 8 of the above tract; thence
along the center line of alley northeasterly
throu5h Blook 8, 108 an<< 208to the center line
of the State Highuay as shoun upon the ma~ of
said City; thenoe along the oenter line of said
State Highway southeasterly to the intersection
with the extended line of the alley through ~lock
209 if extended; thence along said extended
center line of alley through 310ck 209 to inter-
section with the center line of alley running
southeasterly through Block 20S; thenoe south-
easterly alone the center line of alley to
intersection with the oenter line of Tenth
Street; thencealong the center line of Tenth
Street to intersecticn with the oenter line of
Tenth Street; thence along the center line of
Tenth Street to intersecticn with the oenter
line of Southerly portion of Electric Avenue;
thence along center line of Southerly portion
of Eleotrjo Avenue to the extended line of the
alley throu~h ~locks 9 an~ 109; thence South-
easterly alon~ the center line of said alley
thrcu~h Blocks 9 and lOr to center line of alley
running Southuesterly through ~lcck 9 to center
line of Tenth Street; thence along the oenter
line of Tenth Street to the center line of
Ocean .Avanue; thence Uorth..esterly along the
oenter line of Ocean Avenue to the place of
beginning.
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SECTION 2: That all other portions of the City
of Seal Beaoh not embraoed within the limits of Fire Distriot
No. 1 shall be and is hereby deolared to be Fire District No.2.
SECTION 3: That no wooden buildings shall be ereoted
oonstruoted or placed in Fire Distriot No. 1 in the City of
Seal Beaoh and all buildings hereafter erected uithin said
district shall have a concrete foundation and be built of brick
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or other fire proof material.
SECTION 4: The ternl"wooden building"as used in this
ordinance shall be understood to mean and include and shall
embraoe all buildings, houses, outhouse~, barns, sheds, stables
and structures of every kind and any addition to any building,
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hou.se, outhouse, barn, shed, st~ble and structure, the outer
surface of the walls of which are in whole or in part constructed
or built of wood provided that all wooden roofs shall De oovered
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17 ;vi th t in, iron, oopper or wi th felt and asphaltum oovered with
18 gravel or with other fire resisting composition.
19 SECTION 5: No wooden building now within the limits
20 prescribed in the first seotion of this ordinance which.may be
21 damaged or destroyed by fire or otherwise to the extend of 50%
22 of the reasonable value thereof shall be repaired or rebuilt, nor
23 shall.arv suoh building when the damage to or destruotion thereof
::4 as aforesaid 1s less than 501<> of its value, oe so r epa.ired or
25 rebull t as to ehhanoe the value of such building over what the
2(1 same was prior to suoh partial damage or destruction, or so that
27 suoh building shall ocoupy any greater space or be of any larger
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29 thereof, unless the said building be so reoonstructed or repaired
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SECTION 6: It shall be unlarlful for any person
to start, build or naintain an out door f ire, for burning rubbish
trash or any other materials within the City of Seal Beaoh,
between the hours of twelve o'olook noon and four o'olook of the
following morning, or at any time during a strong wind, or within
twenty feet of any kind of a. building. No fire, otherwise
permissible, shall ~e started without being ~ut in oharge of some
responsible person; nor shall suoh fire be abandoned until the
last spark has been securely banked in or drowned out by the
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person in oharge.
Immediately after such a fire in a street,
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all nails, taoks and other pieces of iron resulting therefrom
must be removed to prevent injury to person or property.
SECTIOl~ 7: It shall be unlawful for any person to
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soatter. or permit to be soattered about his premises, or on the
walks, streets or alleys adjaoent thereto, any loose papers,
rubbish or trash or broken glass; or to place or keep any hay,
straw or other oombustible material on suoh premises in the fire
District No.1, without oovering or enoloeing the same from ex-
posure to oareless smokers and stray sparks. or to put or throw
any lighted oigars, matches or other ignited materials or deposit
any ashes oontaining live ooals in any plaoe where a fire might
originate therefrom.
SECTION 8: It shall be unlawful for any person to
put up, erect, maintain or keep any stovepipe, or smoke flue,
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exoept briok or stone flues, in any building within the corporate
l1mits of Seal Beaoh, whioh are not seoure from contaot with
wood or oloth or other oombustible material, as follows. Uhen
passing through partitions or oeilings, the stovepipes shall be
enolosed by a double air thimble, with two-inoh spaoe between
the inner and the outer oylinder, or enolosed with briok; when
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plate of whioh shall not be less than twenty inohes square and
all made of galvanized iron, sheet iron or tin, and all wood
work shall not be less than four inohes from t~e stovepipe. No
stovepipe shall pase through oonoealed spaoe between oeilings
and the roof.
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SECTION 9: It shall be unlawful for any person
hereafter to put up, or ereot or maintain any ohimney or flue
within the City of Seal Beaoh. oomposed of oombustible material.
or to cause any stovepipe.or flue to pass through any window,
sash or glass on the side of any building, or to oause or permit
any stovepipe, flue, stove. grate or fireplaoe to be ereoted,
plaoed or maintained as to endanger the building wherein the
same is situated, or any other building adjaoent thersto, with
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fire.
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SECTION 10: No terra ootta flues shall be used in
Fire Distriot No.1, in the City of Seal Beaoh, and all ohimneys
of briok, stone or oement shall be built upon a firm foundation.
SECTION 11: Any person violating any of the
provisione of this Ordinanoe shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on oonviotion thereof shall be puniehed by a fine
of not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment
not more than ninety (90) days, or by both suoh fine. and im-
prisonment.
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SECTION 12: All ordinances or parts of ordinanoes
insofar as the same shall affeot this ordinanoe and be in oonfliat
herewith are to that extent hereby repealed.
SECTION 13: The City ~lerk shall oertify to the
passage of this ordinanoe, and oause the same to be published
onoe in the Seal Beaoh Post & Wave and it shall take effect and
be in foroe thirty da ys thereafter.
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-The above ordinance passed and adopted by the Board
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Trustees of the City of Seal Beach, California, this /1-
3 day of March, 1925, by the following vote, to-wit:
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City Clerk and Ex-Offioio Clerk of
the Board of Trustees of the City
of Seal Beaoh, California.
Approved th is
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President of the Board of Trustees
of the City of Seal Beaoh, Calif.
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I hereby oertify that the foregoing ordinanoe
was passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of
Seal Beaoh. California, and eigned and approved Cy its President
at the regular meeting of said Board of Trustees held on the
1'15:: day of Maroh. 1925.
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City Clerk
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