HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 770 (1978)I ORDINANCE NO. 770
Z AN ORDINANCE OF TIlE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING ARTICLES 5, 7, 8 and 9, PUBLIC SAFETY,
~ PUBLIC FACILITIES, BUILDING REGULATION AND LAND
USE OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE, AND ADOPTING BY
4 REFERENCE TIlE 1976 UNIFORM SIGN CODE, 1976
UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL CODE, 1976 SUPPLEMENT ONE
5 AND TWO FAMILY DWELLING CODE AND THE 1978 ACCUM-
ULATIVE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1976 UNIFORM BUILDING
6 CODE, 1976 UNFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1976
UNIFOR MECHANICAL CODE, 1976 UNIFORMl HOUSING CODE,
~ 1976 UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS AND 1976 UNIFORM FIRE CODE
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The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does
9 hereby ordain that Ordinance 518 is repealed and Ordinance No. 577
and Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9, Public Safety, Public Facilities,
10 Building Regulations and Land Use, Tustin City Code are hereby
amended as follows:
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1. Adoption, Articles 5 and 8 are hereby amended as
lZ follows:
For the purposes of amending the 1976 Editions,
Uniform Building Code, Uniform Building Code Standards, Uniform
Mechanical Code, Uniform ttousino Code, Uniform Code for the Abate~
ment of Dangerous Buildings and'the Uniform Fire Code which regu-
15 late the erection, construction; enlargement, alteration, repair,
moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment.,
16 height, area and maintenance of buildings or structures, Drovi<
the maintenance of buildings or structures, provide for the
17 issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor and declare
and establish fire districts, adopted and published by the inter-
18 national Conference of Building Officials and the Western Fire
Chief's Association, 5360 S. Workman Mill Road, Whittier, Califorr.~
19 90601, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and now
are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Tustin,
~0 are hereby adopted and incorporated herein as fully as though set
forth in full herein, save and except such portions as are herein-
Zl after deleted or modified.
2. Building Code, Chapter I, Article 8100, Tustin City
Code is amended by Pages 1 through 102 and the first portion of
Z5 Page 103 of the 1978 accumulative supplement-
24 3. Mechanical Code, Chapter 2, Article 8200, Tustin City
Code is amended by the second portion of Page 103 and the first
~5 portion of Page 104 of the 1978 accumulative supplement.
P, 6 4. ltousing Code, Chapter 8, Article 8800, Tustin City
Code is amended by the second portion of Page 104 of the 1978
Z7 accumulative supplement.
5. Dang~;rous Buildings, Chapter 9, Article 8900, Tusti
City Code is amended by the first portion of Page 105 of the
accumulative supplement.
~0 6. Fire Code, Part 3, Article 5130, Tustin City Code is
am~:ndcd by the :~ccond po~Ttion of Page 105 and Pages 106 through.
51 109 ot: the 1978 accumulative supplement-
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7. "Swimming Pool Code", Chapter 5 is hereby amended by
3 omitting Chapter 5 and substituting the following to read as
follows:
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ARTICLE 8500 - ADOPTION OF THE 1976 U~]IFOPJ.~ SWIMMING POOL CODE
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'For the purpose of prescribing regulations for the
6 erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair', equiDment
and use of swimming pools within the City, all of the provisions oI
7 the 1976 edition of the Uniform Swimming Code, adopted and pub-
lished by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
8 Officials, 5032 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, California 90032, of
which not less than three (3) copies ]]ave been and now are filed
9 in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Tustin, are hereby
adopted and incorporated herein as fully as though set forth in
10 fu].l herein.
11 ARTICLE 8501 - AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
1~ The 1976 Edition of the Uniform Swimming Pool Code
is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 8101. Administration
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Section 1.5, Administrative Authority
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The administrative authority is the Building
16 Official.
1~ Section 1.7, Violation and Penalties
18 Section 1.7 is omitted.
19 Section 1.11, Cost of Permit
~0 Section 1.11 is omitted. Add a new Section 1.11
to read as follows:
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~p~ Sec. 1.11 - Cost of Permit
Every applicant for a permit to install, alter
25 or repair a s:./imming pool system or part thereof, shall state in
writing on the application form provicled for that purpose, the
E4 character of work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in
connection therewith, together with such information pertinent
25 thereto as may be required.
~ Such applicant shall pay for each permit at the
time of making application, a fee as prescribed in Resolution
Z? and at a rate provided for each classification shown therein.
28 Any person who shall comJnence any swimming pool
~-:ork for which a permit is required by this Code without having
Z9 obtained a permit therefore shall, if subsequently n~.rp~{t*~c<{ to
obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by the section
~0 for such work, providC, d, however, that this provision shall not
al.~l~ly to cxn<:rgex~c:y %.~ork when it shall be demonstrated to the
.51 :{atis£act'l. on of thf: Administrative Authority that such work was
urgently n<:cessary and t}xat it was no[~ practical to obtain a
ZZ permit therefor, before the commencement of the work. In all such
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cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do s¢
~ and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a
double fee as herein provided shall be charged.
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Extra Inspections:
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~ When extra inspections are necessary by reaso~
6 of deficient or defective work, or otherwise through fault or
error on the' part of the holder of the permit or on the part of
7 his employees, only one such extra inspection shall be made under
the regular fees as herein prescribed; and for each and every
8 further extra visit or inspection for which the holder of the
permit or his employee is entirely responsible, a fee as prescribe~'
9 by a City Council Resolution.
10 Whenever it shall be necessary to make any addi
tional inspection due to the failure or neglect of the applicant
11 give the correct address or location of the work specified in
permit when applying therefor, for each additional inspection a
~ fee as prescribed in a City Council Resolution.
15 Section 1.12
14 Section 1.12 is omitted- Add a new Section 1.12
to read as follows:
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Sec. 1.12 - All Work to Be Inspected
All swimming pool installation or alterations
1~ thereto including equipment, piping and appliances related the:
shall be inspected by the administrative authority to insure
18 pliance with all the requirements of this code. The various in-
spections are as follows:
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1. Observe excavation, main drain, bonding and
Z0 rebar prior to placing concrete.
2. Observe underground drains, piping, electric
E1 conduit, rough electric, gas piping, circu-
lation piping and D-trap including pressure
~ test of drains and circulation piping, prior
to backfilling or covering.
~5 3. Observing enclosure, fencing, concrete, gas
pressure test, grading and equipment base
~tl prior to plastering.
4: Final - after pool is complete and in
Z5 operation.
26 Section 1.17 - Unconstitutionali.t_X
'~ Section 1.17 is omitted -
R~ ARTICLE 850~ - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Z9 Section 310
7~0 Section 310 is omitted. Add a new Nec. 310 to
re~d as fol lows:
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Sec. 310 - Waste Water Disposal
No direct or indirect connection shall be made
bo-tween any storm drain, sewer, drainage system, seepage pit,
underground leaching pit, or sub-soil drainage line, and any line
connected to a swimming pool unless approved by the Administrative
Authority.
Waste water, including filter back wash from a
swimming pool, shall be disposed of through a public sewer, a mini--
mum three (3) inch P trap shall be installed on the lower terminus
of the building drain and the tail piece from the trap shall extenc
a minimum of three (3) inches above finished grade and below fin-
ished floor grade. This trap need not be vented. The connection
between the filter waste discharge piping and the P trap shall be
made by means of an air gap.
Plans and specifications for any deviation from
the above manner of installation shall first be approved by the
Administrative Authority before any portion of any such system
is installed. When waste ~.~ater disposal' is to a seeDage pit
installation, it shall be installed in accordance with the ap-
proval granted by the Administrative Authority.
Section 315
Section 315 is omitted. Add a new Sec. 315 to
read as follows:
Section 315 - Equipment Foundations and Enclosure
All mechanical equipment shall be set on a
concrete base or slab capable of supporting all of the equipment
placed upon it. The equipment shall be secured to the concrete
base and the concrete base shall be of such mass so as to resist
the stresses produced by seismic lateral forces, Chapter 23, U.'3C.
All heating and electrical equipment, unless aDproved for outdoor
installation, shall be adequately protected against the weather
or installed within a building. All enclosed equipment rooms
shall be adequately ventilated.
Section 320
Section 320 - Add a new Section 320 to read as
fol lows:
Section 320 - Piping
All piping shall be installed and comply with the
1976 Uniform Plumbing Code, Chapter 3, as amended by the Tustin
City Code.
Section 506 (c) (2)
Section 506(c)(2) is omitted. Add a new
Section 506(c)(2) to read as follows:
(2). Final Piping Inspection~
This inspection shall be made after all Diping
authorized by tile permit has been installed and after all p~:~ions
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thereof which are to be covered or concealed are so .concealed an.~
before any fixtures ,l~ appliance or shutoff valve has been attache
thereto. TIlt: p~ping-!~.:~iiall not be connected to tile gas meter ul
4 afte:r::'.:this inspection is complete (refer to Sec. 509 (g)}.
5 :~ ~-~'? ~' ,~ This inspection shall include an air pressure
teS~'~"'which time tile gas piping shall stand a prOssure of not
6 les~'.,~han ten (10)" pounds per square inch gau~e p~e~Sure, or at
the discretion of tt~e Admihistrative Autho~'i~ the ~in~ and vat,~
7 may be tested at a preS"sure o.f at least six (6) inc~-es o~ mercury
measured with a manometer or slope gauge. -Test pressures shall
8 held for a length of time satisfactory to the Administrative
Authority, but ~n no case for less than fifteen (15) minutes wit~.
9 no perceptible drop in pressure. For welded piping the test pro
sure shall not be less than sixty (60) pounds per square inch
10 shall be continued for a length of time satisfactory to the Acl~
istrative Authority, but in no case for less than thirty (30)
11 utes. The test shall be made using air pressure only, and stall
be made in the presence of the Administrative Authority. All nec.-
1~ essary apparatus for conducting tests shall be furnished by the
permit holder.
8 · Article 9, Land Use, Part 7, General Regulations, - is
14 amended as follows:
15 Article 9270(i)(1),- Add a new subsection (f) to rea~'
as follows.:
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(f) (1) Every swiging, wadinc or SPa ooe] shall
17 surrounded by a, fence or wall not less than six feet (6') in
above the adjacent exterior grade. Such fence or '..ya].! sl~al. 1 be
18 constructed and maintained with no openings nor pro]<~ct~].c~; which
could serve as a means to scale same. Vertical oDenines shall be
19 no wider than five inches (5") and horizontal mc~mbers,'accc:~si.b!~:
from the exterior, shall be no closer than forty eight incl?~s
20 There shall be sufficient distance from a~y structure,
or grade which could be used to scale the fence or wall so as to
21 prevent scaling.
2~ (2) Gates and doors opening through such enclosures.
shall be self-closing and self-locking with release five ~.~t (5"
g5 above exterior grade or so located on the pool side as to
release from the exterior.
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: (3) Access from a public street to the "front
Z5 of a single family residence sha].l not be obstructed by a POet
enclosure.
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(4) Except for single family residences, the fence c
~7 walls shall be ~o located as to allow access to all tivinq units
without entering the pool enclosure. The fence or walls shall
~8 serve to isdta~e the pool from other activities or structures
shall be located within fifty feeE (50') of the pool. Gates
~9 such enclosurcs shall be located in view of the DOe1. A building
wall with no doors may be used as part of such pool enclosures
50 when within the specified distance of the pool.
EXCI::PTIOIIS: When ap~roved by the Director, Community
Development, such enclosures may include sunshade,
toilet, or ~hower s~ructures which are used only in
conjunction with the pool.
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ARTICLE 9270 (o), Add a new third paragraph to read as
follows:
4 Any lights used to illuminate any swimming pool shall
be so arranged and shaded as to reflect light away from any ad-
S joining premises.
6 9. Article 7, Public Facilities, Part 2, Curb, Gutte-~ ant.;
Sidewalk requirements.
a. Add a new Article 7223 to read as follows:
8 7223 Clean-up .Bond
· 9 The Building Official shall prior to issuing a
10 permit for a swimming oool require clean-up bonds as follows:
11 (a) Each applicant for a swimming pool permit
shall provide, before issuance, an agreement and cash bond for the
12 purpose of insuring a) that all sand, cement, dirt and any other
debris is removed from streets, gutters, curbs, parkways, sidewalk
15 and o~her public property, b) that the public property shall be
left in clean and undamaged condition, and c) that adequate bar-
14 ricades have been installed and maintained. Said bond shall be
in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the con-
15 struction of a swinuning pool or-other construction related thereto
__ requiring the use of heavy equipment. ·
16 (b) Said agreement and bond may be reduced to
17 not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the issuance of
a spa, jacuzzi, and other small POOl permit not intended for
18 s:,:imming, ~.;hen in the determination of the Building Official the
scope of the project will have a minimal im}~act on public imF. rove-
19 meats, by reason of no~ requiring the use of heavy construction
equil~ment over curbs, sidewalks or public streets.
(c) Said bond shall terminate had ]Se'returnable
21 to the applicant at the time and provided that a) debris and oth:
materials have been properly removed, b) the public property has
~o~ been !e'ft clean and undamaged, and c) final inspection, approval
~nd acceptance of the ~,:ork and public pro}_~crty has been made by
~5 the Street Det~artnte-nt.
(d) If the public property has not been left in
a clean and undamaged condition and/or adequate barricades reGuirr.
by the City Engineer have not been installed and maintained, the
City shall cause the necessary work to be done and shall deduc~ ti-
cost thereof from the bond.
7224. !.;aterials on Public Property
~8 ' The Bui].ding Official shall advise at permit issu-
ance, and he shall enforce the requirement of this Section by sto!.
~9 order if necessary, the following:
50 Construction materials, debris, trash con-
tainers (dump:;ters), and other non-vehicle materials shall. not be
~1 deposited on public pl.*opc, rty without the written approval of the
City Engineer anti only under such conditions as he may impose. A:
barracading ]:{:quired by the City Engineer shall. be provided by thf
contractor at l~i:~
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10. Chaptc. r 6, Con~.;truction and Abandonment of Wells.
5 Article 8, Building Regulations, Tustin City Code is
omitted. Add a new Chapter 8, Article 4, tlealth ancl
4 Sanitation, Tustin City Code incorporating the
omitted, "Construction and Abandonment of Wells."
The following new Chapter 6 is substituted for the
omitted Chapter:
7 SIGN CODE, CHAPTER 6 hereby reads as follows;
8 ARTICLE 8600 - ADOPTION OF 1976 UNIFORM SIGN CODE
For the purpose of prescribing regulations fdr the
9 erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving,
10 removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height
and area of building structures, all of the provisions of the i97~:_L
ll edition of the Uniform Sign Code including the appendix thereto,
adopted and published by the International Conference of Building
1~ Officials, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and
now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Tusti:
15 are hereby adopted and incorporated herein as fully as though set
forth in full herein, save and except. such portions as are here-
14 inafter deleted, modified or amended.
15 ARTICLE 8601 - CONFLICTS WITH ARTICLE 9400, SIGNING CODE
16 8601 - Conflicts with Article 9400, Signing Code
17 Add a new Article 8601 to read as follows:
Nothing in this Article 8600 shall be construed 'to be
18 in conflict with Article 9~-00, Signing Code, Tustin City Code and
19 Ordjnance 684. The? provisions of Article 9400 "...is to est. ab].ish
guidelines and standards..." regarding ".-..the character of signs
~0 and sign structure..." The purpose of Article 8600, Sign C,,:~de,
Tustin City Code, "-..is to provide minimum standards to saf,~c;uard
21 life, health, propert},- and public welfare by regulating an~l
trolling the desig:~, quality of materials, construction, location,
2~ electrification and majntenance of all signs and sign structures
not within a building." Any conflicts between Article 9400 and
~ Article 8, Building .qegulatio:~s, Tustin City Code, regarding en-
forcement of adol~ted codes and amendments, the provisions and re~
24 quiremeats of Article 8 shall govern.
11. Article 7, Part 6, Article 9400, Signing Code, Tust._
City Code is amended as follows:
Add a ne;.; Sec. 9456 to read as follows:
9456 - Underground electric service
Signs accessory to a building, separately located or
the same lot or premises shall have connecting conductors run
underground to each sign and between signs if there are more than
50 one sign on the lot or premises.
51 17.. Adoption, Article 8700, is hereby amended as follows:
5~ Article 8703 is added to read as follows:
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ARTICLE 8703 - ADOPTION OF ONE ANI') TWO FF~ILY DWELLING CODE,
4 For the purpose of prescribing regulations for the
erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving,
5 removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height
and area of buildinq structures, all of the provisions of the One
6 and Two Family Dwelling Code, Accumulative Supplement, 1976,
luding the appendix thereto, adopted and published by the
7 International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 Workman Mill
Road, Whittier, Californ~ia~.of-~wh-ich not less than three (3)
~cen a~h~d'~)~ are filed in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Tustin, are. hereby adopted and incorporated herein
9 as fully as though set forth in full herein, save and except such
portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended.
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13. Article 8101, Amendment of Code
The 1976 Edition, Uniform Building Code is hereby
12 amended as follows:
15 a. Section 301, Application for Permits is amended
by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
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301 (e) Micro Filmin.g.
For permanent City records, as required by State
16 Law, prior to permit ~ssuance, a copy of all approved construction
and grading drawjongs, engineering calculations and soils report.?
17 shall be submitted to the Building Official in Micro Film form ~n
strips in jackets as follows:
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35 mm ("A" drawings or larger)
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1. Jackets shall be made of transparent ultra-
~0 thin polyester film-
21 2. Jackets shall have a ½ inch title head, in
which the address shall be typed in the up.Oe~
22 left hand corner, the number of jacket of
total jackets shall be t_%;ped in upper riglit
~5 hand corner. Example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of
3, etc.
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3. Film jackets shall be 2 channels, 4"x6" in
~5 size.
26 4. Silver lined micro film strips and duplicate
micro film strips shall be provided, both
~ strips stuffed in jackets
~8 16 mm (Calculations and Soils Reports)
29 1. Jackets shall be made of transparent ultra-
thin polyester film.
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2. Jackets shall have a ~ inch title head, in
~1 which the a~!,]rcss shall be typed in the uppe
left ha~d corne~:. the number of jacket of
5~ total jackets shall hQ typed in the upper
right hand corner. Exa~,ple: 1 of 3, 2 of 3
3 of 3, etc.
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3. I•'ilm jackets shall. he 4 channels, 3 ~"x5" in
size.
4. Silver lined micro film strips and duplicate
micro film strips shall be provided, bot}1
strips stuffed in jackets.
Itll plans, calculations and soils reports shall
be placed in numerical seducnce from left to
right with address faring up.
As an alternate, prior to permit issuance, the
architect or_ engi.neer shall sign a form prescribed }~y the Iiuildinc~
Official authorizincl the City to micro film all drawings, engi-
neering calc,.~lc~tion~~ and soils reports for City's permanent r_ecor.d::
as r.ec}aired by St,:te Law. In addition, a fee in the amount of
$0.50 per drawincl <-,beet and $0.10 per each sheet of_ calculation
or soils report.
14. General Penalty; Continuing ~,~iolation
IJo person s}lall violate any provision, or fail_ to comply
with any of the provisions of this Code, or of any code adontod
herein ley reference. 71ny person violating any of the provisions or
f:ailinc3 to comply ;•~ith an~,~ of t1~e mandatory requirements of this
Code, or of_ any code adopted by refer_enee herein, unless otherwise
specified in t=his Code, s}gall be punishable }~y a fine of not more
than $500.00 or by .imprisonment in t}.c~ City or County Jail for a
period of not excc~edincJ si.x months, or by }~oth such fine and
imprisonment. },aclr :.such person violating such provision or fa.ilin~
to comply with such reduirements shall be guilty of a separate
offense, and each c:ay during any portion of ;~~hich any violation of
any provision of this Code, or of any coda adontod by reference
herein, is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, sha]~
constit=ute a scr~~~rate offense, and shall be puni.sha}~le accordinc~l~.
Provided further that each such person viol_atinq a provision ;allic}~.
limits the time an act n:ay be permitted or_ continued, each such
period or portion thereof of which any violation of such provision
is com~r~itted, continued or permitted key such person shall consti-
tute a separate offense, and shall be punishable accordingly.
In addition to the, penalties hereinabove provided, any
condition caused or }~ermitt_ed to exist in violation of any of. the
provisions of_ this Code, or of any code adopted by reference herei_;
shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be summarily abated as
such by this City, and each day such condition continues shall be
regarded as a new and se}~arate nuisance and offense.
15. Severa}~ility of Parts of Codc
It i s hurel~~.~ ceclared to be the intention of the City
Council that thr :~ect=i_ons , par. anr. a}~hs , sent:c~nces , clauses and
phrases of th.i.:~ c'c~c::.• ~~re severable, and if an~,~ phrase, clause,
setitenc~~, }~~~~t~~~c],:,:}>li oL~ section of this Codc shall he declared
uncc,nsti tutional }~•.• the valid judclc~n~~nt or dccr_cc of a court of
comp~:~t:ci~i. juri~~:ic~t.ion, such uiicons,titutiona].i t.y shall not af_fcct
any of thc• r.em,ii„ir,~l phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of_ t.hi:~ C~)cl~..
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16. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
~ Ordinance, al~d shall cause the same to be published once within
~'~ fifteen (15) days after its adoption, fn the TuBtin News, a
, 4 newspaper of general. circulation, printed, published and circulate
in said City, and immediately upon and after its passage ft shall
$ take effect and be fn full force.
6 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Counci
of the City of Tustin, held on the 3rd day of April, 1977.
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10 ATTEST
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STATE OFI CALIFORNIA) .....
COUNTY 'OF ORANGEI~'- ) SS ~- .~ .~.i -
CITY OF TUSTIN ~,~!~-~i~ )~* ?- · ....~I!-~-~"
RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-o lerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, .:~California,-does-hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council and foregoing
of the City of Tustin is five;=~.,Ir.tha-t~!-the above
Ordinance No. 770 was duiy'~and"~regularly introduced and
read at a regular meeti'ng of the" City Council held on the
20th day of March , 1978 ~'~ and was given its second
~eading and duly passed and adopte~ at a regular meeting
held on the 3rd .day of ApriL" 1978, by the
following v~te:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: ~LSH, SCHUSTER, SHAP ,~ ~?S~TA~LLI, KENNEDy~..,
NOES: CO~CILMEN: NONE ~
~SENT: COUNCIL~N: NONE
City Clerk, '~Y of Tustin, Caiiforni~'
Publish Tustin News
April 13, 1978