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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 55 (1942)246 OMINANC E NO. 55 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS. The City Counoll of the City of Tustin, Califor- nia, does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. As used in this ordinance the follow- ing words and phrases shall mean: "Air raid warning signal" shall mean a signal, by siren, whistle, horn or other audible device, of two minwtes duration consisting of either a fluctuating or warbling signal of varying pitch or a succession of inter- mittent blasts of about five seconds duration separated by a silent period of about three seconds. "All clear signal" shall mean a continuous sign- al, by siren, horn or Ether audible device, of two minutes duration at a steady pitch. "Period of air raid alarm" shall mean the inter- val of time between the riving of the air raid warning signal and the giving of the next succeeding all clear signal. "Blackout structure" shall mean any space so en- closed that any illumination maintained or existing therein is not visible from any point outside such enclosure. Section 2. The Chief of Police is hereby author- ized and directed to cause the sounding of an air raid warn ing signal and of an all clear signal when, and offily when,' the district in which the city is located is notified so to do by the United States Aircraft Warning Service. Section 3. Any personefto effects or maintains any illumination, or permits any illumination under his control to be effected or maintained, at nay place within the City of Tustin during any period of air raid alarm in the hours of darkness, except within a blackout structure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 4: The maintenance or leaving of any illumination, except within a blackout structure, without provision for its extinguishment, within one minute after ME the commencement of a period of air raid alarm, by a competent person over the_age of eighteen years attendant at the place where such illumination is controlled, is hereby prohibited. Section 5• In order to enable the Cief of Police to conform to.the request of the United States Aircraft Warningservice for the obscuration, diminution or extinguishment„o£ any illumination, whether in or out of doors,_which increases the_v�a4erability of the City of Tustiny or any portion thereof, to air attack, or„for the regulation of traffic during the period of air raid alarm, the Chief of Police may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for such Purposes, and any rules or regulations so adopted by him shall be -and remain in effect for thirty (30) days there— after, but no longer_unless,approved within said time by resolution of the -City Council, provided, however, that any rule or regulation,so adopted by the Chief,of Police may at any time be rescinded by resolution of the City Council. Violation of any such rule or regulation so adopted and promulgated is hereby declared to be a mis— demeanor. Section b. It shall be unlawful to disobey any lawful direction or,order of a peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman given during a period, of air raid alarm, which .ordEr_is reasonably_ necessary for the main— tenance of public order of safety or to effect the ex— tinguishment or obscuration_of light. Section 7. Any,illumination contrary ta.the pro— visions of this ordinance, or to any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated,in_accordance with Section _5 hereof, constitutes a public nuisande, and the same may r, be summarily abated by any peace officer, highway patrol-- man, or fireman. Any structure may be entered by any peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman, using reasonable force if nicessary, for the illumination. Section 8. At the commencement of a period of air raid alarm, the operator of any motor vehicle shall Mb forthwith bring_evch vehicle as fax as possible to the side of the: street, road or highway off the main traveled portion thereof, and the operator of such motor vehicle, and the operator of any street car, shall bring such motor vehicle or street car to a stop clear of any crossing, intersection, fire house, fireplug, hospital or other emergency depot or area, and during the hours of darkness shall_ extinguish all lights therein or thereon and said motor vehicle or street car shall remain so situated during the period of air raid alarm, unless directed or ordered to move by a peace offioery highway patrolman, or fireman. Section 9. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to blackout emergency vehicles, which shall include the following: 1) All Army and Navy vehicles; 2) All vehicles with United S tater Government credentials indicating the necessity or emergency movement; 3) All authorizbd emergency vehicles as -defined in sections 44.and 44.1 of the Vehicle Code of California; 4) All vehicles being operated by members of the California State Guard while actually on duty; 5) Allvehicles of volunteer personnel engaged inthe operation of the A ircraft Warning S ervice of the Fourth Interceptor Command while such personnel are actually going to. or from their posts of duty. 6) All vehicles certified by sheriffs, district attorneys, the California State Highway Patrol, police chiefs, and fire chiefs, when within the respective territorial juris— dictions of the certifying office, as being essential to the preservation of the public peace and safety or to the dissem— ination of public information or to the national defend; provided-;: however, that sucn vehicles shall conform to the uniform lighting regulations approved by the gepartment of Motor Vehicles and the California State Highway Patrol for blackout emergency vehicles. No certificate shall be issued which conflicts with any regulation or order of the United States A rmy applicable inthearea for which the certificate is issued. Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any person go within authority, during any, air raid alarms to use, wear exhibit or possess any uniform$ insignia; credentials or other indication of authorityp or any imitation thereof, adopted and issued by any official civilian defense organ- ization. Section 11. Any person who shall operate a siren, whistle or other audible device in such a manner as to sim- ulate an air raid warning signal or an all aleax signal, ex- qpptL upon order of the Chief of Polices or other proper authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 12. The provisions of every ordinance of this city and every administrative order made pursuant thereto; requiring any illuminatlon to be maintained in .conflict with this ordinance or with any rule or regulation made pursuant to section 5 of this ordinances shall be deemed suspended during the period between any air raid warning signal and the next succeeding all clear signal. Section 13. Any person who shall violate any pro- vision of this ordinance shall be shall guilty of a mia- demeanor and, upon donviotion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding three b4dred dollars ($300-00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail or in the County Jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and im- prisonment in the City Jail or in the County Jail not ex- ceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. Section 14. This ordinance is required fox the immediate preservation of the publicopeace,health and safety; and the following is the statement of facts con- stituting such urgency: The United States is at war and this city,is in great and continuing danger of air and other attack by the enemy. Section 15. If any provision of this ordinance or the application therof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, suen invalidity shall not affect other pro- visions Or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid Provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are de- clared to be severable. t Section 16._ The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption_of,this ordinance and cause it to be published once in the TUSTIN NEWS, a weekly newspaper of general circula— tion, printed, published and circulated in the City of Tustin, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. PASSED ANY ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at it+ regular meeting held on the 12th day of January, 1942. mayor - ATTEST: V City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance wags duly and re— gularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 5th day of January 1942; and was duly passed and adopted at a regular adjorned meet— ing of the City Council held on the 12th day of January, 1942, by the following vote: A YES: Councilmen: Wilson, Kidd ,Logan, Kiser, & Forney. NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen None City 'Cletrk of the City of ustin.