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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
6REATING FIRE LIMITS FOR SAID CITY,
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood do ordain as
follows:
Section 1. The General fire limits of the City of Lynwood
shall enclude all that portion of said City of Lynwood
bounded and described as follows to witt:-
Long Beach Blvd.,. from Fernwood Ave., on the south to
Beachwood Pye., on the north and extending back to alley
on both sides of said Long Beach Blvd., Trash burners must
be installed and passed on by Building Inspector.
Section 2. All buildings hereafter erected within the limits of
.general fire limits of the City of Lynwood shall be B Class
Buildings and for the purpose of this ordinance a "B" Class"
building'shall be understood to be a building with all its
exterior wall built of brick, stone or concrete, and having
a metal, slate, tile, brick of composition roof and side walls
extending above the rood', y
Section 3. No Wooden building now within the limits prescribed
in this ordinance, which may be damaged or destroyed by fire
to the extent of fifty per centum of, the value, thereof,
shall be repaired or rebuilt, nor shall any such building
when the damage to or destruction thereof, as aforesaid, is
less than fifty per centum of its value, be so repaired or
rebuilt as to enhance the value of such building over
what the same was prier to such damage or destruction, or so
that such building shall occupy any greater space or be of any
larger dimensions than before such damage thereto or partial,
destruction thereof. Any person who shall violate the
provisions ofthis section shall, on conviction thereof, be
punishable by a fine of not less than Forty Dollars, or more
than Forty -five Dollars, or by imprisonment,in the city jail for
not less than ten days nor }Wore than three months.
Section 4. The amount or extent of damage that may be done
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to any building or structure shall, for the purposes of this
ordinance, be determined by three disinterested persons, residents
of said City and freeholders therein, one of which shall be selected
by the owner of such building or structure, one by the president of
Board of Trustees of said City, and the two then.chosen
shall select the third. In the event that the owner of such
building be convicted of constructing, erecting, placing,
repairing or rebuilding any wooden building or structure
within the purview and meaning and violation of the provisions
of this ordinance, shall, within five days after such conviction
cause such wooden building or for the erection,
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construction, placing, repairing or rebuilding of which
he shall have been convicted as aforesaid, to be removed, and
and on his failure, neglect, or refusal so to do, for each
day that said failure, neglect or refusal shall thereafter
continue, it shall be a separate offense, and if convicted
thereof such person shall be punished by a fine of not less
than Fifteen Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars for
each said offense;,, for each day during which such failure.
neglect, or refusal shall continue.
section 5. Any person who shall fail, or neglect or refuse
to choose such disinterested person as hereinbefore provided
for the space of two days after he has been notified so to
do by the Board of Trustees of said City, by a n6tice in
writing, either served upon him personally or left with the
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age:4t, of said building or structure, or conspiciously posted
upol said building or structure, as said Board may elect,
then in that case the Board of Trustees of said City may
themselves appoint a second disinterested person as herein -
before provided, and the two then appointed by said Board shall
appoint a third. In the event that any two of such disinter-
ested persons fail to agree VpoA a third disinterested person
to act with them, such third person shall be appointed also
by said Board of Trustees. A. decision of
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a majority ofthe persons so appointed shall be in writing,
signed by the persons rendering said decision and filed with
the City Clerk, and said decision shall be final and conclusive
on the question of the value aforesaid.
Section 6. When any person shall be convicted as aforesaid, and
provided in the fifth section of this ordinance, it shall be the
duty of the President of the Board of Trustees of said City to
issue to the Marshal of said City a certificate signed by the
President, as such and bearing the seal of said City, stating
the fact and the time of said conviction, and designating the
building in regard to which said conviction has been had and
such certificate shall be sufficient warrant to'the Marshall of
said City, and it is hereb,r made his duty to cause such b;Alding
or structure, to be removed or demolished, and the cost and
edpense thereof shall be recovered by an action, in the name of
said.City faom the person or persons so convicted of erecting the
same aH aforesaid, providing., however, that this Ordinance shall
not apply to the building or construction of any barn, shed or
chicken corral, providing the same is made of galvanized iron,
and also providing that said building shall be placed not
further than twenty -five feet from the rear of said lot.
Section 7. "D" Class buildings may be built anywhere within
the City Limits of the City of Lynwood, except within the fire
limits, as provided Section 1 of this Ordinance, and for
the purpose of this Ordinance a "D" Cass building is every
building or structure which do6e not, conform to the provisions
of this Ordinance relating to the construction, and requirements
of buildings of Class "B'.' as provided for in this.Ordinance,
Section S. This Ordinance is urgently required for the im-
Itediage preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
I Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
Ordinance by a vote of four- fifths of all the member:eooftthe
Board of Trustees of said City of Lynwood, and its approval
by the President of said Board, and there being no newspaper
ofXgeneral circulation published and circulated in said City.,
he shall cause the same to be printed and posted in three
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public places in said City of Lynwood, to -wit;
One copy upon the bulletin board at the entrance
to the office of the Board of Trustees of said City at
205 West Mulford Ave.,.
One copy upon the bulletin board at the Pacific Electric
Railway Station known as LynwoodStation at the intersection
of Long Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue in said City,
and
One copy upon the bulletin board at the northwest norner
of Mulford Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in said City, and
thereupon and thereafter this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect.
Adopted this
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Attest;
day of December, 1922.
Presiden a Board 46f Tnis ees
of the ity of Lynwood.
' Lynwood
State of CA ornia, County of Los Angeles,
City of Lynwood. - -SS.:
1. Joseph H. Murray, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood is five, and that
the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No./ l..was
paased and adopted by a vote of four - fifths of all its
members and approved by the President of said Board, and t
attested by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said
Board, held on the .V of December, 1922, and that
r .the same was passed and adopted by the following vote, t o - wit.
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